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Anyone know of a good place to get empty cases for dewalt tools as a few of mine came in just cardboard boxes which arent going to hold together much longer Ideally the plastic moulded strong cases with the metal latches. its for a DW411 palm sander, D28128 angle grinder and a DW365...

I have a music studio which is a completely separate building to the house. I'm thinking of fitting a radiator in it to replace the electric heaters i have (due to cost of running the things!) but to do that I would have to run the flow/return pipes underground from the house to the studio...

Hi - Just after a quick bit of advice. I'm about to fit two upright extractor units (the integrated ones that sit flush with the cupboards that pull out to use - click for a small pic) to go above the hob, and also above where we put the chip fryer. I need to get two doors for the front of...

DONT!!!! They work loose over time especially if a fair amount of current has gone through them due to expansion/contraction (heating/cooling) and can overheat/catch fire! Using them on stranded conductors is fine, even better if the cable is more flexible (like tri-rated switchgear wire) but...

Heres ours, 2.8kW of lighting so easy enough to do... also http://www.aooy13.dsl.pipex.com/crimbo07/B.jpg and http://www.aooy13.dsl.pipex.com/crimbo07/C.jpg Bit windier today though, homer isnt stood up as straight lol! And my mums (with her neighbour) bout 7kW lighting on hers...

My latest lil project, i own a few 6 to 8kVA diesel generators for small outdoor events, and thought i'd make a little contingency plan incase our power goes out, flick a switch and were back on! And yep the gennys are neutral earthed ;) even better, they run on cooking oil. if it werent...

yep I often drag myself out to do a spot of pat testing here and there, mainly on stage/sound/lighting equipment. Whilst going through some kit for someone, they came upto me asking to pat test this widowmaker for them, FYI a widowmaker is two 13 amp plugs, with leads paralleled into a single...

Was a little while back, but made me crease up nevertheless. A friend bought a new washing machine. Needed plumbing in, which meant fitting a hot and cold feed. Not too difficult but in order to make things easier for access he decided to move the gas cooker out of the way. So to be extra...

Hi all, Yep this is my 1st post so thought i'd introduce myself before ranting on about something of a safety issue. I am a fully qualified electrical engineer, trained by the electricity board where I started my 5 year apprenticeship as an electrical fitter in 1990, finished that and went on...