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    Looks can be deceiving, photo of my electric box

    it wasnt you was it that I bumped into at Barnet electrical Mart. Duly I asked about whether he was interested in some work and his response was not this side of crimbo. Bit of dejavu :lol:
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    Looks can be deceiving, photo of my electric box

    If you or anyone else know the answer to q's 1-4 then feel free enlighten me. As for the last question, those two are working in conjunction? normally take readings off of the black SIEMEN one to give to the power company.
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    Looks can be deceiving, photo of my electric box

    Yes 3 phases supply there. No its a commercial premises I have recently taken over. John D, sparky is coming round tomorrow I will certainly ask for those you mentioned for future upgrades. Thanks. me too I'll let you know after tomorrow once sparky's been round. 3 phase, commercial...
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    I need help with building a new PC

    for intense gaming your preference should be in the order of GFX Card > Ram (the more the better 2 gigs is ideal > CPU majority of your $$ should be spent on a good gfx card and ram, what left should determine your cpu and main board, remainders for other components such as psu
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    What's this all about?

    Too many requests to the server cause it to lag as much that it times out on specific fuctions in this case probably connecting to the database. Don’t worry its not your end, it’s the server
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    Looks can be deceiving, photo of my electric box

    hehe yeah I wont even attempt one let alone all those :shock: several quotes implies that it could get expensive? just reading between the lines :roll:
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    Two immersion tanks setup, possible?

    First of all thank you for your input, your comments have been referred to my plumber from which came a solution that has been working great for the last couple of weeks. We decided not to feed fresh water to the top tank thus leaving one single 28mm feed from the storage to the bottom tank...
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    Looks can be deceiving, photo of my electric box

    Photo of my electric box, far as I’m aware everything working as they should but to me it is a mess and can do with tidying up. Would it be possible to have those separate consumer units corporate into one large unit. Thanks in advance,
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    Laminate strip to the visible raw edge of your worktop

    What do people recommend to use for fixing laminate strip to the visible raw edge of your worktop. I don’t trust B&Q recommendation and was hoping for something more robust and hard wearing. Thanks,
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    hairline cracks in new emulsion

    Sorry I don’t mean to hi-jack your thread but I too am experiencing the same problem on plasterboard walls that have undergone 2 coats of white emulsion. It is as you described, crocodile skin type and very fine cracks. It is more noticeable and intense around corners where walls meet the ceiling.
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    moulded box on each wall, what are they?

    :lol: tis because iv been messin with it. will get a picture of the content for you tomorrow.
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    moulded box on each wall, what are they?

    Hi Thanks for super fast reply. No trace of any heaters been hung on the walls and no flex hole in moulded box. I have read somewhere about accessibility for inspection, may or may not be the case here…just a stab in the dark
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    moulded box on each wall, what are they?

    On each wall there is a moulded box covered with blank plate and 2 foot cable run in conduit from ceiling. I suspect they have something to do with recessed ceiling lights but can’t be too sure. For what reason are they being there and would it be possible to conceal them within ceiling space or...
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    Two immersion tanks setup, possible?

    You certainly have and thank you very much!
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    Two immersion tanks setup, possible?

    Already have two tanks in my posession.
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    Two immersion tanks setup, possible?

    I’m curious to know whether it is possible or efficient for that matter to use two electric only immersion heater tanks? I vision having one tank on top of another in the airing cupboard, the outlet from the top tank is connected to a pump which will add some pressure to the 6 hot taps within...
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    permanently removing a socket leaving the wires intact

    Hi Cable to B will certainly run vertically down from what used to be A and crimped, as previously advised. I can not tell however whether the cable that runs into A is all way from the ceiling without first removing the wall tiles and then the extraction flue. Due to the layout of the...
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    permanently removing a socket leaving the wires intact

    thanks for your reply, sorry i should have been more precised. The cable runs into socket A then continue down another 1 meter to socket B. If i want to remove socket A could I do so by removing the socket then join the cables, and tile over? Thanks
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    permanently removing a socket leaving the wires intact

    I need to remove a double socket in my kitchen permanently in order to tile over. Its previously been fitted with a blanking plate thus it was unused anyway. I would like an all flush tile finish without without anything protruding. The socket has two live, two neutral, and of course two earth...
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