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  1. Frimley111R

    Commercial Max Demand Course?

    I've seen some companies doing max demand calculations/reports on commercial properties and this would be useful for us to do. However we don't have anyone who is skilled/knows enough to do this. Although our team is very experienced this seems like a niche we don't have experience in. However I...
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    I Need Work Electrical Improver seeking work in the Reading area.

    Interesting thread, we're looking for an electrician, pay well and assume all electricians are over run with work as we've had nothing but poor candidates. It's bizarre how one potential candidate was on £7 h/r full time, as were his colleagues and yet we had to up our salary twice. Where do...
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    Solar How did the market change after the grant/FIT was removed?

    Lol, Renault are just about to stop it for their cars I heard.
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    Solar How did the market change after the grant/FIT was removed?

    Yes, I understand that. I meant from the installer market viewpoint rather than the customer. I am assuming installers had to be registered etc to claim the grant for customers etc in a similar way it does for EV chargers and for some companies, dealing with the government just wasn't worth it...
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    Solar How did the market change after the grant/FIT was removed?

    Hello All, We're primarily an EV charger installer and, as many of you know, there is a grant system in place for this. It essentially means we have to adhere to strict procedures etc for the installations. However....this will not last forever, potentially another year or so. With this in...
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    NICEIC Certification Scheme How quickly were you accepted following assessment?

    For those of you have been assessed recently, (it's Feb 21 right now) for the first time. How long did it take NICEIC to confirm acceptance/pass and so membership of this organisation?
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    What do you pay your sparks? Or what do you earn PAYE?

    No, an electrician is an employee and should be paid what they are worth. There's no MUST in any job.
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    Work that generates recurring revenue?

    Gavin, thanks, the Octopus thing is a great idea. I'll look into it. Service packages are something we've looked into but with the 3yr warranty on chargers its a bit of a non starter. Plus chargers are pretty reliable. It will work more for larger commercials where chargers not working will...
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    Work that generates recurring revenue?

    We're primarily an Ev charger installer and although this is going well it does leave us exposed if there is a downturn in the car market. For example right now there are supply issues which are slowing car sales and this has a knock-on effect on us. We're going to change the business to...
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    Test equipment necessary?

    Same for us. We don't use them on other chargers. They didn't help themselves by insisting all their charger courses have to be done at their offices up in the Midlands or somewhere.
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    Test equipment necessary?

    Well that's my view too. Problem is, bodies like NICIEC and NAPIT say you should have them and, the way they word it, it is as if they are mandatory for all installs but they are not according to the 18th. Finding one to say it's nice to have and no essential is a nightmare! 1594303424 Yep...
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    Test equipment necessary?

    We're getting conflicting views on whether we need specific charger test equipment for EV charger installations in homes and it's very frustrating. Some manufacturers, like ROLEC, say you must have it to be certified whereas most others say its good to have but not necessary. Our NICEIC...
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    Taking Time off as a Boss

    Yep, I used to buy and sell cars and while the flexible life was great, every time everyone else was off (weekends and evenings) I'd be dealing with customers. I'd go out on a Friday, have a beer and get a call to see a car at 9am the next morning which sort of dampened the fun. Going back to...
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    Taking Time off as a Boss

    When you say the grass in never greener, what does that mean? Working for yourself wasn't as good as you hoped?
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    Hello from the world of EV Charging

    I noticed a little nudge from Dan about deleting our account if we don't post an intro and so here it is. I run Chargebase and we are an EV home and commercial charger installer based near Fleet in Hampshire. The business is owned and run by two of us and our work is contracted out to NAPIT...
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    We are Chargebase, an EV home and commercial charger installer based in Surrey/Hants

    We are Chargebase, an EV home and commercial charger installer based in Surrey/Hants
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    Certification bodies - bit of help please

    Thanks!
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    Certification bodies - bit of help please

    Following on from another thread on here, can you please help me with a fundamental issue regarding certification bodies. Bear in mind we are new to this sector but not new businesses. There are two owners of the business and neither are electricians (I’m one). Electricians are contracted to do...
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    Which certification body?

    Stalker!!! Lol. Of course hiring a QS is ideal but far from practical for a growing business. One day we may have one but this is not that day.
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    Which certification body?

    Westarted an electrical contracting company and the end of 2017 our test of the business. It went well and we used 2 electricians who are NAPIT approved. Now this year we are going for company certification via NAPIT, potentially, but this means that everyone who works for us as a contractor...

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