Had a call out late evening this week, an elderly customer had lost all power to his lights in his bungalow. A faulty rcbo was the cause. Had a spare one in the van and didn't bother to charge him. He was retired RAF, really nice chap and was so grateful for what I had done for him. He gave me...
Walked out of a job today, customer lives in residents only permit zone in middle of town, I make it clear in the terms and conditions they sign that they will where required provide a permit for duration of works or they cost will be added to invoice. Bath has lots of zones where some are...
Had a call earlier from a chap I've worked for in the past, his CU [renewed around 12 years ago] and meter is sited in a cupboard under the stairs. The meter fitter was 'on site' and concerned about a buzzing sound in the aforementioned cupboard. He thought it could be dangerous and also thought...
I have an awkward customer who moans about everything
They had a new kitchen fitted and had a cooker cable 6mm already in so used that for a work top hob and oven. I used one 45amp isolator switch to switch both appliances on both wires from switch in 6mm protected by a 32amp rcbo. Recently...
I did an EICR a few weeks back that highlighted a number of problems, with a CU change advised.
So I went back on Monday, changed the CU and redid the EICR ..... then sent both documents to the client along with my invoice
They emailed me today, so I pointed out they diffent - this is their...
Just had a phone call.
HELLO!
I wait
ARE YOU THERE!
Who is this? say I
I CANT TELL YOU WHO I AM I HAVE A SECRET CRUSH ON YOU
Put the phone down
Check the internet for who the number is, it is CEF. Call them and someone answers and like me finds it very weird. They say they will ask technical...
Hi. Scottish Self employed leccy, not joined a scheme yet. (NICEIC or Select) so don't have that to back me up.
I did a small job for a woman that involved moving a few sockets in her kitchen, wasn't a big job, and no travel involved because I was fitting her inbetween other jobs local to her...
Just a bit of a rant really....This one job that is pretty much mine as do all the builders work and the customer has confirmed that I'm doing the job.
6/7 bed house just around the corner from my house. 1st site meeting I Sit down with the customer for 2 hours and went through what ideas they...
...but it came with a plug and wants it to be hard wired into the lighting circuit. I haven't come across this before and I'm not sure that it's permissible? Any thoughts?
Cheers
I've been to a job tonight and cut a long story short he's been left without certificates for a new bathroom and CU change. But the company overseeing the inspection from a building regs side won't issue a completion cert without electrical certs and compliance certs.
He's asked me if can issue...
So i relocated a c/u in a garage after customer gave me the green light and said just do it. I made them aware that it would require a full E.I.C.R as well and any issues would have to be rectified following the c/u replacement which they said was fine. I carried out the following -
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Hi guys,
Went to see a property today.
Just wanted to clarify the supply type with you.
I believe it's overhead tns but others have told customer it's overhead tt.
Could you share your thoughts?
There are 3 incoming cables that come from above the house and run down into the suppliers...
So today i go to a job to remove 3 x dual sockets, 1 x light switch and 1 x light fitting from a bedroom that the customer is converting into a bathroom, so that the plasterer can get in and make a start.
As i will be returning to do the job i took a look at the mains and checked out the...
I was fitting some downlights in a kitchen this week & spotted this in the garage, after the customer paid me he said "you can also take that avo home with you if you like it"
Will be very usefull in the future :)
Ive got a new extension to wire up.
My question is, do I need to encoporate mains fed smoke alarms into both story's of the extension? The customer says it required for the building regs.
Thanks guys
Hi,
I was called to a job where the customer asked me to undertake an EICR and Boiler safety check (Yes, I am gas safe registered as well).
When I arrived I found a fairly new boiler and a 17th ed Split load CU (not AMD 3 standard), I questioned why he wanted it all tested as it was all fairly...
Anyone ever put in any of their lights such as the GL016's they look like they're wired in series through the joint boxes but just trying to work out if any old adaptable IP rated boxes could be used rather than buying collingwood own made JB2's or JB4's at a higher cost. Customer had some...
Hi,
I installed a security light 8mths ago, customer has informed me the light is only partially working.
Customer wants a replacement or upgrade and he will pay cost of upgraded fitting.
Where do I stand with this regards it being a manufactures Defect and not a fault of my installation...
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