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Quoting Dingbat: "I never quote for making good and I don't know many sparks who do. " Worth bearing this in mind when some clever beggar tells you it's only (insert costs) to carry out a rewire. So it might be, but the cost of the whole job will include redecorating your entire house...

Good advice this, since most of the time if you get sparks in to do anything substantial, your house is going to resemble parts of Berlin after the Russians arrived. M

These probably *AREN'T* rat holes. Those look for all the world like the tunnels left by voles. My garden backs onto open meadows and is riddled with the things! I know mine are vole tunnels, because a few live-trap experiments (along with seeeing the little beggars running over the surface!)...

BAN, manufacturers consider cutting the moulded plug off to be "modification" of the equipment. Since the design has been set up with the moulded plug, cutting it off alters the design, hence altering the conformity to the specification. Manufacturers see no obvious distinction between you...

I agree that testing is indeed a good thing, but Quoting BAS: "as someone pointed out recently, we all just assume that MCBs are going to work as advertised, so why not RCDs?" Is it me, or does this fly in the face of the concept of testing everything within one iota of destruction to...

Odd! Normally, there isn't a bearing, as such - the axle is thrashed through the centre of the wheel (with a bushing if you're lucky), and the axle is mounted on a pair of brackets, usually with bushings in them. Maybe that bracket and bushing is what is being referred to? I guess a "Rolls...

Thermo, thanks - I'll look for a Kwack, then! Last one I had was a damned good tool - it had handlebars, mind you! :P M

) Do you use any kind of drill for DIY/ for work/ for hobby use? Yes / No Yes 2) Do you specify whether its cordless? Yes / No I have both, for specific applications If Yes, please state why. Corded for heavy work, cordless for light stuff, screwdriving And if No, please state...

nstreet, thanks for that! I normally try to run screaming from own-brand shed tools, unless it's something I know I'll only use once. However, when SWMBO points them out, I can truthfully say I've heard bad things about them and we shouldn't waste our geld! :lol: M

Not sure if this is best here or in gardening - anyway... I need a new petrol hedgecutter. Corded ones won't reach the fifty yards I need, and I have doubts about the various cordlesses I've seen. Basically I need something that will run for an hour at a time, so my inclination is for...

15) All DIY'ers are suicidal halfwits bent on seeing tradesmen's children starve; 16) All tradesmen are predators and one step above loan sharks, except with professional qualifications; 17) All houses are wired according to a specific, repeatable, "method", written down in a book. If your...

Megawatt, as you say, opinions do vary. We tended to crimp on the grounds that not only did it NOT creep, even if it wanted to, but that it was (somewhat) less easy to beggar about with a crimped connection. Still doesn't answer my original question, though, :? M

B-A-S, when you say "installing" being notifiable, I assume you mean if it's part of the fixed wiring? Or is having a generator and plugging a portable appliance into it notifiable? :shock: M

This has come up before. Do a search and you can get the benefit of all the advice, including some which wasn't terribly sympathetic, IIRC. The concensus was that you will have enough power to run the central heating off such a generator (connecting it is a slightly different matter), but...

At 440V, you can do the sums yourself... The exciting bits had the operating voltages stepped up to 6-10kV, whilst carrying an amp or so of current. M

So you CAN use crimps in an accessible location, subject to your point that suitable enclosures are used. As for being bass-ackwards, maybe that's the background - on instrument repairs there was discussion over whether screwed or crimped joints were better. The arguement revolved around the...

Cementing grates and manholes seems to be relatively common around here (N Yorks). The idea, according to builders who have told me, is that this prevents children lifting the lids and falling in. In my previous house, the drop into the drains was significant, so I can see the logic. However...

For interest / clarification purposes, can someone answer the following: From what is written here, it IS permissible to connect cables with crimps, if they are plastered over (i.e. the connection is non-accessible). If the connection is to be accessible, can crimps be used? I don't...

Ooops, should have made myself clearer!:oops: Well, the original statement (commonly heard in my own line of work) is that some written material is "worthless, meaningless and printed on paper too hard even to wipe your nose (or ar**, depending on the company you're in) on". Does my EIC fall...

Interestingly enough, had a man (NICEIC, logoe'd van the lot) put a new light in the bathroom (noted part P, controlled location etc), and he connected the new fitting to the "loom" via a big bit of chock block, "mummified" the whole thing in tape and poked it up into the ceiling. Muggins...