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    Caught out by mt own lazyness.....

    As I said the neutral was broken prior to the join, therefore it did not show up, someone put the join in to use the earth as a neutral!
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    Caught out by mt own lazyness.....

    Yes, at the fuseboard, and that showed no issues as the neutral was not connected to the point where the earth link was - I would of only of found it if I I/R was done at the upstairs lights, which means I would be I/R ing at every light fitting during a test to find that sort of thing.
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    Caught out by mt own lazyness.....

    Did an EICR of a rented property, 2 up 2 down, old, one lighting circuit, cooker, ring and 2 radials (2 sockets in kitchenon one, hall socket on other). All readings not to bad, not perfect I/R on kitchen radial, but damp walls so I wasn't surprised, end of line readings all good, realised that...
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    Are LED Light Bulbs Safe?

    After fitting out an office with LED panels the staff were oo-ah ing over how much better the new lights were, I was extoling the better light quality, cheaper to run etc. Unfortunately I have a terrible sense of humour and went on to say that there is no evidence for them not causing cancer....
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    Downlighters Fire Retadent

    Now I was told that they had to be fire rated if there was sleeping areas on the floor(s) above, so in a average house fire retardent on the ground floor, don't matter on the top floor. (also why does the NICEIC test sheet have this as a thing to be checked then)
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    Cable Rods - what do we think?

    Use them most weeks, and it looks more professional (if the client is watching) then the old bent coat hanger and yt/mt lid
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    Electrical Cables on hot plumbing pipes

    There should be no direct contact, but when wiring boilers sometimes close proximity can not be helped.
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    18th edition practice papers

    Why thank you
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    some body bang on the door some body ring the bell

    If its a card reader there will be another box ox tricks somewhere that you may of switched off, or cleared its memory. Could be a little box with a keypad, could be an ethernet connection to a pc, but there will be a way of programming the cards somewhere, which I have seen hooked into the...
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    High level cabling with long life span

    From the picture I was shown unit is pre-wired so I can take the wires into an adaptable box and make them off there. (Well, one of the others can, I'm not going!)
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    High level cabling with long life span

    And now we find out we have to wire a DMX cable to all the lights as well
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    High level cabling with long life span

    Yes
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    High level cabling with long life span

    It has to be stripped for the new roof
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    High level cabling with long life span

    I'm the old man of the team, the youngest has only touch MI as part of his training! Its a fading art - anyone fancy a visit to the coast :)
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    High level cabling with long life span

    Probable the equivalent of a six story building - yes I'm a wuss - I used to do rock climbing as well! You can see the existing lights
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    High level cabling with long life span

    I'm the only one old enough to do MI and I'm NOT going up again :)
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    High level cabling with long life span

    It is tight up to the roof with a meter or so overhang mostly, should avoid direct sunlight and water mostly, but it is on a exposed pier like structure
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    High level cabling with long life span

    Replacing some lights on top of front elevation of really tall building, once in 25 years scaffolding job. At present in MI, but due to roof works this will have to be stripped out. The new lights are going to be 100W LED units. The new roofing structure has ducting approx the size of MT3 built...
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    Things are changing and I don’t like it

    People over the age of 50 What is the point in them? Just make way for younger people to have a life.
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    Fuse board upgrade price.

    If we quote more then £500 we don't get the work, my area is flooded with 1 man and his van 'electricians'

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