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    Max Zs on certification

    Dear Sir My measured values say they comply with the tabulated values for the maximum Zs noted in tabular form in BS7671 - But since we are testing the circuit without it's day to day usual load, then we must apply what we call the 80% correction rule to simulate true operating conditions. I'm...
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    Working in Iraq or Afghanistan.

    A few years back there was a guy who used to post on here from Afghanistan. I remember seriously considering it at the time - Quickly reassessed the situation when the Fluor operatives were blown up by a rpgor some other grisley end. There was a couple of sparks on there. Quickly realised that...
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    Smart Lighting.............

    Now all you need is the Samsung smarthings hub. Then you can make "rules" so that the lights change colour and react to events. Alexa will chat to you if you set up smartthings with the various community addons ect ect. Some lights come on if it is dusk and they sense presence ect others change...
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    Aggressive electrician demanding payment...what do we do?

    Yes I agree about taking advantage. Like I said not my target market. I come recommended from friends who have had work done...neighbours of people who have had work done...Like I say I am more likely to be found doing stuff for free for truely vulnerable. My point about the grey hair was just a...
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    Aggressive electrician demanding payment...what do we do?

    Horse for courses is the saying I think. I target customers who can afford me. If a genuinely poor old lady needed her lights/power back on either they can't and won't call me, or I will get to hear of it through friends etc. and I go round and do it for free. I have done this many...
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    Aggressive electrician demanding payment...what do we do?

    Without wanting to come across as a rich hippy lol. I average three days, I don't need nor want the money that 5-7 days would provide. My work life balance suits me just fine. Think my dad mentioned to me about 40 years ago - Work to live don't live to work. If you can "afford" to do so, then I...
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    Best quality electrican tools.....

    You are all brand slaves. Eclipse pliers @ about £15 per set. VDE drivers....used to be totally stanley back in the day but now i just pick up whats on offer if im nearing the end of the current drivers life...choose between ck wera or drapper....All do what it says on the tin. I so miss my 1st...
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    Shooping with your other half, if you have one

    All joking aside I hate shopping with a passion. BUT I DO get involved in sofa and bed and audio/visual stuff. No way would I back down on uncomfortable stuff. I would rather put up with the sulk for a week lol. To be fair my misses is easily won over when I start telling her how awful it would...
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    Wiring a 5 bedroom house

    Don't take any notice of the guy's on here some of whom have been winding you up.....Not one of them have mentioned that the main centrifugal flux capacitor is not on your list. Will be needed for that size of cooker/oven for sure. Best place to buy one is CEF (City Electrical factors)......I...
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    Quiet spells with new business

    Quiet time ? Targeted leaflet drop.....Here you go https://publicaccess.aberdeencity.gov.uk/online-applications/weeklyListResults.do?action=firstPage You can search that list for approved planning local to you. You can refine it to weekly and monthly - Send a leaflet to each that may need...
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    Help! Advice please.

    OP you have had great advice so far. You state faults were identified by another after you had left. I think I would email the builder back and state your surprise that there was any issue's with any of the work you done. You could also state that you tested all of the work you were responsible...
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    Site agents rule the world

    Bigger the site you tend to find the rules pretty tight. Blanket orders, doesn't matter if you are the cleaner or the guy working in confined spaces....Hat on, Steelies on, Specs on, Masks and gloves too on some sites. I remember my 1st big site (Channel tunnel) and everything you could think of...
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    Fair Wage for my skill set?

    Be careful is all I would say, sometimes our own echo chamber (friends and family) can give us an exaggerated value of our worth. Be realistic too, You are a 3rd year/stage apprentice and will most probably be getting charged out as such. I think to imply that you have "taught yourself" well...
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    Teaching opportunity *gulp*

    Think of the tutors that inspired you - copy them. I would want to be mentored for a few days or even weeks. I very briefly considered doing this too - just didn't fancy the regularity of it all - Im afraid I suffer from "same building" syndrome. If im in the same building for more than say a...
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    Should employees be expected to pay for there own training courses?

    Regs, IPAF, H&S passports, compex ect ect.....I would say AFTER you have completed an apprenticeship (Or equivalent training) then employers should be paying for the above courses for any directly employed worker. Unfortunately the way of the world is now that lots of people "think" they are...
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    which automatic wire stripper is the best?

    I have a set that is now lying somewhere in one of the darkest corners of my shed. I just thought them cumbersome. I did not "get" the idea at all. Even if you are doing 1000 down-lights - What can the stripper do that my pliers or side cutters cant ? Even more importantly I rarely find myself...
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    Advice for newly qualified electricians

    Fail to prepare = Prepare to fail. As above with regards protecting your body inside and out......Smile knowingly as the "Hero's" Slag you off and laugh at you.....Then smile some more when their backs,legs,knees,eyes,ears and lungs start to fall apart while you are still going strong like a 20...
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    remedial work after an EICR was carried out on a residential property

    Here is a similar scenario (Real life apparently - appeared on facebook electricians group). Copy & Paste - Customer today complaining about loss of power to property. First few things I notice. The fishy smell coming from under the stairs, the thermal damage I spot on the Wylex rewireable fuse...
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    job interview

    hope it turns out to be all that you were hoping for. Remember sometimes it takes a wee while to get into the stride. Come back in a month or two and give us a feel good update.....if you don't mind. Good luck mate.
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    job interview

    Good luck bud. Hope you get the job.

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