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  2. Screwfix - Wikipedia

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    Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. [6] Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc , which also owns B&Q , and is listed on the London Stock Exchange .

  3. Distribution board - Wikipedia

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    The remainder of the circuits are divided in the same way as a dual RCD CU. This type of consumer unit offers improved circuit separation over a dual RCD CU whilst allowing for more flexibility. RCD incomer consumer unit - This is the least convenient solution in terms of circuit separation because the main switch is an RCD.

  4. Electrical wiring in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    6% of 230 V, meaning anything between 216.2 and 253.0 V is acceptable; and furthermore because prior to the introduction of this standard the previous standard had been 240 V, or more specifically 240 V ±6% (225.6–254.4 V), which almost perfectly falls within the new standard, so distributors lacked sufficient motivation to change the ...

  5. F. W. Woolworth Company - Wikipedia

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    Woolworths (United Kingdom) originally was the British unit of F.W. Woolworth, but operated independently as a separate company from 1982, running stores in the UK, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. It also had interests in other UK retailers, such as B&Q, Comet, Superdrug and Screwfix as part of the Kingfisher group. On November 26, 2008 ...

  6. Comet (retailer) - Wikipedia

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    [6] Initially, Comet was the only major retailer offering electrical equipment at heavily discounted prices, and the largest share of its business remained mail order. When competitors such as the G. W. Smith and Laskys chains also began to offer discounted equipment, Comet was compelled to begin opening its own branches nationwide. [6]

  7. Consumer unit (economics) - Wikipedia

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    In economics, a consumer unit is defined as either (1) all members of a particular household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially independent; or (3) two or more ...

  8. Henry (vacuum) - Wikipedia

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    Henry is the brand name given to a cylinder vacuum cleaner made and sold by Numatic International, and is the only mass-produced consumer vacuum cleaner still made in the United Kingdom. [1] It is most notable for its cartoon eyes and mouth on the body of the vacuum cleaner , making a face, with the hose connector or hose as its nose.