Anyone used any of these in the last 20 years?? we used to call then twistits. they were usually made of porcelain or later plastic. They seemed to work OK but made separating the wires for testing/fault finding a bit of a pain when the conductors snapped. One thing I would like to know is are...
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Hello to all you DIY's, Domestic Installers, and 'Fully Qualified' Electricians (2391, 2330's etc)
First off, apologies for my username 'SparkieMarkie', I'm not currently an Electrician or DI, but hey it's catchy, and Mark is my name, so what they hell.....
A bit about me: I'm...
Hi all am I correct in thinking there are new books coming out for the
7671
on site guide
guidance note 3
I only ask as I need to get a new osg as my flask of coffee empted its self all over mine this morning and im going to need my gn3 for my niceic inspection coming up?
cheers all...
Hi, I'm new here, with a question regarding installing a new instant start ballast. I live in the US. and I have fluorescent lights in my kitchen (4 tubes). The kitchen light stopped working, so I replaced the four burned-out tubes, but the light still didn't work. Someone recommended I replace...
Hi all,
Now for those of you who follow my posts, you will know that I'm currently working as a Maintenance Electrician for a medium-sized shopping centre. Now the job has been swell to date, and I've enjoyed working there. Now the problem - and maybe, just maybe its me being paranoid.
Anyway, I...
Got a job coming up where the cutomer needs a security light on the side of the house to detect any one coming up their drive at night (long drive) how would you recommend wiring this would you come off a socket to a fused spur down rate then perm feed to the light or off light circuit to a...
hi guys,new to this and my 1st post. my employer is thinking about coming out of the sjib. they say it is only the employee that gains from being in it,is this a pile of nonsense and if so what benefits does my employer get from being in the sjib? thanks,your feedback is much appreciated.
Hello chaps...
Got a PIR on a pub coming up, in a right state !!
Just want to make sure I've got this correct.
It's recommended every 5 years for a commercial premises ?
And part p will only apply to any domestic living quarters ?
Anything else I should be aware of...?
Many thanks,
Sy
Just joined this morning and thought I'd pop here and say hello.
I'm Greg, 22 years of age and currently live in Colwyn Bay, North Wales.
I'm currently in college studying 2330 level 3 but have my 2330 level 2, 2351 level 3 (knowledge of electrical engineering), PAT testing & Part P building...
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I'm on a job now where there is more than one water main coming into the property as it was three small cottages now it's one. I just need to confirm that i have to bond all main services into the property.
thanks
john
as i am still learning i will put a lot of silly / obvious questions up, Right, in my house i want a new shower installed. before we moved in the wiring for the shower, 10mm wired from ccu to pull switch in bathroom has already been installed, there is also a riser ready for the water supply, my...
Hi - just looking for some advice please - Been asked to quote PV on a commercial building, ive not much experiance of commercial roofs - they told me the roof is made from "big 6" sheets, the wavey fibre glass product - its not asbestos as this is a new roof and the client confirmed this also...
Hi, I am new to this forum and must say this is a very useful forum. I do however have a question to which I could not find an answer.
My wife and I are moving to the UK so she can be closer to her family. I need to know what I must do so that my trade qualification will be recognized in the...
Hello guys,
Got called round to an old ladys house tonight, she said that a lamp blew in her front room, so she changed the lamp, and now none of the lights work in the whole house. I checked her fuse and thats fine. She's happy tonight as she has lots of lamps working off sockets...
I have been asked to carry out a job and would like to know if anyone can see any problems with what I intend to do
3 phase and neutral car lift supplied via 2.5 mm cable protected by 3 phase 20amp mcb I intend to come off 1 phase to supply a 13amp rcd protected twin socket to supply drills...
Alright all, i have just been made upto supervisor and i have got the ECA coming out to vet me:eek:. Ive got 5 jobs lined up for him to check and all the paper work is in check.
I was just wondering what questions are they going to fire at me? Any advise would be good.
Bit of prep never...
Hi all.
im working in a small little building which has toilets/meeting rms/office kitchen etc, the water main comes in at the kitchen, ive pulled a cable in to bond this
however while in the toilets today i noticed another water main coming into the same building so it has 2, however i do...
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I have a 12v fan installed already in the bathroom and a few weeks ago this stopped working. I was pretty sure the fan was broken so I purchased another fan but i cant get it to work. ive checked the cables and i have a 12v feed coming in on a brown and grey wire. Im presuming that...
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