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Trade tips

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  • 03-12-2013 3:06am
    #1
    cool hand luke
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭


    Just wondering would it be a good idea to start a thread for trade tips. Like common faults and solutions.
    Wiring tips,
    Fault finding .i.e RCD nuisance trips,
    General handy tips.
    Possibly even RECI changes.

    What does everyone think?


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    tomdempsey200
    Registered Users Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭tomdempsey200


    a good idea


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    .G.
    Registered Users Posts: 5,415 ✭✭✭.G.


    Yeah probably be a good idea,I bet I can guess which forum member won't think it is though!:D


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    maxamillius
    Registered Users Posts: 1,136 ✭✭✭maxamillius


    Go for it,good idea mate


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    Stoner
    Registered Users Posts: 10,952 ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    Sounds good, if we index in the excellent post thread it would help keep Content fresh.


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    cool hand luke
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭cool hand luke


    Could we start the tips here on this thread? And if so, it doesn't matter how basic the tip is who wants to start first?


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    maxamillius
    Registered Users Posts: 1,136 ✭✭✭maxamillius


    Ye sounds good sure one of the mods could change the title of the thread and make it a sticky maybe!who wants to go first?


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    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    maxamillius wrote: »
    who wants to go first?
    Trade tip?

    If you bend a cable over and squeeze it really hard, it doesn't stop the electricity coming out....

    Hard to believe apprentices still fall for that.. :D


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    Bruthal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,422 ✭✭✭✭Bruthal


    Steve wrote: »
    Trade tip?

    If you bend a cable over and squeeze it really hard, it doesn't stop the electricity coming out....

    Hard to believe apprentices still fall for that.. :D

    Works well with variable speed drill, new apprentice, and getting him to fold lead as tight as he can.


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    3phase1
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭3phase1


    Tip
    never use poor quality electrical equipment which you buy in the diy shop go to the wholesalers


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    iopener
    Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭iopener


    dont use white cable ties the uv-b rays from the sun makes them degrade rapidily


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    #12
    confusedeire
    Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭confusedeire


    better to be looking at it than looking for it


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    #13
    hufpc8w3adnk65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,158 ✭✭✭✭hufpc8w3adnk65


    Measure twice Cut once


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    worded
    Registered Users Posts: 4,580 ✭✭✭worded


    Don't use a metal scisors when removing a bad light from your xmas tree set

    Especially when it's plugged in


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    2014
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    Tip.
    When lifting heavy drums of cable always use appropriate lifting equipment with a sky hook designed to exceed the weight you are lifting, and ensure the pin is correctly in position by hitting it with a glass hammer.


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    #16
    muff03
    Registered Users Posts: 501 ✭✭✭muff03


    It's always somebody else's fault


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    #17
    Bruthal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,422 ✭✭✭✭Bruthal


    For anyone who might be bending steel trunking, it is often asked how far to measure each side of the centre line of the bend for making a 45 degree bend.

    The distance from the centre line is 0.41 x width of trunking. So for 100mm trunking, measure 41mm each side of the centre line, for 150mm trunking, its 61.5mm, for 200mm trunking, its 82mm etc.


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    #18
    whizbang
    Registered Users Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭whizbang


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    #19
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    whizbang wrote: »
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    Very cheap product here, always pays to get the best you can afford.


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