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    Garage install

    Hello Guys Going to be installing power and lighting within a garage. I have been told the walls will be covered with ply wood once the install is done. The fuse board and accessories will be mounted on woodern battens. the only t&e that will possbily require mechanical protection will be for...
  2. Doomed

    being thick

    16mm 3 core swa single phase clipped direct outside (shaded) on a 63 B type 60898 Do I really mean that the maximum length is 68m, or am I being really thick tonight? Trying to look at a way of providing more power to an outlet pillar that happens to be the furthest point from the supply cabinet...
  3. sythai

    Lamp Post

    Hi All Carrying out some works on a domestic property and builder would like a lamp post at end of driveway. To be honest not something I tend to fit many of, done a few smaller post lights. He wants something 'full size' 2000+ high. (And would be handy if could find one with photocell built...
  4. A

    Thinking of starting up

    Hi, I'm currently working as a domestic self employed sparks mate however the work is few and far between at the minute. I have 2365 level 3 and around five years experience. I was thinking of starting up on my own just doing minor works and nothing notifiable to fill the time when I'm not...
    • aces4al
    • Thread
    • being customers notifiable starting stroma thinking works
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Business Related
  5. D

    1.5mm clipped to ceiling supplied on 20A breaker

    Morning fellas On job at moment. Am just looking at lighting circuits. They are supplied off 20A type C breakers run in 2.5mm to MDB's then from there each lighting circuit goes down to 1.5mm flex 5 core with 2 cores being used for dali. From what I see cable rating is 20A is a 20A breaker to...
    • DaveS
    • Thread
    • being breaker breakers cable ceiling circuit clipped supplied
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. R

    Change of premises

    Hi all, I am an employer of 3 staff. Two sparks and 1 x 2nd year apprentice. Just in case it has a bearing on any responses, i have never set up an employment contract. When i employed the apprentice the company was operating from premises not 1 (which was closer to the apprentice's home, his...
    • Ross1
    • Thread
    • being change company money months premises
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Business Related
  7. Edtwozeronine

    PAT testers being phased out?

    This is a good one for the rumour mill. A friend at college said he went to a specialist shop and while he was there buying something else he enquired about the cost of a PAT testing machine. The bloke behind the counter said "I'm not sure it'll be worth your while getting one mate, once our...
  8. calpol91

    RJ45 - 3 damaged cores

    Hi. I have a customer with a cat6 from his house to a workshop on his land further up. Most of the run is underground, and the pipe is fair tight. 3 of the cores are damaged at some point and he's reluctant to pull a new cable in if he can avoid it since its a massive run, although I have...
  9. Adie moore

    being mugged off by CEF

    £35.00 for 100M of 1mm t&e. and to make matters worse it's a real rubbish to strip. think it's time to find new wholesalers.
  10. VoltzElectrical

    Fly Leads on banjos (and naked Ladies!)

    I have always used the panel to earth the (bolted) banjos but in my new job seem to be being sent around putting on fly leads from the bolts to the Earth bar. I'm told that this has been picked up by the NIC. I should clarify. The jobs I am being sent back on are not my own, but old(er)...
  11. LeeG

    New trainee over here

    Hello I'm Lee, live in Chesterfield and "qualified" with my 17th, Part P, and 2392/94/95 last year after completing a much -panned four week course. Yes I've read other forums, comments about such courses and yes i'm the product of one. Doesn't make me a bad person does it? Was it easy - NO...
  12. M

    thanks for being accepted as a member.

    working for a 4 years for bms company.i was totally green green when i started , now i m getting my head around few things , got more clue and understanding . however i started to do my nvq 3 . i found it so hard after working day to start writing my portfolio . everytime i find an execuse to...
  13. A

    Becoming self employed - is it really that easy?

    Morning all. Woke up and realised I've just about had enough of being cards in. I'm working for a great company and I get payed a decent wage but I can't stop thinking how easy it looks going it alone. I get quite a few emails and phone calls from recruitment agencies asking me to do contract...
    • ant_daley
    • Thread
    • becoming being employed going really self self employed times working
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  14. S

    joined at last meaning to do so for years

    my name is Steve I am a maintenance manager at a plastic injection moulding company and have been doing the job for 25 years I started as a young apprentice technician in the late 70s and followed that with a 10 year spell in the REME now I deal mostly with service and inspection of plant...
  15. D

    Annual NIC visit this week

    Well the dreaded day came this week with my annual visit, all was going along nicely, paper work in order, meters all calibrated, regs book and other guidance notes in place etc. Then when he asked to see my completed certificates and what installations we are going to see, it all fell apart at...
    • Deleted member 93172
    • Thread
    • agree annual being completed visit
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. B

    Rocket Explodes While Being Tested At Cape Canaveral

    A spaceX rocket due to be launched saturday with a satalight as a payload has exploded today whilst being test fired . The spaceX rocket are trying to create a reusable rocket with trips for paying passengers into space. see SpaceX rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral ahead of launch - BBC News
  17. Dan

    Testing Emoji

    Just testing some emoji :confused1::grimacing::nomouth::nomouth::car::trafficlight::trafficlight2::tram::catface::mapleleaf:
  18. S

    Code for Armour of Swa not being earthed...

    3 core Swa feeding ip rated plastic sockets outdoors. He 3rd core of the Swa has been used as a cpc but the armour is not connected to earth; but has been made off with metal banjos. Would this warrant a C2 or C3? I'm assuming as the armour isn't extraneous a C3? ? Thoughts please ...
  19. F

    Socket distances

    Hi all, I'm first fixing fancy flats at the moment, started doing some kitchens, I need none less than 5 drawings that all contain mistakes or out of date information, but that's not the point of this post. When it came to chopping out the sockets, I realised that one will be 65mm from...
  20. A

    Being taken to court.

    I started a full house rewire for a client in December 2013,but because he was claiming all the work through an insurance payout the jobtook months and he was constantly changing what was quoted. We discussed thechanges as he wanted to have the loft converted and I sent him a quote that hewas...
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