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Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen

Were they the ones that seemed to be quite impressive value on wattage vs cost, had a slighly golden effect to the outer casing and were just about everywhere about 2003 as they were a popular choice for budget builds, and then loads of people had them fail taking other components out, and then...

Yes :) In your drawing, picture it as one end of the tube takes in power (doesn't car which way round L &N are) and the other end has a link across it internally. Which means if you put one in a switch start fitting, which is wired like this...

Still wire it L to one end and N to the other, as long as the tube has a short across the end thats not L&N and you bridge the remaining two pins then it'll work. The reason they are made with L&N to one end and not one at each end is that there is a path through the electronics of the tube, so...

Its an electronic / High Frequency ballast (also says on label), It doesn't have a starter. The LED tubes won't work the with ballast in circuit, so you need to bypass it. Normally the tubes have L & N on one end, and a shorting link across the other end which enables them to work on a switch...

^^^ Ban Please :cry::cry::D

ANother thing to be aware of, when you get decent lugs, is make sure you are using the crimper the right way around, normally the coloured dot is the side the wire enters fromn (But inspect the dies on your own crimper to confirm). The proper name for the insualted crimps is PIDG (Pre-insulated...

I must admit that I only have a very limited understanding of what they do, but I'm guessing that there is a risk that AI might start replacing those in the next decade or so?

Just buy a 15A BS546 plug and and make a short extension lead upto a trailing 13A socket. https://cpc.farnell.com/pro-elec/wp15/15a-round-pin-plug/dp/PL03445 And yes, Its likely what it is to stop other folk from using it, just be glad its not one of the ones that looks like a normal socket...

For anyone who isn't familar with the story, the Mentour Pilot video on the incident is very much worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYwN1R8hVsI

You probably could if you really wanted enough to pay for it, but realistically you don't generally need to charge at more than 7kw for most EV use cases, and a lot of cars will top out at taking 11kw from a three phase charge point even if its capable of suppling 22kw. But the street main where...

Tell that to Excel, if you enter 1st of march 1900 as a date and subtract 1(day) from it, it'll quite happily tell you that the day before was the 29th Feb 1900 which never existed (but excel considers a valid date)... do be fair, it was delibriate to maintain compatability with files from...

Possibly not the right forum, general hardware seemed a bit out the way, and I briefly considered photography, but again possibly folk who never venture into that forum may have a view on it, so I gave up and stuck it in GD, because everyone reads GD :cry: Anyone here subscribe to printer ink...

Generally yes, but like someone else said, there must be *some* genuine cases of people needing these vehicles due to the nature of what they do, and the same goes for the sub 1 ton ones as well,but they are probably out numbered by all the construction managers (who never seem to need to carry...

On a similar note, a very quick question that I'm hoping has a simple answer: My car (with **21***) number plate is due for its first MOT "soon". But other than "soon", how do I know when? I've always looked on the online checker before and it just says no details held for MOT, so how do I find...

If you are looking at the part you have pictured in the original post, then thats just a remote keypad and does not contain a battery, the actual panel will look something like this: https://securitytradesupplies.com/products/ade-accenta-compact-6-zone-control-panel/ and may well be tucked away...

This: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_5390 must be about the most shocking windscreen related incident to happen, and more so, when you read what led upto it happening :O

Am I the only one who is confused?

And apparently if you end up with a balance thats higher than your agreed contract, chep when they find out, will swoop in and take all the ones you shouldn't have away!