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Old 28-04-2009, 09:29   #41
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I certainly can and have done on numerous times
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Old 28-04-2009, 09:42   #42
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Being an electrical & electronics engineer and having worked in the electronics/telecomms industry I'd be worried if I couldn't!!
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Old 28-04-2009, 09:57   #43
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Yeah, been so long though I'd do the standard thing when unsure of anything and Google it just to be sure, lol
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Old 28-04-2009, 10:33   #44
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Yup, can also change lights and stuff too. Lynnie knows more than me though, but my excuse is that her Dad worked on building sites and stuff like that and made her help him with stuff around the house, so she picked up more that way.
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Old 28-04-2009, 12:03   #45
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Learned quite a few basics in scouting, tap washers, plug changes, making sure shelves are level, and how to set fire to it properly when you've not got it level and really frustrated with it. So many useful things
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Old 28-04-2009, 12:40   #46
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Yea, my father taught me and i've done it many times since. That and lights, cookers, showers, oh and quite a bit of three phase work too
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Old 28-04-2009, 12:43   #47
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Nope. Never have done.
Didn't crazy Mr Thyer teach you how to?

I had to do it in my science lessons but I'd done it before *smug*
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Old 28-04-2009, 13:31   #48
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I'm a production and audio engineer so yarp! I never learnt it in school though...pretty much learnt it from watching my dad wiring up stuff when I was much younger.
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Old 28-04-2009, 14:05   #49
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I once rewired a plug because it wasn't pretty, so i went to the store and got a pretty green one
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Old 28-04-2009, 17:30   #50
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Really? I'm sure last I heard it was okay to get it tested and checked afterwards for a fail/pass certification jobby!

Well I'll be. That's gonna screw up a lot of developers out there wanting to save a few bucks!
Could you be thinking of plumbing perhaps? My uncle refitted a lot of the plumbing in one of my cousins flats and they simply had to get a registered central heating engineer to check it over and get it certificated which was fine and saved a fair bit of cash.

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Being an electrical & electronics engineer and having worked in the electronics/telecomms industry I'd be worried if I couldn't!!
I don't know if you've already seen it but you've got a PM Will, cheers.
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