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Here's the drum on cable protection
Here's an improvement on the use of a piece of split storm water pipe to protect cables as you drag them through masonry walls.
Time to get your time sheets up to date?
Steve Whitehead has found an easy way to keep work records accurately recorded, by using your mobile phone.
We've got your measure
Do you ever go cross-eyed trying to take accurate measurements, especially in poor light or awkward situations?
Location of downlights for second fix.
Have you ever drilled a hole for a low voltage downlight and hit (or been too close to) a ceiling joist, or come under a soldier beam, water pipe or some other obstruction? Scott Pearson from Millswood SA has a suggestion.
A clever system for retrieving off-cuts of conduit
The tubes on top of your truck are a great place to store conduit. But unless you have a threaded cap at both ends, they can also be a great place for off-cuts to get stuck.
A quick, easy way to clear your gamma style hole saw
Do you ever have trouble removing the cut out material that jams itself inside gamma style holesaw blades? Denis Haywood says he has the answer.
A safer, cleaner way to deal with stubborn light bulbs
If you ever have a stubborn light bulb that just wont come out, and you know the only way you are going to get it out is to smash it, Graham Labone has found a way to do it safely and cleanly.
A bending spring for when you can't find a bending spring
Here's a tip from David Evison that proves beyond doubt that necessity is the mother of invention.
Fed up trying to find cables behind wall brackets?
When cables are hidden behind plaster board that is not marked or the wires are not pulled through, here is a technique from Mike Robins that should make finding them easy.
Here's one straight out of the box.
Have you ever wondered if there was a way to better manage the establishment of power supply, cabling and meter enclosure installation at new building sites? Roy Mould gave it some thought and came up with a system that could be adapted to save time and money on a great many projects.