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    Electrician refusing to sign off own work because of tripping RCD

    Certification and the tripping RCD are two separate issues, cert is a legal obligation, the RCD he should investigate as profesional courtesy but may be a chargeable extra (is it new or old wiring?)
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    Observing fire detection shortfalls on EICRs

    What exactly do you mean by shortfalls? An out of date or missing smoke alarm as part of the electrical system I'm testing would be noted, a shortfall though lack of requisite alarms (if say a rental) isn't really in my scope although depending on your relationship with the landlord you may...
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    Light fitting confusion

    Begs the question if there's one green wire and that's being used as a switch line, where are the other earths and what are they doing?! Like said this needs a professional to look it over.
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    Self policing EICR cowboys

    Seen loads of it, schedules that don't even marry up with the CU etc etc Then the scheme guy who audits me seems utterly ---- retentive and picks me up on the stupidest things. Seems to be two completely different worlds. Mind, I'm not sure scheme membership is even a reqiurement for these...
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    what are some tools that were worth the price tag?

    +million Most guys only worry about their knackered knees when its too late. Some of the best advice you can give, take care of yourself, poxy job ain't worth suffering for! The inbuilt knee pads are ace because you never don't have them on, for those "oh it'll only take a minute not worth...
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    UNSATIFACTORY EICR REPORT BASED ON C3

    In practice the letting agent will demand an EICR with satisfactory written on it, even with a new cu install cert, in my experience. OP is the spark insisting on improvement work and if so what? Is the property RCD protected? (Shedule of test results will tell us)
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    Hager consumer unit blanks

    They are for whatever insane French design logic very fiddly to fit with the busbar in place but should sit neatly, one of the main reasons I go out of my way for hagar is they're one of the only manufacturers of consumer units that fit together properly and straight! Or get some mk blanks...
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    When electrics go wrong!!!

    Had one like that on the leccy board way back when, we were providing gensets for the mains when they had shutdowns - was a 1000 whatever kva genset feeding an entire estate and the pillocks didn't realise the neutral cable was in two parts, boom can we have several hundred new VCRs please
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    Eicr who wants them

    I know but if I fail it he'll only ruddy ask me to go back and fix it! I do try believe me but every now and then you get one that putting the extra effort in would be like trying to teach elocution to a plumber.
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    Do the TWIST

    6" of twisted together cpc sharing a sleeve.? So some walleh can save himself 3 quid a year in sleeving.
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    Seen it a few times typically in a council houses. they paint a room, say, blue. They paint the wall blue, the skirting board, the switches, the fireplace, the mantle, the radiator, the TRV, the door, the door handle, the window sill, the window frame, a bit of window, a bit of carpet, the...
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    Service head EICR

    If they trained and gave you their blessing then they'd be liable when something goes wrong, and when half your networks is so far past its service life its in many cases quite literally falling apart that's a big ask. Much, much nicer for them and their shareholders to maintain the pretence...
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    Eicr who wants them

    Found myself working for someone with a few dozen housing association slum lets... Some of them I have to confess I don't even try - if I can get a passable insulation reading to earth its gets a pass with some grumbling in the limitations.
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    EICR check failed

    ^that, 99% of properties here have had the old sweated on wire chopped right back and a pipe clamp installed, ukpn response is "prove to us we provided an earth" which is often not possible
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    Service head EICR

    You mean the TNC-s earth connection point?
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    He sleeved all the redblack cables ! If only he'd have paid a little more attention to detail elsewhere... Such as a plastering syllabus... Its a vertically integrated solution ill have you know, which as far as I'm aware negates the fire rating as the door doesn't gravity-shut....
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    That's the most depressing aspect, it was one thing when you were dealing with discontinued lines, but the CBF of it all is the worst. I was pondering the other day why consumer unit manufacturers have such low opinion of sparks that they make everything with horrid multi-fit screw heads that...
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    "They all do that sir"
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    Eicr who wants them

    The problem is more the bogit&leggit brigade. If you know which end of a hammer to hold the majority of the middle classes will believe you're anything you say, most people really are that clueless and feckless today.

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