The Home Improvements Thread (2)

chickenbeef

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Grinds my gears when electricians (and plumbers) charge you a pretty penny and then do **** like that. The glands are under R2 each but they cheap out and do the bare minimum.
 
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SAguy said:
This is why I try do as much wiring as I can myself (within the limitations of my knowledge), and get an electrician to finish the job - most of us would do a better job specifically because we're being extra cautious. In my previous house that had CoC, there were twin earth cables just running in the ceiling without being tacked down - and the inspection boxes had no glands on, just gaping holes in the sides.
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Completely agreed. It really gets my goat that someone like me with virtually no knowledge can do a neater (and safer) wiring job than the two qualified electricians I've used to date. And if anyone wants to accuse me of possibly having shitty taste in electricians - I wholeheartedly agree.
 
SAguy

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These look so nice and neat, been looking to see if I can get it here anywhere - Amazon doesn't ship them sadly. Anyone seen it locally?
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alqassam

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WAslayer said:
Yeah, bought some RPi's from them a few years back.. one or two other things as well.. No issues back then..
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SAguy said:
Oh wait, these look even nicer:

Standard Terminal Blocks | Terminal Blocks | RS

Non fused terminal blocks are modular, screw-type electrical connectors used to connect a number of wires together in electrical wiring applications.
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Anyone bought from that site before?
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Most electrical shops have these

Normally get them from acdc
 
Arzy

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Found that due to being stuck at home and not spending 3 hours a day getting to work and back I actually have some time to do other stuff.

Projects completed thus far:
- Managed to get 100m of network cable from a security shop so I've redone a large portion of my home network and installed some new points around the house
- Mowed the lawn :p
- Cleaned the pool and found a solution to the creepy getting stuck at the same place over and over

Next up:
- Replacing 6 of my existing cctv cameras with HD cameras that I bought on a whim while at said security shop
- Hanging a fek ton of pictures around the house I've been promising to do for ages
 
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ToxicBunny

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SAguy said:
Will check them out thanks - haven't used them before myself.
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They really only work with solid core cable (so things like surfix and such)... but I found them very useful and much easier than normal chocolate bar and shyte like that.
 
ToxicBunny

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AlmightyBender said:
The wago's are so slick as you can reuse them by flipping the lever. Very handy when you an amateur and you making kok ups constantly :ROFL:
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For sure :)

But pricey once you are doing stuff that you won't be changing any time soon...
 
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