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  1. MerlinGremlin

    Do socket outlets in a Pub need to be RCD/RCBO protected!

    It was the QS and Electrical Manager
  2. MerlinGremlin

    Do socket outlets in a Pub need to be RCD/RCBO protected!

    The cables supplying them are less than 50 mm depth and I've started seeing a lot more people charging phones, laptops or tablets for kids. Personally I think there a C2 because of the above and more and more sites are starting to change there sockets for the ones with the USB charge outlets.
  3. MerlinGremlin

    Do socket outlets in a Pub need to be RCD/RCBO protected!

    What are peoples thoughts on this, should socket outlets in the general public areas be RCD/RCBO protected? I believe they do and have put them down as a C2 on a recent EICR but recently got a phone call to say it's a C3!
  4. MerlinGremlin

    18th Edition Wiring Regs, who should pay?

    With the new edition of the wiring regs due out in January 2018 who should be paying for the course? I'm cards in with a company and am hoping they will foot the cost of the training and time to complete the course etc. I will obviously purchase the new regs book myself and the OSG, but is there...
  5. MerlinGremlin

    New 3 phase supply, does it have to be on a 3 phase MCB or can it go on 3 individual BS88 fuses?

    Just been asked the question can a new 3 phase supply be installed into an existing DB that has BS88 fuses in and all current 3 phase supplies are fed from individual fuses or does it need the DB taking out and replacing with a modern 3 phase DB with MCB'S? Just want to get what other people...
  6. MerlinGremlin

    Should employees be expected to pay for there own training courses?

    Well what's the point in having training courses and City & Guilds if non of them are required? To prove competence you have to have sufficient training/knowledge which is proved by achieving a grade/qualification. If you are not trained then how do you know you are doing something correct? How...
  7. MerlinGremlin

    Should employees be expected to pay for there own training courses?

    No it doesn't :tearsofjoy: But I think it's across the board now that companies aren't willing to pay to keep there "Engineers" upto date with the current standards and skills, I can't wait for when the 18th Edition Regs come out and see who has to pay for it!
  8. MerlinGremlin

    Should employees be expected to pay for there own training courses?

    Very true Murdoch, companies are quick enough to give there managers big bonuses and flash cars but never think about putting there Engineers on courses to better the company and Engineers. If companies paid better for the more qualifications you had then great, but they don't!! They want...
  9. MerlinGremlin

    Should employees be expected to pay for there own training courses?

    For example you wouldn't ask someone to carry out an EICR if they didn't have there 2391 or 2394/5, but as Electricians we can all test circuits! What I'm saying is that we are carrying out the work and signing certificates to say everything is okay and compliant but we don't know if it is...
  10. MerlinGremlin

    Should employees be expected to pay for there own training courses?

    We can all do Emergency Lighting Tests and Fire Alarm aswell as PAT testing but none of us have been fully trained, for example none of us have the C&G PAT testing cert, or none of us are aware of the BS for Emergency Lighting, or none of us have been trained in Fire Alarm maintenance. It's just...
  11. MerlinGremlin

    Should employees be expected to pay for there own training courses?

    Where I currently work we do a lot of Emergency Lighting testing, Fire Alarm Servicing and PAT testing but none of us have the sufficient and upto date training, when we brought this to the attention of the company they've turned round and said we don't need any training and if we feel we do...
  12. MerlinGremlin

    Should employees be expected to pay for there own training courses?

    Just wondering what everyone else thinks about more and more companies making employees pay for training course required to carry out there jobs properly. Or the other instance is companies making employees carry out tasks that they haven't had sufficient training in and not complying with the...
  13. MerlinGremlin

    Emergency Lighting Test Competent

    Just trying to find out if there's any legal or general requirement to be qualified to carry out Emergency Lighting Tests? This is the same for Fire Alarm servicing, as both require certificates to be issued and signed, so if something was to go wrong and it ever went to court etc would they...
  14. MerlinGremlin

    2396 course Advice and Pointers

    I've signed myself up for the 2396 course in May and was hoping any of you on here who have done it could offer any advice or pointers and what the project is like and what's the best way to deal with it. Any advice muchly appreciated, thanks.
  15. MerlinGremlin

    MCB or RCBO

    :tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy: schneider stuff doesn't come cheap you know :tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy: you get what you pay for
  16. MerlinGremlin

    MCB or RCBO

    I think I've just been spoilt at other companies I've worked for who allowed me to decide what needed to be done and what materials where required as there clients didn't care about the cost, that may explain the Banking crisis then to some extent as it was for all the big banks haha
  17. MerlinGremlin

    MCB or RCBO

    No, I just got sent to sort it out, I don't deal with the cost or what had been agreed
  18. MerlinGremlin

    MCB or RCBO

    These fittings are on an outside of a pub, they had been installed a couple of weeks ago but the supply side hadn't been checked by the spark doing the job, don't ask me why or for what reason, I just seem to get sent to all the crappy jobs to sort them out, personally myself I'd put them on an...
  19. MerlinGremlin

    MCB or RCBO

    Basically haha we've had a few instances recently with him telling not only myself but other Engineers that are C2 codings on are EICR are in fact C3 codings even though he's not the one doing the inspection and testing just going through the paperwork, it's a joke.
  20. MerlinGremlin

    MCB or RCBO

    It's clipped direct for about 30 cm then goes into some trunking and outside to a Wiska box! Personally myself I'd redo it in conduit and do a proper job. My Manager is a spark but don't agree with everything he says.

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