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    Miniature 3-pin 230V inline connector suggestions

    Something from Lemo? This http://uk.farnell.com/lemo/fgg-0b-304-clad52z/plug-free-0b-4way/dp/3817246?Ntt=FGG.0B.304.CLAD52Z is 4 pin, but is a start
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    Reconnection of Electricity

    To be fair, I'd be pretty unhappy if I had to pay out of my own pocket every time someone damaged my employer's property.
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    Salamander CT 50 wiring help

    13A fuse is probably too large. Check the installation instructions, but you'll likely need to swap the 13A for a 3A
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    loft storage area -2 consumer unit

    If you're worried about running the loft lights off a socket circuit, how big a job would it be to move them onto the floor below's lighting circuit? Leave the loft sockets on their existing ring.
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    lighting

    According to general relativity, gravity 'warps' space-time and therefore bends light. This was confirmed by Arthur Eddington in 1919 by observing the apparent position of stars close to the sun during a solar eclipse. This may or may not be a significant factor in designing domestic lighting.
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    A silly little project

    Have a look at in-car dc-dc converters, the nominal 12V input should be ok up to the 14V battery voltage, & it will give you a nicely regulated output (complete with the right plugs - always a bonus!).
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    Fit 2 PV solar panels now, more later?

    How certain are you that solar panels cut pollution? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/18/chinese-solar-panel-factory-protest
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    FIT payment

    There's some interesting real-world data on micro-generation available from Sheffield University. http://www.sheffieldsolarfarm.group.shef.ac.uk/microgeneration-data-august-2011.html They quote 734 kWh/kWp per year, based on uk data (seems to be concentrated around Yorkshire) which isnt...
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    surge

    :?:
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    Feeding draw rope into ducting

    Tie a steel washer onto a fishing line & drag a magnet down the outside of the duct?
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    Feeding draw rope into ducting

    Do you know anyone who keeps pet ferrets? (If Qi is to be believed, that's a fairly common solution in industry.)
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    Light Switch with Neon

    Of course there is another way; one which is commonly used in caravans to check supply polarity.
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    A bit of bondage!

    Yes, and yes.
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    A bit of bondage!

    Does anyone have any proof that david911cockburn is actually the author of this book?
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    Carney electrician jobs in my recently purchased home

    Ian Lavender's character in Dad's Army, frequently referred to as 'You Stupid Boy'
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    GU10 CFL

    Not really; I found plenty about halogen spot lights in a Swiss-cheese ceiling (much of it written by your good self), but not much about that sort of directional fitting (at least it can be swapped out without a major re-plastering job!). My original question was whether a cfl gu10 lamp was...
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    GU10 CFL

    Hi, sorry if this has been asked before, I've had a look but been unable to find an answer. I've just fitted this 3-spotlight light fitting in my grandparents' 4m*4m breakfast room, but (un)surprisingly the three 35deg halogen lamps provided don't provide even lighting for the room. I...
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    PIR on a farm house.

    In an ideal transformer, agreed. But practically you'd still need a return path for the magnetising current; maybe if high winds had brought a LV line conductor down into a stream could that give a low enough impedance return path? Edit - ignore that - the neutral at the transformer would...
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    PIR on a farm house.

    Not doubting you, but I'm genuinely interested why; surely with the live switched over, there's no current flow, so even if the LV neutral is high the HV side won't be affected?
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    power to thy shed

    Anyone else getting deja vue? //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=209771
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