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The Secret Life of the National Grid Wiring the Nation
Owain wrote:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vkjmy Tues 9pm BBCFour It’s a journey down the wires from the awe and opposition that greeted the first pylons in 1928 and the novelty of electric light, to the long lost glamour of the British nuclear industry and Margaret Thatcher’s determination to keep power flowing during the miners’ strike. Contributors include author Will Self, urban planner Sir Peter Hall and grid veterans on how Britain first banished darkness and turned on the electric light. Owain I have just watched it on iPlayer. Excellent. I am not sure about the electricians that were running diagonal cables in a wall at 23min 50 seconds though. -- Adam |
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The Secret Life of the National Grid Wiring the Nation
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:27:07 +0100, ARWadsworth wrote:
I am not sure about the electricians that were running diagonal cables in a wall at 23min 50 seconds though. Was that in the new house with several hundred odd light fittings? All down lighters I bet it will be like the black hole of calcutta. Not to mention for ever changing bulbs unless they are are LED... -- Cheers Dave. |
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The Secret Life of the National Grid Wiring the Nation
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:27:07 +0100, ARWadsworth wrote: I am not sure about the electricians that were running diagonal cables in a wall at 23min 50 seconds though. Was that in the new house with several hundred odd light fittings? All down lighters I bet it will be like the black hole of calcutta. Not to mention for ever changing bulbs unless they are are LED... Yes. -- Adam |
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