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  1. markc123

    New member.... hello

    Hi Kurt, Welcome to the forum. Yes, you need to complete the ECS Health & Safety Course - its £48 and you must book and you'll be given a set date to go to a centre to sit the multiple choice online exam. The exam roughly takes 20mins but you are given 30mins i do believe. Also, if you're...
  2. markc123

    How many lights?

    75cm between fittings = overkill. I'd suggest 2 rows of 3 looking at the drawings but if the client has requested the northern lights then maybe you should go 2x4.
  3. markc123

    Thoughts on recommendation

    Hate clowns like this, all you can do pal is write a letter covering your own arse. Send a copy to the landlord, send a copy to the estate agents and if the moron won't do anything then thats entirely up to him.
  4. markc123

    New job, new problems

    411.3.1.1 EDITED.. You can't go failing installations for no earth at lighting points along as the fittings are class 2 as you correctly point out. This regulation is basically for new circuits being installed - and that regulation has been around for a while.
  5. markc123

    Rented property

    Letting agents are thick as pig .... Post 2 is unfortunately true - i have had the same issue "we want a condition report" .... that's fine but you'll pay for it on top. Seems stupid doing an EICR and EIC when only an EIC is needed, but if thats what the client requests then do both and get...
  6. markc123

    Walkover lights

    Pillar IP65 50W ground light, LED groundlight, GH88042V, Saxby Lighting UK them ones to be exact. Easy to fit, great price and never had a problem - fitted 20+ on several jobs.
  7. markc123

    Walkover lights

    I also live in a coastal area, i use Saxby Pillar Lighting.
  8. markc123

    EICR help!!

    I'm kind of just repeating whats been said before here. With some detective work, which i agree can be a pain in the backside and take a lot longer than it should 99% of circuits will be able to be identified. Throughout my whole EICR working life i've only had 1 circuit which i haven't been...
  9. markc123

    Today ended with a bang!

    Haha welcome back to this forum Dilb :waving:
  10. markc123

    Today ended with a bang!

    Haha, never and i mean NEVER assume things are dead. When i was doing my apprenticeship i asked if the power was off so i could change a socket faceplate - "yes mate" was what i got told and my first electric shock followed approx 20seconds later. Then my boss said, "never assume, i knew it...
  11. markc123

    Qualified or Not!!

    Should do a way with the term qualified, it literally means nothing in todays world. Competent.
  12. markc123

    you do not have permission to access this page. T

    You need to pm one of the mods for access to the arms. You've gotta fill out a form somewhere to prove you're a sparky :-)
  13. markc123

    you do not have permission to access this page. T

    Ermm lol... are you feeling okay ?
  14. markc123

    you do not have permission to access this page. T

    They're trying to tell you to bog -Off hahaha only joking fella - strange, never had that message before. You're not trying to access posts in the electricians arms are you or something? Edited ( we like to keep the public area clean of expletives or suggested) ☺Darkwood
  15. markc123

    Straw in stud walls

    It's nearly as much of a nightmare as chopping out polystyrene ...
  16. markc123

    r1+r2. calculate or measure...

    r1+r2 isn't the same as R1+R2 so i hope this is a typo lol. Yes, your company is wrong - bad practice and you're doing nothing but sucking pennies off unsuspecting customers. You're right, the 'mug' that signs it off will be in trouble one day if **** hits the fan. Unfortunately, people get...
  17. markc123

    Advice on meter readings

    What he said ^^ + am i reading correctly that you're touching the probes whilst conducting a IR test? Do you have an afro ?
  18. markc123

    r1+r2. calculate or measure...

    No. Not necessarily. You can have a good reading that's still unreliable if parallel paths are present. All comes down to how you define unreliable.
  19. markc123

    r1+r2. calculate or measure...

    First and foremost you're supposed to identify parallel paths and where possible remove them for testing purposes only - so you get a proper reading. I don't agree that recording an incorrect and unreliable value as opposed to a tick in that situation would be the correct way to fill your cert...
  20. markc123

    r1+r2. calculate or measure...

    Malcolm - i couldn't agree more. A few years ago, i put a 'tick in the R1+R2 box - i got called up on it by a spark about 4months later. Only to shoot him down by showing him GN3. Lots of sparks don't even understand what it means if you tick the R1+R2 box.

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