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Interesting, I'd forgotten the UK undersizes its earths in a TPE- here in Australia, all three conductors in a TPE are the same size- so...

He's a 'home handyman' not an electrician- deals with cleaning gutters and the like... (when was the last time you tested for live...

Always pays to check for live, ie prove dead before touching. Thats really adding to the mix and potential for confusion. In the Uk...

But remember the CPC in a 2.5 mm T&E is only 1.5mm and if running trunking then sticking T&E in there will look like a short cut, 2.5...

Please explain. Three phase sockets, isolators etc run from the main board as individual radials from there own protective three...

I always use a circular saw on hob /sink cutouts. Turn worktop upside down straight cuts with circular saw and corners with jig saw. Id...

Sorta- we still use red as an unswitched active/line, white is a switched active and black as a neutral in FIXED wiring (a pet peeve of...

Not a requirement here (yet, but likely coming) however that doesn't apply to already existing equipment (especially that is not used...

Not a fan of the DOL switches- more complicated and less reliable than the older 'mechanical pull and turn' latching ones... The cheap...

Sorry but at the moment it just looks like a mess. All the makes of starters are slightly different internally, and it looks like the...

They really are quite simple to work on- and at least some of the wiring in there (specifically the actual power cord from the plug)...

With these motors you really don't need the 'start button and stop button' control box (DOL)- the simple old fashioned 'latching single...

And can you take a clear pic of the writing on the 'metal box' sitting on the timber- that appears to be your capacitor!!! and I haven't...

I'm not seeing the 'red button' anywhere- is it on the motor itself??- because if so thats probably an old red thermal overload cutout...

Seems the climate war was lost in the 2000 US election. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024cxp Worth listening to again. They do end...