Good morning to everyone the best way for learning and pass 18th exam?
Doing college couple months or Online company???
I can’t find the best way ???
With test centre is Trust .
Many will by now have heard of the new requirements for private landlords, enacted under Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 312, known as ‘The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020.’
All new tenancies, and all existing tenancies from 1 April 2021, must...
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I'm sure like everyone, EICR's are going mental and I'm looking to buy and iPad to do the forms on. I've asked some people IRL about which software works well on iPad and wanted to ask you guys. What can people recommend? What looks good and works well?
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Can I do EICR report for domestic properties myself if I got only 18th edition qualification
and Level 3 Diploma Electrical Enginering ? Or I need to do Testing and inspection qualification?
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Planning on going away for a year or two and renting the house out so will need an EICR.
The consumer unit is old and has a 12 MCBs protecting each of 12 circuits. Some of the lighting radials are merged together under a single MCB. Suspect a 16 circuit cu might be better. Perhaps of...
I’m installing a sub main in a shed which is brand new but not insulated/ possibility of getting damp.
can I use plastic IP rated consumer unit Or does it have to be metal to be up to 18th edition standard ?
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Hope everyone is safe and well. I have a query and I believe I already know the answer but would like some input. So, I have a bathroom with a mirror. The client would like a vanity light. However, the centre of the light is exactly 600mm from the edge of zone 1. My issue is that the...
So they messed up the first amendment and have released another corrigendum:
Link to original source: https://electrical.------.org/media/2420/bs-7671-2018_a1_2020-corrigendum-may-2020-read-only.pdf
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Firstly, sorry if this post is in the wrong sub-forum group; if it is please advise where to place this thread.
I've been studying for the 18th Ed. Regs course via XS Training and all is going really well.
The only problem is that I've noticed all their practice material/questions haven't...
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Has any fellow trainees recently applied for JIB regrading after completing their NVQ.
Tried claiming my card yesterday, but the ecs website is moaning about me not having the 18th, yet some of our apprentices have claimed their card without the 18th.
I knew that new gold card applicants...
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First post to forum so hi all.
I have just finished my 2365 l2 and am looking at doing some domestic stuff whilst studying for my l3 and nvq.
I have spoken to NICEIC who advised I need to do my 18th edition at which point with my l2 I can register as a Domestic Installer on their scheme...
I’m looking to get registered with the compétant persons scheme.
I’m looking at testers and wondering if it’s worth the extra money to get a tester that tests b type RCDs.
would the scheme pénalise me for not having an 18th fully compliant tester?
wondering on what people’s views are.
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I am seeing different figures here all over the net, table3a (p363) states a 30ma RCD has a trip time of 300ms max.
So at 5x is the maximum 60ms? I seem to recall 200ms and 40ms for a 30ma and these are the figures I am seeing over the net...
Please I just want the correct figures for...
Thought I'd have a look at Megger's free certification software FormFiller yesterday. Downloaded it no problem and was quite impressed with it, seems user friendly and straightforward to use. Then I noticed the forms are still 17th edition! Anyone know if they have a newer version with 18th...
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Newbie on here so be gentle!
So I’m a commercial gas engineer with over 20 years experience, so know my way around control panels etc and work on the electrical side on a daily basis, but have no formal training in electrics at all (don’t actually know how this is allowed!)
anyway I am...
The IET have put the pdf file on the IET website for the final version 1st Amendment of 18th Edition.
Do you recall them saying it will be free? well not quite...
Its free to view and read but apparently we have to pay £5 if we want to print it without the DO NOT PRINT written in the file.
I...
So I've recently finished my level 3 and I've been having a good look online at the online course and the 3 day course from mainly two providers (tradeskills4u & niceic) but its bloody £400+!!!! I've been on YouTube watching alot of sparkyninjas walkthrough of the book and wondering why not just...
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