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    The start to my career

    Just a rough guess are your hands in your pockets much?
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    Fault finding maps

    I am struggling to think how somebody's brain could possibly think that this is correct to leave like that? even with someone who knows absolutely nothing would at least put same colours together.
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    Hoover tripping the electrics

    try it in your living room sockets then your kitchen sockets...what is it that trips the mcb or rcd?
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    What do they not teach you at college?

    mate just simply find a job as an electricians mate, off course give it a little bull to get your foot in first, but just don't go over the top.
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    What do they not teach you at college?

    and you always get better with experience mate otherwise why is it called experience?
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    What do they not teach you at college?

    Have you even worked outside of college as an electricians mate or electrician?
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    Anybody ever come across this?

    why do all of that when you can just run a three core from the one way switch, making it a 2 way light
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    Dealing with an overloaded circuit

    Thanks for that mate, guess ill extend the ring as both you and Richard suggested.
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    Dealing with an overloaded circuit

    Would it be bad practise to just add it on to the mcb and have 3 line conductors 3 neutrals and three earths, because at the end of the day im still using 2.5mm cable protected by a 32amp mcb. (just enquiring)
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    Dealing with an overloaded circuit

    the landlord genuinely does not give two sh****. The only heating is electric there is no central heating. EDIT: dont know if you read one of my other posts but he jsut brings cheap 'sparks' that do stupid things like by passing the mcb. however recently they upgraded the board and the 'more...
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    Dealing with an overloaded circuit

    appreciate the advice richard, you always give such a thorough explanation. I went to see the job today and to my amazement the sockets where on a 6 amp mcb wired in 1mm. This was feeding (attempting to) a kettle, microwave, iron, tv and refrigerator he lives in a single room. obviously it...
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    Dealing with an overloaded circuit

    appreciate your time mate
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    Dealing with an overloaded circuit

    my poor wording, say it was a poorly designed circuit the supply can off course take it, its an 80 amp supply mate, with a 20amp radial, forget the situation with my mate now. im just giving an example if it was with someone else who wants to be able to put a kettle or any appliance with that...
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    Dealing with an overloaded circuit

    lol forgot to say, before another 'so called sparks' came to check the problem out and he had but a small link of cable in the fuse board between the feed and load side of the mcb, so rendering the mcb useless so the kettle worked. however after the landlord was doing some refurbishments and...
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    Dealing with an overloaded circuit

    in this situation he probably will, but say just for knowledge if somebody just wanted it to work without getting a lower wattage kettle, all i could thing of is either rewiring the circuit, or spuring of another appropriate circuit (with appropriate fusing off course if required)
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    Dealing with an overloaded circuit

    so how would you go about sort this problem out.
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    Dealing with an overloaded circuit

    I can definitely wipe that fault out of the way as he said when he plugs the kettle on the shared kitchen socket it works fine, but he doesnt always want to go to the kitchen (for privacy off course)
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    Dealing with an overloaded circuit

    hi guys another query. say a customer had a overloaded circuit where it was just down to pure ****e design, how would an electrician deal with this. I could only think of a rewire of that circuit as the only viable option. as off course u cannot just upgrade the protective device. i ask...
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    What are your thoughts on this 3ph domestic.

    only god knows how someone can walk away from an installation looking as rough as that...
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    College cancelled

    when u say applied did you go there and personally speak to the electrical head

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