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Re: FAME!
eastlmark wrote:
maltheviking wrote:
This looks like a good thread for a bit of name dropping and claims to fame. Any takers? :rolls:Seems like I am the only media Whore around here. 😉
Ok il’l keep it going,
I used to play in a few bands and have been on stage with……….Alvin Stardust….Chas n Dave……The Tremeloes…….Fredy and The Dreamers……to name a few. My best mates the original bass guitarist with Black Sabbeth. :rolls:
I once had a beer with Ponce Philip (well stood next to him at the bar, the tight bugger would’nt by around though!) 😕 Quite a few of my customers are Lords n ladies (or they think they are)OK so you are getting bored so il’l stop 😳 Over to you 😉
Re: Stub out that fag!
Martin wrote: Health & Safety rules insist that no council workers should be submitted to the effects of passive smoking within their properties.
I think we also fall into this catagory 😉
Looks like a bucket of water is going to come in handy 😆
Re: BTB16-800BW Triac
Hi Mike
If I remember right you are correct, it’s just a higher rating. All you can do is try it and see I am sure that they have the same pin configuration
Mal
Re: Whirlpool Dishwasher G2P DWI/1 WH
Hi Nick
Go for the NTC, it’s cheaper than the board and it is a common problem with Whirlpool. The worst than can happen is that you gain one for stock 😉
Pt no 481228268035 check it though I may be wrong 😳
MalRe: RCD tripping house mains?
17th edition
Socket outlets will be able to be installed in bathrooms 😯 protected with an RCD is interesting, they are quoting a safe distance of three meters, yeah right, who is going to stop the idiots using a electric fire or appliances on a extention cable 😕
Will regular compulsary testing of RCD’s become an issue ❓ There are better brains than mine devising these changes, but I seriously think this is a no-no 😥Re: Seasons greetings
Twoten wrote:Many thanks to the team who run the forums and the regular posters who contribute.
You have defiantly made my life easier.
Wishing all a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
I second this 😀
Well done 😉Re: Tesco, every little helps!
£70 to install a Range Cooker aint’ bad is it?
I got called to install one just before Chrisy. The guy had bought it from “?” and they would not install it! and neither did I. When I worked out the diversified allowance for amperage his cable from the consumer unit wasn’t heavy enough 😳
You got to get this re-wired from the consumer unit I informed him, and as I am not Part P registered (although qualified) you will have to get a electrician who is. Mind you it would be interesting to know how Tesco’s installer would have handled it, I don’t think £70 would cover the final bill :rolls:
I had a cup of coffee with the guy and did not charge him, Merry Christmas
Re: How much would it cost to make a Servis washer?
andy_art_trigg wrote:I’m trying to make a point to someone, so any educated guesses about how much it costs to make a Servis washing machine selling at £189.99? Taking the VAT off it’s around £161.69. How much would a multiple pay for it? And how much did it cost to make it after transportation costs etc.?
The .69p would be my valuation 😆Good old Asda are knocking these out now, time I sold my shares in them before it’s to late 😆
Re: OLNY SRMAT POEPLE CAN RAED TIHS
It is wreid Greg :rolls:
Sadly I completely understood it first time 😕
Have a nice Crimble 🙂
MalRe: New megger required – where and how much?
Martin wrote: Some companies have their meters calibrated once a year, others don’t bother until it goes wrong, your choice. 😉
I think this a legal requirment, only called into question when the smelly hits the fan :rolls: Which reminds me mines overdue 😳
I bought a couple of spare Robin insulation testers of Ebay as backup, less than £30 each, both work and are accurate 8) both are “Robin 3111V”, analogue, although these are old models I would recommend them.
Re: Usernames
Sure we have done this before 😕
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1689955.stm
First two paragraphs under the photo should explain all 😉
Re: RCD tripping house mains?
Martin wrote:
But RCD’s don’t play ball @ 1 meg, so what is an acceptable RCD consumer box tolerance I wonder?General purpose RCD to BS 4293
With leakage current flowing equivalent to 50{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of the rated tripping current, the device should not open.
With a leakage current equal to 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of the rated current then it should trip within 200ms.
There are various other RCD’s to different BS no.s, but in general they should not trip at 50{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}. The 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} level is time governed. i.e. under 300ms, and 130ms depending on the typeRCD’s have many circuits on them and as Wilf says in general cookers are not usually on the RCD protected side of a “split type consumer unit”. In general only sockets are required to be protected. I say in general as most electricians install a single consumer unit and protect the whole house, in my opinion not a good idea if you have to find the CU in the dark!
Household installation = min of 500000 ohms (0.5 megs) although you should suspect a fault below 2 megs. The same with appliances
Pat tests
Class 1 heating equipment < 3kW 0.3M Ohms
Class 1 All other equipment 1M Ohms (I always double this, 2megs min as Boro says)
Class 2 Equipment 2M Ohms
Class 3 Equipment 250k Ohms10 Megs is far and above what is acceptable.
Martin obviously the guy is getting stick of the misses as well as being a pratt, his misses told you that the RCD often tripped which would says to me that something else other than the cooker may be causing it, especially when you have a good insulation reading (I presume this was taken both when cold and after all elements were allowed to heat up?) If the guy keeps on being a pratt then ask him when the house wiring was tested last? It used to be every 5 years for domestic.
Finally don’t let them get you down and have a good Christmas the same for everyone 😉
