Pyro

[hairyben]

Is there some secret masonic code I need to know when asking for someone to come put a pot on a bit of pyro for me?

I've got a 16mm 3c in a flat that needs shortening and thought it wasn't worth buying the tools and doing something I've not touched in 10 years- I'll just get someone else along to do it.

So far I've had 4 different sparks mess me about- no show or agree then not return calls- am I just catastrophically unlucky on this occasion or is this the common standard of my brethren sparkies? I'm seriously thinking I should put my rates up...

oh, and it anyone can put a pot on this flippin cable for me in the near future in central london, lettuce know.

 

[securespark]

To save yourself a load of aggro, can't you "lose" the slack anywhere?

 

[RF Lighting]

You need to be looking for a commercial sparks who is a bit long in the tooth

Are you sure it is metric pyro? If it is imperial, you will probably not be able to get a new pot seal, which might be the reason for some sparks not getting involved.

Unfortunatly, it is a bit of an old art form these days, and many younger sparks and DIs do not have the knowledge or skill to work with it.

If you were a bit further north, I'd pop round and sort it for you

 

[hairyben]

To save yourself a load of aggro, can't you "lose" the slack anywhere?

Not possible. '30's mansion block of weird, mostly concrete & hollow block construction. Easy option would be to replace it with SWA but that'd mean going through communal service hall (not a prob itself, but would have to liase with/inform the porters & building admin who in turn would inevitably want to bring on board the horror that is EDF.)

 

[hairyben]

You need to be looking for a commercial sparks who is a bit long in the tooth

Are you sure it is metric pyro? If it is imperial, you will probably not be able to get a new pot seal, which might be the reason for some sparks not getting involved.

Unfortunatly, it is a bit of an old art form these days, and many younger sparks and DIs do not have the knowledge or skill to work with it.

If you were a bit further north, I'd pop round and sort it for you

def. metric, was retro fitted not so long ago.

The council/LA housing still use it a fair bit for submain work round here so there are sparks that are tooled up to do it, I asked at my wholesalers for some numbers of such folk and have had nothing but brainache.

 

[tim west]

If you don't want to "purchase tools" why not do it the old way with cutters and "sardine key" made out of a bit of steel rod or stud? With skill you can screw a pot on with grips, its how it was done before strippers etc came out.

 

[333rocky333]

I tried to get a 16mm pot recently ,they are like gold dust.
Most wholesalers do not have them on there system now.

 

[Collectors]

I tried to get a 16mm pot recently ,they are like gold dust.
Most wholesalers do not have them on there system now.

Hi, try a place called Massgrove electrical wholesaler's at 13 Brent st, Hendon NW London. Their place was there before the ark & has got me out of trouble a few times. They even have the old original wooden ceiling blocks for light fittings if you need them.(Original) Phone NO: 02082020005 & ask for Paul or Raj.