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    Security bolt / screw

    If it’s a male head a street lighting key should fit…I have various sizes. If it’s female then a couple of appropriately sized screwdrivers percussively fitted will work
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    Doctor Who? Doctor WTAF!

    Sorry , you are correct. It was 1988. I blame my medication
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    Electric Shock - Never should happen, or occupational hazard?

    Best piece of advice I was given,…."always treat it as live even when you know it’s dead as one day it won’t be, and burning flesh smells horrible "
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    Electric Shock - Never should happen, or occupational hazard?

    In over 50 years in the trade ( hate it when people refer to it as a 'game' ) I don’t think I have had more than a dozen 'episodes'. Nothing bad apart from one. When I was an apprentice cutting out some scrap under a floor
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    Electric Shock - Never should happen, or occupational hazard?

    In m opinion a capacitive load should not be connected via a plug for this very reason You have only received a 'crack or a 'tickle, Shocks come in various levels Crack/tickle Pisser Jolt/belt A Right Worker Dead ⚰️
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    Doctor Who? Doctor WTAF!

    Correct. However it’s not a new thing as they first did it in Genesis of the Daleks 1975
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    Doctor Who? Doctor WTAF!

    Correct, 1977. Created by Dr Marius. Never said McCoy was the original owner, just that the K9 variant was the better actor 😉😂. Mind you even as the 7th Doctor he was better than the latest "box ticking offering"
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    Doctor Who? Doctor WTAF!

    McCoy's dog K9 was the best part of that one…oh and Ace she was quite tidy and liked a good bang
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    Doctor Who? Doctor WTAF!

    You're not wrong The only Doctor I didn’t rate was McCoy
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    Doctor Who? Doctor WTAF!

    I have watched almost every episode from day one. Watched today’s new offering expecting to be disappointed ,I was! Total and utter 💩 Not too sure which boxes were not ticked, but there can’t have been many! And it ended with a song and dance routine Off to,watch a boxed set of RRs best...
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    Selv fan not enough

    Open bathroom door Switch on fan Hold calibrated bog paper against fan If it sticks then shut the door. If it then falls off it’s a makeup air/vacuum issue The rest is by extrapolation of previous data
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    Exams!

    I used to write exams😱 listen to the instructions/read the instructions Instructions Read ALL 20 questions first, then answer as instructed. Simple enough? First 5 were the hardest BUT written in red between 5&6 were the words DO NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-5! It wasn’t to catch people out, it was...
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    VO units…are they a thing again?

    The latest NICEIC magazine has a feature on VO units. Have the laws of Physics changed, or am I missing something? I thought the general consensus was they were 🐂 💩 ?
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    Looking for a clamp ammeter that will measure DC current?

    At least you don’t have to reply on the batteries not being flat 😉😂
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    Monitoring for maximum demand

    Hire one 😉 I bought one. Years ago, second hand. Brilliant bit of kit Got it for one client and saved them 10s of £k a year by getting them to change their systems ".lifestyle". This included fitting a IMI Pactrol system with a weather compensator and a time clock to,switch off NS heaters on...
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    earth bonding to water

    Ask him to test it to see if it’s extraneous. When he doesn’t know how to its a "warning sign"
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    Electric test fail.

    Drop dead tomorrow and there will be somebody finishing off your present job before the funeral date has been confirmed. I’m doing one more year part time on my terms when I want to. Just negotiating my insurance which is due in 4 weeks
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    Electric test fail.

    I like the vehicles /polo#shirts/ letter headings etc "Part P qualified" a sign of true quality I can only dream of being qualified to a Building Reg
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    Emergency lighting

    First line of enquiry is LBC and Trumpton, they control the shots
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    Quick Question

    Can’t recall the reg number but. "A cpc should be available and functional at all points in a circuit in case a class I item is fitted " or summat like that
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