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  1. B

    Danger notice.

    Hi, I was called to a customer's today who'd had a spark in last week who left her with a danger notice (she wanted me to quote for the remedial work). The notice said that the danger was a 16th edition consumer unit which needed upgrading (nothing wrong with it, just 16th ed instead of 17th)...
  2. L

    Danger!!!

    Came across this today. I have been fitting an alarm and started yesterday, they have a basement and I have been running my cables down there and turn round today and saw this... Very worrying and I was not impressed by the consumer unit itself. For start the downstairs sockets was on a 20A and...
  3. Dan

    Green Deal in danger of sleepwalking into obscurity, says EC

    Paul Reeve, Director of Business Services at the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) says: “The Energy and Climate Change Committee’s report into the Green Deal issued yesterday (22 May) is a wake-up call to Government, which must keep on top of Green Deal performance if it is to prevent...
  4. W

    Eicr code please!

    What would you consider reasonable coding for dado trunking in a medium sized office space with no high integrity earth connections on the ring circuits supplying the IT equiptment, there are about 6-8 desk spaces per ring circuit with pc monitor tower printer in each desk unit Im wavering on a...
  5. K

    Danger notice issued after work completed???

    I was called to a job recently to fix a lighting fault (insulation guys drilled directly through a cable in wall of conservatory), easy find/fix.... During inspection of fault, I noticed the main house lighting had no cpc conductor and many metallic switches/fittings were in place. The...
  6. E

    Danger Notice

    Is there an official form for this?If there is can anyone point me towards somewhere i can download one? Thanks in advance
  7. sparkless

    bad work

    went to a job today, didn't know where to start. all they wanted was a new socket or two, but after I saw this work I couldn't leave site without rectifying. trouble is how to get paid for extra work. I am a small business, not the electrical police. so I doubt I will get paid for making...
  8. richardg

    Danger of death

    Good evening gentleman I would like you all to feast your eyes on this stunning photo sent to me last night by a potential customer. The client in question asked for a Consumer unit change and informed me a days work is required. After a quiet discussion, the owner mentioned the last...
  9. E

    testing zs - EAWR

    on an eicr is it right or wrong to test for zs or is it putting us at unneccassary risk of shock ?? If the regs say we CAN calculate using Ze+(R1+R2)measurements taken during dead testing then SHOULD we?? ! anyone any clear cut answer on this 1??
  10. T

    what is this box with a danger of death sing on it

    this box is in the village i live in - its a small grey box nr a pond with a danger of death sign on it. there has been recently some damage to it, should i report it to the elctric board or not, is it that dangerous or not.
  11. R

    Danger notice?

    Got a call from a customer, electrician has condemmed the electrics and they wanted a second opinion. Got on site and apparently there was a fault on the lighting circuit, the electrician they called out said it was dangerous and unscrewed all the light fittings and and just snipped the wires...
  12. N

    Electrical Danger notices

    Seen these being mentioned a few times in posts and i would like to get others views on when to issue one. I'm with NIC and I am only aware of what I have been told by my Inspector the the times to be issued but I keep hearing of them being done for minor things that at best would only be a C2...
  13. C

    More EICR.

    evening all, Doing an EICR on a small place, TT, only problem i'v found so far, is the stake has been cemented over(garden has been all done), Ze is 122.07 Ohms. agree reading is fine however cannot verify final connection.Could this be classified as c1? what code would you guys give it, i...
  14. S

    convincing customer to have a rewire

    hi custumer has certain lights and sockets not working, cast iron fuse boxes, no main earthing conductor, all earths twisted and connected to cast iron fuse boxes, live wires sticking out of junction boxes. and i was only there for half an hour. tried to explain the advantages of rcd's and the...
  15. M

    PIR coding help

    went to carry out a periodic report today and noted the points below. what are everyones thoughts on the coding? 1. no earth connected to metal light fitting. earth in cable but not on light. 2. twin and earth cable in roof space. property being thatched roof no rodent protection. 3. no 30ma...
  16. G

    C3 on EICR....

    Evening all. I have a thought that I'd like to discuss. Using the current PIR certs, the absence of brown indicator sleeving on the blue S/W of a twin & earth cable used as a switch cable for a light for example, currently warrants a code 4 as it doesn't comply with BS 7671. Code 4's, are...
  17. D

    Code 1 Problems - Am I being Scammed?

    I am about to rent my 1st Floor flat out to tenants and was required to carry out an electrical survey report. The failure points were as follows. No RCD Protection CODE 1 Fusebox not Labelled CODE 1 Circuit 9 should be rated at 16amps (not 32amp - firehazard) CODE 1 No...
  18. A

    pir code help

    hi all have just done a pir on a 1st floor flat and not sure on some of the codes there is a socket in the garage and one in the entrent on ground floor with do not have a rcd and there is no sup bonding in bath room i think these are both code 1 not not 100% sure there is no rcd in board
  19. A

    danger in the potting shed

    just having a quick smoke in the customers shed, during the rain, noticed this--:skull: i actually unplugged the jcb plugtop and plugged my battery drill charger in , of course it didn,t work, and the plugtop was live, luckily i didn,t touch the live pin the cable away from the socket feeds a...
  20. D

    Customer don't think they have to act on do the corrections

    Hello guys I have done a periodic test and inspection of a commercial building where public are involved in activities in the Areas, the document has a lot of number 1's on it but the customer thinks they don't have to act and do any of the changes because the document is not a notice! I have...

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