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    Working out of hours

    Hi there, im new to site! Finished my apprenticeship last year, with my dads company, a subby has just recently left and its just me and him(we dont get on great but get the jobs done) He doesnt do anything but work, even at home, home is the office... As he is the boss, he has to do the...
  2. Midwest

    Surface Meter tails, in plastic conduit?

    I'm quoting for a CU change, where I'll be replacing the meter tails (because of length). I will have to run the tails on the surface (less than 3m) on the outside wall. For a neater appearance and because the wall is pebble dashed, I was considering putting the tails (2 x 25mm) in 32mm conduit...
  3. D

    neutral earth fault

    During my zs tests on the ring circuit the rcbo trips. The breaker also trips when I take a Zs on the cooker. I have carried an insulation resistance test on the cables and have found a dead short (0.00) Mohm reading on the neutral and earth on the ring circuit. 137 between line and earth and 87...
  4. C

    11kw shower cable size?

    For 11kw shower what cable size is required for 15m run?
  5. L

    JIB Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) JIB rules - 'stand down' please help asap!

    Hi I started for a JIB company about 3 and a half months ago. Thier office is in birmingham and i work in oxford. Now they have put me on 'stand down' which means i have to go sit in the office for 7 and a half hours doing practically nothing. Thing is I dont only have to pay the 20 odd pound...
  6. H

    EICR problems.

    Under what circumstances would a Sub-DB need to have MPB links to water and gas? I had always believed that the CPC of the feed from the Main-DB would be sufficient, assuming it had been designed and installed properly. Got a situation where you have a small Sub-DB in a caretakers office...
  7. H

    RS switch mode power supply

    Hi Guys, Has anyone come across this SMPS from RS, 445-107. Blurb says its class 1, because it has an earth pin. I cannot get a circuit from the earth pin to the '-' of the output. I have sent RS a question about this but have not had a reply. Must fail it as a class 1 appliance.
  8. S

    Pricing

    Hi Guys My other half is just starting up and is after a bit of advice on pricing, as an example he did a quote for two outside flood lights on a domestic property with a bit of conduit work and estimating three quarters of a day labour for £190, the customer said it was more than she was...
  9. S

    Help needed re starting/building up business

    Hello all I'm posting on behalf of my husband because I want to help him with his business. He really wants to go it alone having worked sub contracting for a while for various contractors. He had thought about working on sites but he cant get an ECS card because he hasn't got an level 3 NVQ...
  10. S

    long flex for boiler thermostat under floors

    On a domestic install a plumber has hooked up his boiler to the mains and then run a flex probably longer than 8 meters underneath floorboards to his thermostat. I'm doing the rewire, but this had happened while i was away on other things, i'd told him this wasnt good practice and needs to be a...
  11. D

    megger 1710

    A friend of mine has offered me theses for £250. Very good condition but he now works for a company who provides them with testing equipment. Are they worth the price? And has anyone used these? I know the auto rcd is a draw back but I don't do huge installations so not much a problem. Thanks
  12. S

    Testing - Following an Addition

    Addition to an existing circuit, if I was to instal an outside light and did so by taking a spur off the ring through a FCU, how would I test the the circuit to complete the minor works cert? I presume that I would carry out a continuity test on the ring as normal, but when it come to the spur...
  13. S

    Pyro Cable Tripping RCD

    Went to a job in a church hall today where one of the power circuits was tripping the rcd. There seems to be 4 bad legs of pyro in the circuit, as I get a dead short in my IR tests between line/neutral, line/earth. Is it common for pyro cable to do this after a certain time, or could a fault...
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    Christmas tree taken down because the 230v lights are too dangerous...

    This popped up yesterday... Comedy of errors, health and safety and people having bugger all knowledge of electricity! Stanley Christmas tree pulled down after lights were switched over fears vandals could be electrocuted | Mail Online
  15. telectrix

    cheap GU10 LEDs

    just bought these. will let all know after i've given them a trial. 4x GU10 6W High Power 60 SMD LED Energy Saving Warm White Spot Light Bulbs | eBay
  16. M

    IR Testing???

    Hi All- New to this - loving the challenges! EICR'd my house and found one of my ring finals had an IR problem- just getting to grips with testing and trying to gain experience- college was good, however, felt like it was more of learning to pass exams! My ring final has an issue- if i test...
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    Taking a Part Passesor to a job you know has been done incorrectly?

    No not a job I have done silly :) Who's thought about it though? You've been to price on a job and you know full well that the quote is going to be ignored and some local mate will sort the simple 5 minute job for a couple of beers rather than the 500 odd quid that the rip off sparky wants...
  18. J

    Eicr prices

    just looked on a price comparison site (whatprice.co.uk) by accident and found prices for eicr testing from around the country - couldn,t believe a sole trader in sunderland offering to test up-to 3 bed house for £65 all in ( reckons 2.5 hours to fully test and do paperwork ) and telling people...
  19. N

    Domestic appliances

    Any guys do service/repairs on dishwashers,washing machines etc. If so is there any money in it....Just thinking about it....Is there courses you can do in it.I'm a spark but wouldn't know much about them.......... Thanks in advance
  20. A

    Do people get jobs purely on NIC

    Quick question about this, do people get jobs purely on name of scam they are with. As an example to this my old boss, what a **n**r he was.. Said once to a customer who got an old test cert out for a industrial property (No scam needed i believe) my boss told him that its not worth the paper...

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