I see a lot of chat about the recent fares increases. I seldom use trains, and due to my location and my concession card, I never pay full rate anyway.
I checked today's fare from Glasgow to Edinburgh, £13.10.
Last night I bought a plane ticket from Gatwick to Menorca, £20.16...
called to a job to day where a customer says their emersion heater not working ,gets to the job ,open the cupboard and a nice unvented cylinder .
now this unvented cylinder has not one but two elements feed from a 2.5 cable the old emersion switch ,but wait on why is there two 3kw on..
now...
Just done our 18th,hey ok,tutor mentioned metal fixings etc,we were in a classroom with normal T bar false ceiling,I asked if these cables above needed proper metallic supporting,he said no ceiling is fire rated.
Not really getting that,looks so flimsy ,what do you guys reckon.
Some of you may remember a discussion I had on this forum some time ago regarding my wiring of a stable. The general opinion was that they would burn down, soon after the horses and anyone within a 10 mile radius was electrocuted. Now so far none of this has happened. Now my point was that as...
nope not the once a year treat of a leg over, I am blessed but........
A Level Results with students jumping for joy before they depart to Uni for a 3 year bender and a £35k debt for media studies which lets them to a job in a call centre in Swansea..........
Bring back on the job training...
As many have seen from past posts of mine...my father in law fancies himself as a dab hand with electrics. "Its not rocket science" "its just live netrual and earth" being some of his favoured qoutes.
Had to help him with a two way switch he had tried doing himself couldnt understand why it...
Hello All,
I currently work in the hospitality trade mainly front of house, I am pretty happy with my current job but I have always wanted to learn a trade such as this but never got round to it and if I can make a new career out of it then that would be amazing. I am 25 and have a house...
Thank you Mr. Wetpants. Not only have you stolen my wiring space by threading your radiator pipes through holes that were drilled for cables I was planning on installing on Friday morning, but you have installed hot-water pipes right on top of existing cables. I can't decide whether the ----wits...
Had to re-lamp several track mounted over table pendants but couldn’t find any evidence of earthing to the fittings.
The fittings are 240v metal fittings and are easily within reach.
The track adaptors have an earth terminal but they are wired in two core flex.
The fittings have no obvious...
I started having an discussion with my NICEIC assessor about correct fuses in appliances, telling him that the previous PAT tester did not replace the plug fuses to match that of the rating of the appliance. He said that it was OK and that many electricians do not understand how PAT testing is...
HI Guys, so looking for some advice I've had a re-wire for our new kitchen all was going to plan until yesterday when I realised that my changing of appliance could be a issue.. I told the electrician I was getting a range style cooker so he wired up for this, I changed my mind after seeing the...
Are they amu good as I am thinking if joining and one of their reps is coming next week!!
Keep the cash and have xmas or spend it and have a bonanza Xmas next year?!?!!?
Hi everyone I've just registered today & looking for some good advice, I'm thinking I want to restart doing more electrical work, I have qualifications 2330 level 2 & 3 city & guilds 17th edition, I have worked on site a few years ago when the recession hit us back in n 2012 & now I work in a...
Called to a problem where the residents were getting shocks off of kitchen metalwork. There was a high resistance path on the socket CPC circuit which also fed the boiler and heating system so I'm taking the accessory plates off and inspecting the earth connections. Well I was, until I hit the...
Afternoon all..
Settling down to a fancy coffee from the new fancy coffee machine and as you do on a sunday afternoon I started thing about bonding :).
Quite often the kitchen fitter, DIY homeowner etc has built around the Main bonding connection for the water and it is neither visible or...
In my design project it's asking me for an example of switching for mechanical maintenance "relating to devices which are not under effective control." What on earth does that mean?
If it's not something you can turn on and off with an isolator switch and lock, what are they talking about?
Been on a job today sorting out some lighting circuits. The husband took it upon himself as part of his kitchen refurb/extension to install downlights.
He decided to wire it by feeding the lights from the switch as he thought that was the new way to do it to comply.
He hadn't given any thought...
Does anybody know what's happening with Line products. Put an order in with express delivery over a week ago not received any goods, e mailed them no reply. I transferred the money on line so that's out of my account.Tried phoning them goes straight to answer machine have lefts messages no...
So a regular client has just had me finish doing up their flat and bought a house, been and while quoting for LED downlight etc.. they asked to have all the accessories changed out new and a few bits looked at, while there on site they showed me a cert hand written from a contractor to move...
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