{"id":347,"date":"2013-07-17T15:37:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T15:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.vwlowen.co.uk\/?p=347"},"modified":"2013-07-20T13:45:40","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T13:45:40","slug":"mad-dogs-and-englishmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vwlowen.co.uk\/blog\/?p=347","title":{"rendered":"Mad Dogs and Englishmen…"},"content":{"rendered":"

My internet wifi signal has always been pretty dire around the bungalow so I recently bought a Netgear Range Extender<\/a> to see if it would improve things.<\/p>\n

It worked quite well but, as it was occupying the one and only socket in the hall, I decided to fit a socket in the utility cupboard which houses the house alarm. It entailed running a new 2.5mm cable in the loft and, for some unknown reason, I decided today – one of the hottest days of the year – would be a good day to do it.<\/p>\n

As you can see from the thermometer I took into the loft (after the job was finished), it was pretty hot up there!
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Anyway, it’s done now and I get a good signal all round the bungalow.<\/p>\n

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(The electrical regulations say it’s legal – ‘though not necessarily advisable – for anyone to add to an existing 13 Amp circuit provided it’s not in the kitchen or bathroom or outside.<\/p>\n

Bizarrely, although I’m a time-served electrician and daily worked on high voltage industrial equipment, I was never certified to Part P of the Building Regulations and am not allowed to do work outside that outlined above. Well, strictly speaking, as a ‘competent person’, I would be allowed to do the work but would then need to get it certified by a Part P inspector – which is likely to cost more than getting a Part P electrician to do the work in the first place.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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