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gulp.. dont scare me with comment like that. Dont think there is any way for me to find out. It holds pretty well before with about three tons in it with no problems. Since the re-design I found i could fit a lot more in. I think the concrete in there is about 2-3 inches thick. The weight...

Hi Folks, I trying to create a level floor for putting fish tanks on. It occured to me that the best way for me to do this would be to create a brick base. The mortar acting as a way to make the whole ground level just where the stands need to be, The rest doesnt matter. Now as there will...

Hi, I seem to be struggling to find any glass dril bits. I need to drill 25mm and 45mm holes in glass tanks ut cannot find the bits anywhere.. Any suggestions? Rob

Hi Folks, In the process of turning my garage into a tropical fish house, I have determined my floor is too uneven. it needs to be as level as possible for the fish tank stands to rest upon. Floor levelling compound probably is no good as the uneveness is quite sever in places. I am also...

LOL I'm not doing any of the work myself.. except the lighting .. which is all i did and is what I am getting re-done. My Old sparky from some time ago was registered with someone but it wasnt NIC and thats one of the reason i want someone properly acredited to do the work. I need that...

the documents the local council sent me just say it needs a current satisfactory electrical certificate which must be issued by an approved contractor on the correct form. There's not even any mention of fire regs which suprised me also. So it seems all i need is the Fee for the license...

Hmmm, thats exactly what i said I am going to do. I just need to know as i will need a new room built in order to place the fuse box else where. I'm not carrying out the work myself in this case as I need the certificate. I've no idea.. a sparky installed it not me so I imagine it is all...

h i see, ok but will i get the electrical safety certificate with the additional box in the fish house or not? I really need to know this as i need to get my carpenter on the job otherwise to build me a new room which is gonna cost a few hundred. I'd rather avoid that and simply have the box...

lol not sure what u mean :)

Hi Folks, As i have previously posted I am currently converting my garage into a tropical fish house. I need an NIC safety test certificate to be issued in order to get my pet hop license. This means that obviously i need to get the work carried out properly. The garage was already powered...

Hi, Ah ok. They just said that they needed the safety certificate so i will call them tomorrow to find out the finer details. Maybe it is just a test they want or something. To ensure it is up to scratch. I think for one i will need to replace my sockets with those water proof ones. They...

Hi Folks, As I have mentioned i am currently making a tropical fish house. Essentially a large room (my Garage) full of fish tanks and of course.. fish. As these tanks are heated to 78 degrees F there can be a lot of condensation even though the tanks are all covered. Naturally the...

hehe only by sticking my fingers on it and i dont think thats a good idea to be honest haha. cant seem to find my darn electrical screwdriver anywhere grrrr wouldn't be so bad but the damned thing cost me 25 quid. Hmm maybe i can take it back and say it is faulty.. wold they even believe me...

hmm well that didnt work, live in com nd live out of L1 and nothing at all happens. No LED on the switch.. think i blew it up with my previous attempt? Rob

rgh i bought this switch.. as mentioned above today. I dont really understand the instructions: it has an l1 terminal, and l2 terminal, and a COM terminal. I'm trying to wire from the mains board to the switch then to the lights.. is this right? I have wired as follows: 2 red wires...

Hi Folks, Following my earleir thread about my electric tripping all the time i have rewired the lights now so that they are daisy chained. I used the twin core cable I had to connect each light to the next... I assume it ends at the last light and there's no more wires to connect from...

0.03 is the other thing as i recall. So... that means i have an earth leak or just wired it up totally wrong? If it offers no over current then it definately isnt that and i had concluded that as it tripped after all the lights had been on for some time. Yeah my fish are pretty rare...

i did wonder that. It says it is an RCd on the thing though... it is a 63A one. I have concluded that it isnt the inrush though because i had all the lights on for some time tonight and a few minutes ago the electric tripped out. i tried to turn it on again but it would not come on so i...

Hi Thanks, actually i do have a fuse board in the garage. It is the old one from the house. It has four fuses in, two of those are used with two lines of sockets running around the top of the garage every few feet. There are two spare. I guess I could create a separate line for the lighting...

Hi folks, I am building a topical fish house in my garage. I have installed 4x 6' double fluorescent light fittings and intend to install more. The first 4 are in the ceiling down the middle and one side. They are wired using 2 core twin and earth (with the bare copper earth wire??). This...