A house we have just re-wired has one of these cooker points,
Trouble is the kitchen wasn't supposed to have been touched by any trade but the wiring was that bad we've had no choice but to renew it all however the cooker switch is in the tiling as opposed to over it so it will leave a hole...
That ship has well sailed. We wont ever do another job for the builder, I can't cope with the hassle. As for his client, my mate has been back and done a few things for him as extras but I wasn't interested as I think he will be awkward about paying, not sure if my mate has been paid yet or not...
I don't fit alarms as my main job but have fitted quite a few over the years whilst we were doing the electrics side of things. I usually fit the Texecom Premier 24 or Elite as I now think its called. The last one I did the householder wanted app control and I had to sign up with Texecom to get...
They are obviously trying to scam you and will probably get away with it, so, as you are an electrician create some faults that only a magician could find that will show up on the EICR they are about to have done. You could then charge them £300 for info on how to fix it.
How old are you, I used to work all the hours god sends when I was younger but I'm 53 now and you have no chance of getting me to work past 4.30PM, and even less of a chance on a Saturday, don't care what the problem is.
I always used to use the free forms I found on-line, they were a little bit out of date but still held all the relevant information and were good enough in my opinion to issue to customers. The beauty of them was I could fill in all the duplicated information and save the template so completing...
You've not lived a full life if you've never fallen off a ladder. I did it a while ago painting at home, armed with a cheap B&Q set of aluminium steps on a slippy laminate floor, the steps snapped on the bar that goes under the platform and the ladders ended up on the floor looking like a new...
One of these, I've still got mine in the van and use it as a backup meter. Bought it in about 2005 or so and it still works perfectly.
From the top of my head, the first is voltage/frequency etc, then low ohms using the comp button to zero the leads, then insulation testing. After that is the...
Insulation doesnt cause cables to heat up, it just stops them dissipating the heat they produce. If a cable doesnt get warm in free air it wont get warm in insulation.
Mira showers with the computerised PCB in them go wrong all the while, we connected up 30 odd new showers in a retirement complex for a plumbing firm, within 12 months they had to change about 25% of them, the showers were under warranty but their labour and ours wasn't, cost them a fortune.
They're not power over co-ax are they, in my opinion never do it this way. I don't mind co-ax CCTV, the picture is just as good as the POE cameras but I would always run separate 12V power to cameras (even the POC cameras have a separate 12V connection. The one and only time I tried POC I had...
Electrician is talking rubbish, the E7 timer instructions even mention putting a link between the off peak and on peak terminals when there is only one element.
Also how can the timer be connected to the off peak supply, the time will go wrong every time the off peak supply goes off. Needs...
Thats a freak accident though, it could just as easilly been anything that killed him. It could very well have been a double insulated bench grinder that damaged the flex which then came to rest on the body of the grinder, that too would just as easily become live and complete the circuit if you...
Inside the equipotential zone pretty much the only things that are capable of introducing and earth path are the things that will be bonded anyway. Even if little Timmy touches something that is at 230V in bare feet it doesn't matter because the floor is pretty much insulated, it might be carpet...
I know this won't help with the job but why are so many builders insistent on plastering etc before services have gone in. We were at a job the other day that has had a fire upstairs only, as they wasn't touching downstairs really they decided to put a new chipboard floor down all upstairs. I...
Unless you are a fully paid up member of the JIB gold club with every qualification going then as far as I know you will need to complete the AM2 before the part P scammers will even take an interest in you.
Heat pumps might work in theory but so do a lot of things, I've yet to see one that works at all without costing the owner an absolute fortune in electric.
There was an estate near to me called the Stamford Brook estate in Altrincham that was supposedly the next big thing in cheap heating...
The problem with not vacuuming out though is if any air at all is in the pipework then it will have moisture in it and once the refrigerant is released the moisture will freeze and block the pipework/condensor etc.
The interesting bit is how the moisture is actually removed, its not by just...
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