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    Interesting videos from Bundy

    Tell NICEIC that the contractor was using their logo and they will be up in court in double quick time. Tell ANY of the schemes about iffy workmanship and they will really not have much to say. It isn't even in their remit to police anything. Trading standards ? Possibly IF you could get a bored...
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    Electrician Jobs Seeking Full Time Electrician at HMP Northumberland

    £30k ? If the operative is working 40 hours a week they are getting an hourly rate of....£14.50ish per hour. I suspect it may take a while to fill this position at the advertised rate. I am not being rude about the rate, just being realistic. I do not know anybody who is a qualified electrician...
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    UK Scottish electrician potentially moving to London

    Get your SJIB card as stated above. This will enable you to transfer over to the english version of the same card. Then you can simply find your feet working for agencies/firms for a few months or longer if you wish. The ecs/cscs card is worth adding when you are down south which you will need...
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    Approved tradesmen scheme

    2p worth.... I became an electrician in 1988ish. I did my full 4 stage CITB funded SJIB approved apprenticeship. It said on my certificate "completed Apprenticeship". My plastic card said "Electrician" on it. 2 years later my new card said "Approved Electrician" on it. The "deal" was/is that...
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    Good Old Delroy, he gets all the best Jobs :)

    Sometimes the bad guys do get rough justice when they have been caught. I remember a fairly amusing incident. A small pub in my hometown back in Scotland. Bloody goldmine it was...like a cartoon pub where they all rushed in for opening and they drunk hard until lights out. Anyway the pub in...
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    Electricians on building sites. What is is really like?

    Building sites...Well I spent a "good" 25 years on the buggers. From the Channel tunnel to Canary Wharf with hospitals and universities in between. Ever site is different. Some will be fantastic, well managed plenty of hought going into co-operation betwen the trades, Nicely thought out scedules...
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    Is my neighbour using my electricity?

    If you shut off from that isolator then there would be zero electricity going anywhere in the installation. Even if the neighbour had tapped off a circuit his would go off when yours did. I would be surprised and subtly impressed if anyone could spur off that double pole isolator without...
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    Why are there so many secrets during job planning

    Was working in a Casino prob 20 years ago. It had taken about 1 year to do the total gut and refurb building-wise. Fairly large job for a casino but anyway it was a slog for M&E but we got there in the end....3 weeks before handover the owner comes in with the architect and mentions "Gawd I...
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    What sports do you play?

    Snooker. League level. Had 113 break. Played county level at pool but didn't enjoy it as much as snooker. Life is funny because now my eyesight has deteriorated I won't play snooker anymore especially after not looking at a cue for 15 years (life and stuff). So now I am about 3 months into a bit...
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    EICR pricing per circuit

    One of my good friends owns several properties and looks after several more. Lets say ball park 50 properties. I could have had all of his work for the last 20 years. He is a good landlord, his properties are all kitted out to the exact same spec. Dream jobs for the trade he employs because...
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    EICR Test Fail, before and after

    Sorry not much to add except to say those terminations are so bad they make my eyes bleed. Exposed copper all over the place. I think you need a new electrician that comes recommended. If you don't know any from family or friends then at least you could look up NICEIC etc for a registered...
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    TT issues with new house

    New century mate, we don't use mallets any more SDS does it all. Young apprentice electricians now wont have the biggest arms amongst their peer group and it's all down to the now humble sds.
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    TT issues with new house

    4 rods would suggest that they struggled to get an acceptable reading from just the single one. BUT regardless if I were looking to install a rod and it was next to the house which is all rubble etc then id imagine my only real option would be to 1st dig out a hole then knock in rods with...
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    New rewire and fuse board - views on work.

    Fair question to my post i suppose. The answer is definitely NO. I am one of the electricians that actually would not have given you an option lol I would offer full RCBO or decline to quote. But as my post was pointing out I am trying to 1. save you money and hassle, 2. what has been fitted is...
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    New rewire and fuse board - views on work.

    Well cheers for ignoring my and others very clear advice. that advice extends to untidy fuse boards too. there is NO obligation nor regulation which states that work should be neat and tidy. The advice was RCBO's are a "nice to have" as opposed to a must have so again you will be paying twice as...
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    New rewire and fuse board - views on work.

    The above are the ONLY issues that you could pull the original electrician on. As well as the bit of the circuit that has not been rewired. Be advised that you must give the original electrician the opportunity to fix those issues before going down the withholding payment or part payment route...
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    Squeezing the last Drop

    There you go there is loss. Now every aspect of science even so called settled science is and should always be challenged. The challenge here is how to efficiently recover those losses while not spending more time/money/energy than it would to just "accept" those losses. Edit to add - the total...
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    Pricing for a job need help

    Yeah the catch is you need to be a fully qualified electrician to the latest standards. If you look closely at the copy/pate i did from indeed you will note that there is 4 ad's there 3 offering over 40k and one offering £22-£23 per hour....So that's 4 jobs all with a "catch". Right I'm off to...
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    Pricing for a job need help

    Electrician (18th Edition, 2391 Test and Inspect) Vannin Solutions Ltd Maidstone (ME14), Maidstone From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum Holiday, Training & Progression, Pri Vannin Solutions Ltd Permanent Posted 9 days ago Activate one-click apply. What is one-click apply? We require 18th Edition...
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    Pricing for a job need help

    Yeah I even just wasted MY time just double checking because I don't travel outside my wee bubble down here in east kent. Even PAYE sparks on indeed are looking at 40k on the cards with van etc. Subby bottom of the range is £20 and that had zero bites in 12 days....lol Funny enough there WAS an...

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