this is mad ive see guys on roofs which should be up there ( hats of to their courage ) I pulled ours down this morning its just not worth it what would a few days cost not the price of a life !
Had a bit of a scrap on site yesterday with the site foreman after the plumber decided to go drilling underfloor heating pipes about 20mm away from my main rise of CU cables - and there's a lot of them!
I wanted to, and can (still) see no good reason not to, move the plumbing feed over one...
I got a call from a mate of mine on friday, he's a joiner with a client who bought a smaller place after their kids moved out and want a new CU. So I bowl up yesterday to take a look thinking "Yes this is the major job I need for my DI ticket" (Don't worry guys I'm fully qualified)
There's...
I have today come accross my first polarity problem.
while checking a socket i found it was showing reverse polarity with L and N.
After checkig behind the socket and all other sockets on the same ring all were correctly wired.
I checked the polarity of L and N at the consumer unit and although...
Today to my horror......I payed my monthly visit to my nan's house, usually get bogged down having a cup of tea chat etc then it's time to go.....
Whilst she was on the phone I decided to have a little check of her electrics (as you do)!!
First of all she has a old wilex board, with a 1.5mm...
Hello I am new here.
This is regarding my parents house electrical wiring that leads out to the garage.
Here is a small amount of background information, I am 17 years old and over the last year or so I have started taking interest in electronics in general and have learned quite a bit about...
I had an interview for a job recently for the council (which I got) testing and inspecting.
One of the questions was the following scenario :
Say you went to an occupied property and on the door opening you notice an exposed live conductor which looks like it could well be live, ie completely...
Looking for a simple bit of advice.I want to put up a coat rail in our small entrance hall. The only place it can go would mean that the bottom of the coats would cover the fusebox/consumer unit (has MEMERA 21 written on it). My wife is worried that this is a fire hazard. Is she right and this...
As qualified electricians we all know we shouldnt use the neon screwdrivers to test if voltage is present, well the other day i learnt the hard way, and was lucky to come out unhurt.
I didnt have my approved voltage tester to hand, and being lazy and despite the warnings i decided to use my...
Hi all,
I'm new here, so hi!
I know nothing about electrics, but am thinking of selling my house and I'm hoping someone can help me please.
A couple of years ago I had my electric shower fixed, and in doing so the electrician saw my main install and said that he shouldn't really touch it as...
Been on a two day PAT testing course at Manchester. The other lads on the course have been doing a 6week "Im an electrician" course and the PAT test course was their last course, as we were revising... one lad asked me how to work out the Resistance from the voltage and current! I cant believe...
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On the same house where I have the boiler problem I pulled out the washing machine and found some wires an old socket without a face plate when I toutched this with volt stick to see if live (know we should use a v indicator) it went bang sparked blue flash etc but never tripped the...
hi everyone bout time i introduced myself,im well into part 3 of my electrical installations course finish june 09 straight to 17th ed after.i often just come online to see if theres any problems that relate to the real world as college does exactly the opposite,by the way me real names dave and...
Hi just joined the ranks on this forum. I know this has been said before but how dangerous is it that the are so many ppl doing electrics who dont have a clue. Just been perusing the pages and there are many questions from ppl who should not be messing with electricity. Do they let u do a 4 day...
Just been to see a job in a block of flats. There was a flat that had had a leak and this has caused 3 other flats to blow there re-wireable fuses. The flats were supplied from a riser cupboard in VIR cable circa 1930's and VIR cable was run to each flat. The cables were in a terrible condition...
hi,can anyone help me out please,im currently living in a rented flat and i moved 3 sockets as a small job for my landlord i havn't run a new circuit just moved the sockets away from a boiler.i was under the impression that i didn't need to issue a certificate as im only 2nd year2330 but my...
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