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| Thread ID: 73218 | 2006-10-11 22:25:00 | Electrical wiring in a wall | Greg (193) | PC World Chat |
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| 490816 | 2006-10-12 19:38:00 | I know how you feel, I have an aversion to vacuum cleaners, dish washers and clothes lines... but I have great admiration for the terrors some women face boldly every day :D Good luck... you'll know you've hit pay dirt when your hair gel starts smoking :eek: |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 490817 | 2006-10-13 00:57:00 | Gads! It's gotta be the 240 volt thing . . . huh? We get kindergartners to install stuff here in the US all the time, and they aren't 'fraid of silly ol' 'lectricity . . . . but of course, ours is only 120 volts in dem thar walls! 240 volts will knock you on your butt . . . 120 volts kinda tickles . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 490818 | 2006-10-13 01:17:00 | New Zealanders are tougher than that, Joe. I often wonder about that wimpy 115V, which needs the other half of the split supply whenever you want to run anything bigger than a digital clock. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 490819 | 2006-10-14 15:09:00 | Oh . . . I dunnow . . . . 40 amps at 120 volts = a lot of watts . . . . more than enough to run even the largest digital clocks, even with an alarm . Funny thing you said 117 volts . We say 110 or 120 or somewhere close . . . depending on the age of the person making the statement . Really . . . I meter out at 121 . 8 volts most of the time, and have not recently seen less than 119 . 7 volts on my recording digital min/max meter for a long time . The NEW voltages are 117/208 . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 490820 | 2006-10-15 00:37:00 | Oh . . . I dunnow . . . . 40 amps at 120 volts = a lot of watts . . . . more than enough to run even the largest digital clocks, even with an alarm . Maybe that's why my new digital alarm clock was so bright AND loud . . . until I hid it in the wardrobe :D Has anyone seen Greg's new hair style yet? :xmouth: |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 490821 | 2006-10-15 06:50:00 | I need to put up a shelf in my study and I'm wondering about the typical layout of the electrical wiring in a modern home. The wall has a twin electric socket. Of course I don't want to pierce the wires when I put screws into the wall. Thanks. Dead easy - no problem - in fact in over 50 years of DIY I have never ever managed to hit electrical wires. Mind you I have managed to hit a water pipe once under the floorboards and another time managed to find a gas pipe. So watch for pipes as well as wires. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 490822 | 2006-10-15 17:45:00 | Dead easy - no problem - in fact in over 50 years of DIY I have never ever managed to hit electrical wires.Thanks for the confidence boost. But I reckon I'll still take ShortCircuit's advice and power down the mains. And I sure won't be touching the screws ever afterward once the power's been switched back on. :eek: | Greg (193) | ||
| 490823 | 2006-10-15 20:58:00 | Thanks for the confidence boost. But I reckon I'll still take ShortCircuit's advice and power down the mains. And I sure won't be touching the screws ever afterward once the power's been switched back on. :eek: And if the powers off how on earth are you going to drill? OH hang on - yes I remember - there is such a thing as a hand drill & brace. Gosh almost forgot them. They must be in the garage somewhere. Wonder where I put the old typewriter! Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 490824 | 2006-10-15 21:29:00 | And if the powers off how on earth are you going to drill? OH hang on - yes I remember - there is such a thing as a hand drill & brace. Gosh almost forgot them. They must be in the garage somewhere. Wonder where I put the old typewriter! Tom Hooray for cordless drills :) |
somebody (208) | ||
| 490825 | 2006-10-16 01:11:00 | I treasure my hand drill/brace and bits - wouldn't be without it. | Greg (193) | ||
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