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    What is your hourly rate as a self employed electrician? (2024-25)

    After the huge spike in inflation we have had in the past 3-4 years, the cost of most things have practically doubled. Not only within business costs but as in housing, fuel, food, debt, etc. If you are still charging the same day rate as 3-4 years ago, you have greatly reduced your profit! You...
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    Yeah i did report it, they were actually given permission to install it apparently and the managem,ent company didnt seem too bothered, i forwarded these pictures to cover my --- tho It was a Tesla unit
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    The block of flats i do maintenance for had a brand new Tesla charger installed, I knew the guy whose parking space it was lived in the next block on the 2nd floor Had to have a nose to see where he supplied it from Gonna see alot more of this type of thing! What about the poor guy who cuts...
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    Maximum demand exceeding main fuse.

    sounds like one of those jobs to swerve and let it be someone else's problem
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    Maximum demand exceeding main fuse.

    why do you need to pull up the floor? Do the tails run under the floor? The tails should be 16mm at least anyway, so if thats the case and she refuses to upgrade them then theres not much you can do is there Doing load calculations purely based on breaker size is not how i would determine...
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    Will you vote?

    Put me in the Reform UK pile! I am sure there will be a surprise at how well Reform do tomorrow, if they are only likely to win two or three seats, why the massive concerted effort across the entire mainstream media to discredit them at every opportunity? Nearly everyone I speak to is voting...
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    Class II fitting modified by Electrician

    I find with these so called 'class 2' metal light fittings which are basically class 1 fittings with a crappy supposedly double insulated joint box supplied to be a total waste of time, if a typical loop in wiring method is present(which it mostly is) the only way to install the light safely is...
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    Underfloor Cooker cable

    When you say plus kettle, does this indicate you are needing 13A socket/s on the island and a hob supply? and then an oven supply on a tall housing on the wall of the house? First thing, whats the KW rating of the hob and the oven? I would be inclined to run a seperate hob circuit to the...
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    House rewire or not to take the job

    Hmm too much guess work for me!, it doesnt look a good start from first impressions For me, Id be quoting for a full EICR to begin with and then at least you will have a remedial list to price from and shouldnt get any major surprises later down the road Then if you dont fancy it after that...
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    comply to Regs to install a MCB for the Sub Main to the 1st Floor DB

    When I had this issue i used an upfront a 100mA TD RCD and dp RCBOs on final circuits I know its not considered additional protection but its the best i could come up with at the time
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    comply to Regs to install a MCB for the Sub Main to the 1st Floor DB

    Yes this is a problem i have encountered before and there is no way to totally comply with the regs one way or the other What did you deceide to do ?
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    Call out to downlights not working in ceiling, all stopped working together 5x 20w halogen mr11's Middle floor of a town house, cant lift floor above, unable to locate transformer anywhere oh, no I know what that means.......... cut a dirty great hole in the ceiling!
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    lol He said his apprentice measured it! He must have realised something was wrong by the depth surely! he actually asked me if i could move it all so he could still put his overflow pipe there, cheek!

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