Hi,
My name is Johnathan I'm 23 years of age and I'm from Wigan. From 2011- 2013 I done CG PEO and my level 2 2330. How ever I couldn't find an aprentiship what so ever. Due to the recession at the time. So now I'm at a stage in my life where I need a trade and don't want to be working in an...
hi guys ive come back again, i was really annoyed after being on here due to the negativity of some of the mentors and regular users on here,
i yes have enrolled on a course with one of the lower regarded providers but was the only way i could continue to work in the field im in...
Ok. So split 1 house into 2. Was going to install a loftbox in both house, but couldnt get them to work.
Have gone back to normal aerial amps.
So feed from Aerial goes to amp to split to go to each house.
TV in furthest house has good signal as tv has a built in booster.
Come back from RF2...
... Back again. Shady's back.
Hey guys,
That time again for a new academic year thought I'd post a thread to get back to it and get the TS active abit.
What are your plans for this year? What are some subjects you want to get better at? Subjects you feel confident with?
Full college day...
Hi All,
I've been employed since January with a regional installer since my previous business was very small and local and my Partner lost heart in the industry and moved on.
I am now re-entering the market as a sole trader and am interested to know what you guys would do differently if...
A while back my daughter asked me to call in after work as her washer as leaking (aprox 2 years old)
I got there could see it had been leaking so checked all the hoses level switches etc all seemed well. Put it on without any load in it and watched it fill and empty all seemed normal. So I...
Just sat watching repeats on Dave of all the specials, I really miss Clarkson, hammond & May.
I wish they could have sorted it out before it got to the stage it did !!! such a shame that this programme ended how it did.
I bet the bbc would give anything now to go back to before that event...
I've upgraded the forum software again to the latest version.
If your account allows you to, you'll have a couple of new small features.
One being the ability to tag threads.
No need to go mental with them. But say all the threads about 17th edition had the tag "17th edition" you could...
Hi,
Im new here so please forgive me if this has been covered.
I sent my mft1730 off for calebration a month ago and didnt check the contence of the box on its return. Unfortuneately the have lost the red and green tips. Is there anywhere I could find some of these without having to buy the...
Hi all
im after some advice, please.
its been 35 years plus, since I worked on domestic installs. I did the old 236 electrical course in conjunction with my 5 year apprenticeship.
Yesterday I completed the 17th edition course at my local college.
Anyway my question is, what do I now need to...
Dear Everyone.
I myself am not an electrician, that's why I'm here.
I've got a Baby Belling style cooker that rather spectacularly blew its plug fuse a couple of days ago - took out the entire plug circuit. I've got the plug sockets working again, but now of course I have no cooker!
Is it...
Hi,
I purchased a LAP non-contact voltage detector to check my sockets.
One of them is cracked and needs replacing. So I went to the Consumer unit and isolated the all of my circuits.
Then I went back to the broken socket and tested it again.
Everything appeared to be fine, and I removed...
Visited my mates place tonight as moved to a new property 2 yrs ago, starts going through the rooms, and wisely leaves the elec alone !
Find a few interesting items in and around such as a fitted wardrobe with 6 big bakelite junction boxes in it before it got ripped out around them ( in a...
What do you guys do? And does anyone have the definitive answer?
I have an install where there is a LPG gas fire (one only) fed from two free standing LPG bottles.
The bottles are on the exterior of the building, fed via a copper pipe which passes through the external wall, about 6ft under...
I installed the wiring for the shower, not the shower
the customer got it out of a closing down sale at B&Q
Turned it on FULL to see how it handles, had my hand in the water
i could feel it stop for a millisecond and then go again
also it didnt Burn my hand even tho its 10kW
and it went How...
Have listened to this one banded around many times.
Situation where some sparks argue that ground or 1st floor circuits should not be present at one switch as is often the case if a strapper drops down to the hallway 2 way feeding the landing with the hallway switch also within the same (double...
Today I got word from the company going to be doing an apprenticeship with to get my nvq level 3.
I have completed 2365 level 2 while working as a mate .
JTl said something like you dont have the 2330 so you have to start again??!!!?
and cannot continue on..
i thought the 2330 doesnt even...
Good evening all,
I get a decent amount of work from a kitchen company and do all the electrical work for them.
As expected each one has its challenges, but this job i've looked at today has a kitchen ring on a 32Amp MCB, and its own cooker circuit on a 32Amp MCB.
Once I isolated the cooker...
Hi all.
usaul story, first fixed a new build now boarded and skimmed. Customers has now gone to howdens to get the kitchen designed and has decided he wants two ovens. One is a fan oven and the other is an all in one grill, oven and microwave all in one, one is 2.8 kW and the other is 3 kW. I...
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