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Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things
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I did spot somewhere that we dropped voltage to 230V some time ago without much fanfare.
As far as I'm aware that was in the South when they were getting electricity from France. It's certainly not the case UK wide.
I was having trouble with 12v power supplies blowing on equipment in a factory.
The power supply input range was something like 96-250v but the input reading in that part of the factory when the plant was off was 254v.
I'd normally expect a mains reading of around 237-239v in my area0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Our kitchen cabinets are now installed, as is the floor (which was done first). The sink's in, too. Now the oven and hob need connecting up, and the worktop laid, the tiles done, and bob's my uncle! It's really gorgeous, plain, and made from oak.
Looking good NDG. It wont take long to finish from there as i expect the wiring will be done. What colour are the work tops?0 -
The wiring and plumbing is all in place, the oven, hob and dishwasher need to be fixed in, and the fridge / freezer plugged in. The fridge is to the left of the larder cupboard (which is on the left of the photo) and opposite the sink, and out of the shot, are pan drawers. There is also a plate rack on the wall to the right of the dishwasher.
The worktops are grey granite....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »The wiring and plumbing is all in place, the oven, hob and dishwasher need to be fixed in, and the fridge / freezer plugged in. The fridge is to the left of the larder cupboard (which is on the left of the photo) and opposite the sink, and out of the shot, are pan drawers. There is also a plate rack on the wall to the right of the dishwasher.
The worktops are grey granite.
Sounds delightful. Am looking forward to a pic of the finished kitchen.
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Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
As far as I'm aware that was in the South when they were getting electricity from France. It's certainly not the case UK wide.
I was having trouble with 12v power supplies blowing on equipment in a factory.
The power supply input range was something like 96-250v but the input reading in that part of the factory when the plant was off was 254v.
I'd normally expect a mains reading of around 237-239v in my area
That surprises me, I know the whole country doesn't have to be on the same voltage, but I thought it was a national drop. I gather the tolerance is around 10% or so each way (I think) so there's nothing dangerous here - just surprised it isn't more uniform.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
That pretty much describes the entire house .... not overloaded as such, but inadequate sockets so everything's on extensions....don't plug loads of things all into the same socket with an adaptor or 4-way extension or whatever....
I figured they'd be doing this just because there's inadequate sockets so the whole thing needs a rewire on that alone.When you sell the house, whoever buys it will probably be told by their surveyor to get the whole house rewired, and the fuse box will be replaced with an RCD-protected consumer unit then.0 -
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PasturesNew wrote: »That pretty much describes the entire house .... not overloaded as such, but inadequate sockets so everything's on extensions.
My house to ATM. My kitchen is powered mainly by a four plug extention that, gulp, sits on the work top about two feet away from the sink:eek::eek:
that and the drawer that falls off every time you touch it, and the cooker...for which the socket is inadaquate so I can only use half of it at a time. That's before the wall started further descent (which btw is patched up beautifully for winter, if a temporary fix is so good it makes be have renewed vigour about the long term repairs!) and we emptryied all the cupboards to reduced stress on the walls, so that now anything yo might need is at the bottom of a large packing cardboard box! Its not surprising I'm not cooking as much really!:rotfl:0 -
lostinrates wrote: »why in their clothing? I want my microchip under my own skin...imagine, everything done electrobically...tax return filled in automatically electronbically with spends...just a puch buton at the time...business or personal, and the occasional revision of tax code.
Reminds me- wasn't there somebody who got their kids chipped as an anti-kidnap measure? Seem to remember something in the papers ages ago. Seemed a bit extreme!
Not actually sure it would be legal in some countries - maybe it was somewhere outside the uK.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
That surprises me, I know the whole country doesn't have to be on the same voltage, but I thought it was a national drop. I gather the tolerance is around 10% or so each way (I think) so there's nothing dangerous here - just surprised it isn't more uniform.
I've had a look today and realise my info was a bit distorted :A
I found a quote on an electrical forum which sum it all up pretty well...It's still 240v but to comply with johnny foreigner, i.e. brussels sprouts beuro rats, the IEE changed the tolerance from +/- 6% to +10%,-6% to shut em up. not sure of exact figures but that's about it. it's 240v, but we have to call it 230v0
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