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Professional Electrician

These are nearly always for the Professional Electrician. And their fellow peers of course. To share electrical advice at a more skilled electrician-style guy or gal. That's not to say some budding sparkys may have some exceptions and limited access. Most of all - it's a professional electrician who is found hanging around in these question and answer forums.

Forums for the Professional Electrician

Welcome to the Professional Electrician forums. These are some of the most important areas of the forum. Our largest reader is the professional. We have domestic electricians, professional commercial and industrial electricians, along with the professional electrical engineers that tend to be the super experienced and well educated guys and gals with most of the answers to all electrical questions. Post your own new thread in the professional electrician forum, or reply to an existing thread.

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Domestic Electrician Forum

Domestic Electrician Forum as requested by a regular member. Find all domestic electrical threads and discussion here.
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Security Alarms, Door Entry and CCTV (Public)

Security Alarms, Door Entry and CCTV (Public). Chat with other electricians about Security Alarms, Door Entry and CCTV Systems. This area of the forum is public, if you want the out-of-public area that's access only, then you need to apply for access and prove you're in the trade. For obvious reasons!!
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Commercial Electrical Advice

Discussions on Three Phase Supplies, three phase machinery and motors, DOL starters, phase sequence, running steel conduit, trunking and other questions on industrial and commercial electrical installations and maintenance. Commercial Electrical Talk. Also notice our Electrical Advice Forum and our Industrial Electrical Forum
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Talk Electrician

Talk electrician for all installations can be discussed in this industrial electricians' talk forum. Electrician Talk Forum. Wiring, theories and regulations.
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Alarms, CCTV and Security Systems

CCTV and Alarms - Installation advice, guides and how-to's, how to reset alarm codes, etc - Checkout THIS thread to see how you gain access to this private area of the forum.

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The Electricians Arms

For professional electricians only. Checkout THIS thread to see how you gain access to this private area of the forum. You can discuss pricing, customers, wholesalers etc all without the risk of them seeing what you're saying, and what prices you're getting. We have some banter in this area of the forum too. And sometimes some music at the weekends.
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Business Related

Different Electrical Jobs, Self Employed, Competent person Schemes. General Discussion on all business related aspects of the trade. Thinking about going self employed? A change of electrical work? This is the place to be.
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Central Heating Systems

Please post all questions and discussion related to Central Heating Systems in this forum, from installing and wiring programmers, zone vales, room stats, tanks stats, wiring centres. Y Plan, S Plan etc.

If you're looking for plumbing related central heating discussion, visit our plumbing forum instead. If you're searching for advice on the plumbing related aspects of Central Heating then Plumbers link is there is for you.
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