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  1. Marti

    Best CCU is Schneider...Oh no it isn't. Anyone tried Chintz?

    Some good points on the Chintz. I tried CEF's Proton or something. Cramped and awkward case. Might try one in a garage or similar. I'll take a look at the Hager since they seem to have the gold star.
  2. Marti

    Best CCU is Schneider...Oh no it isn't. Anyone tried Chintz?

    I know I'm going to regret askin' but I never learn so here are two contentious question in one. The best CCU, and by "best" I mean plenty of installation room, good quality screw fixings and reliable RCDs / RCBOs. Personally, I still like Schneider; maybe because that's what I trained on. The...
  3. Marti

    Office 365 about to run out.

    It is web based so you can use it on ....anything. MS Windows, Apple OS even Android. Personally, I tried it and kept loosing files. Goole Docs is a similar web based system. A stripped down Word Excel et-ctera. IMHO forget hacked and illegal software. You're running a business - if money is...
  4. Marti

    Guidance on new MFT's

    Oh, and there is always Metrel but they seem to disable functions in software and leave the menu items in! Also, they use their own design of lead which some people like. That's another name that was missing from this years show. A pretty pathetic attempt this year despite trying to combine...
  5. Marti

    Guidance on new MFT's

    That's a shame as, outside of the big two (Megger & Fluke) these were the only ones I thought looked professional. A lot of folk seem to stick with whatever they used at college. Personally, I went to Electrician's Show at Ally Pally had got hands on (oooh err...) with all the kit. For me...
  6. Marti

    It weren't broke until I got there an' improved it.

    Tell mum I'm sorry...
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  8. Marti

    It weren't broke until I got there an' improved it.

    Learning to count is SO over-rated! Neutral for the workshop feed was in the correct position on the incorrect neutral bar Humph! Thanks for your support folks :)
  9. Marti

    It weren't broke until I got there an' improved it.

    That correct SC. the fact that this was working perfectly until I fixed it suggested the issue is at the house end where I tidied up the wiring but double checking all the workshop installation did seem good practise.
  10. Marti

    It weren't broke until I got there an' improved it.

    He had it in-comin' :) OH, Buzz Lightyear, point noted about series RCD's. I will correct that as well - thank you
  11. Marti

    It weren't broke until I got there an' improved it.

    Thanks Guys, My bet, from what you've said, is that I've got the neutral in the wrong bar. Haven't had time to check but I'm confident that, from the SWA onward is fine. Funny enough, this was the situation that prompted me to asked about labelling in another thread.
  12. Marti

    It weren't broke until I got there an' improved it.

    So... This is all on my house and no animals were harmed in the making of this hash up but the Mrs doesn't know...yet. A few years ago we had this house rewired. Usual story, a lash up by an unqualified because we knew no better and it was one of the incentives for me to qualify and offer a...
  13. Marti

    Is 50 too old for a new career?

    Unfortunately one of the most vitriolic threads I've seen in here and probably better suited to Farcebook / ----ter etc. EF has always been better than them IMHO. When I started (fit for the grave according to some) I had a solid background in Restoration / Handyman tasks and a love of...
  14. Marti

    ... advice on this situation please

    One of the hardest things for me to learn was, and still is, walk away. Even now I can look back at emergency call-outs where I have endeavoured to leave a safe and working system behind me for a family and what I should have been focused on is "if this goes up, you were the last person to touch...
  15. Marti

    A complete house rewire where to start????

    I was under the impression that this is the domain of the DNO? Is it related to these slightly undersized fuses I've read about - the ones that "fall out"?
  16. Marti

    Sparks in Bournemouth, Poole & round to Southampton and Portsmouth

    Thanks Dave, Really useful to know. Rebuilding the customer base will not be easy but everything you listed is familiar. If I can add Gas Safe and drive for £240 for the combined skill set the plan is viable. Well done for taking the plunge and making it work. We want to make the "quality of...
  17. Marti

    Sparks in Bournemouth, Poole & round to Southampton and Portsmouth

    Well, since I posted this we've made a couple of forays to the area. Appears to be trade vans everywhere - not an accurate measurement just an impression. This suggests work generated by all the rental properties. Went to one are in the town centre that appeared to be made of BEAUTIFUL Victorian...
  18. Marti

    "decent" generic Fuse Board circuit labels

    This was my issue, and I do recognise it's unique to putting a shiny new CCU on some one else's "variable" wiring but the sheath was invariably just reaching into the case. Hence my sticky labels to ID the lives. I suspect there is no prefect solution. I'm going with sharpie sheath (ooh err...)...
  19. Marti

    Are people moving away from rings

    One of the most informative discussions I've read in here - thank you folk.
  20. Marti

    "decent" generic Fuse Board circuit labels

    Picking up an old thread here. One for the silver tops please. When you are doing a board swap and faced with a snake's nest of twisted and age hardened cables - how are you identifying them before ripping out the whole sorry mess? I've tried wrapping normal sticky labels around the lives and...

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