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    Shower tray wiki?

    I need some info on shower trays. Is there a wiki anywhere? Mainly, I need to know the standard dimensions of them, smallest and largest size. Also, if mounting on a concrete floor, should I elevate the tray in order to fit plumbing for drainage? Thanks folks.
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    Building a bespoke greenhouse

    Ok, this is going to sound like I want to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but I'll post anyway. My OH desires a greenhouse, but we are VERY limited in scope for one. I came up with the idea of having one on top of a rectangle of sleepers that I laid down a couple of years ago as a...
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    What tools for decking?

    I'm planning on building a deck in our garden, and need to know what tools to buy. I'm also thinking ahead to the future, so intend to buy above what I really need for this project, so for example, I want to buy a very good quality mitre saw/table and nail gun etc. I have a variety of...
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    What am I missing here? (wiring a trailing socket)

    I must be going mad - I thought I had this sussed. In this pic, the plug is wired exactly as it should be, and so, I thought, is the trailing socket! But is it? If you were to plug this plug into that socket, the live pin would connect to the neutral and the neutral to the live! What's...
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    Prepping a cable for a plug

    Hi everyone, it's your favourite electrician's mate here! When it comes to trimming the sheath on a cable and trimming the wires to length for use inside a plug, is there a faster way to do it than by hand and cutting the sheath, measuring each wire, cutting to length, leaving enough cable at...
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    Earthing inside a box

    I'm making up a little gadget that is to be plugged into the mains, and, therefore, needs to be earthed inside the box I am enclosing it in. In case you are wondering, there will be mains cable in, and a mains lead out on extension leads. Twoearth wires, in other words. I am planning on...
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    Another risky project

    lol! Only kidding. I simply want to know if it would be possible for an electrician (ie NOT me!) to run some of those simple lights you get in wooden decking from a ring main. The nearest cable that I know of to the decking is a power point in the wall. Can this be used to power lights...
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    Taking power to the shed

    Hi there. Ok, following on from my post about the SWA abbreviation, here's the project that gives rise to that question. In short, I want to connect this To this: I am planning on using 6mm 3c SWA. The demand side of the project will be a few fridges/freezers and the...
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    SWA cable

    Hi, quick question, what does the 'SWA' in armoured cable mean, please? Secondly, how is this cable best cut? Thank you in advance.
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    How do I wire cylinder thermostat to a central heating pump?

    How do I wire a cylinder thermostat to a central heating pump? I have an HTS3 cylinder thermostat that I want to use to turn on an off a Wilo Gold RS50 pump. This is part of a very simple system I have created in a garage. I am heating the water in the tank separately from any boiler or the...
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