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  1. C

    Commercial to domestic (embarrassing question)

    Hi guys, new to the foum. I'm a commercial electrician, with Gold Card (for what its worth!) who has done very little in domestic. I'm at the stage of thinking of going self employed at some point, registering with NAPIT or NICEIC. The bulk of my work has been in shopfitting, 95% of which is...
  2. J

    Domestic electrical installation course

    Hi all, another newbie here, due to coming to the end of a 27yr army career I thought I'd be different and instead of being LGV driver or a locksmith lol, I'd go down the electrician route. I did a fair bit of searching for courses and costs etc an as I'm 46 I'm not really of apprentice age...
  3. Bluetit

    The client is always right... after some advice.

    Hi all, I've only fairly recently made the jump to working for myself, coming from a past if commercial, industrial and occasional very high end residential. I find myself now in a different place picking up very typical domestic jobs. Recently I've been doing a partial rewire on a house for...
  4. B

    Domestic Electric Vehicle charger and special location

    The company i work for say that a domestic Electric Vehicle charger is not to be recorded as a special location on the certificate. Is this correct? I've made the argument that the installation requires consideration of the requirments laid out in section 7, therefor it is deemed a special...
  5. Charlie_Don't_Surf

    Domestic Electrician Forum?

    Maybe I'm being blind, but I can't see a forum for domestic electricians' chat. I wanted to post a thread about something of relatively minor significance, and sometimes feel the UK Electricians forum to be too prominent for idle chat. There is an 'Electricians Chat' forum I see, but hovering...
  6. B

    Reported content: Post in thread 'Day 2: Solar and Wind for Domestic Properties - is it worth doing either?'

    Post in thread 'Day 2: Solar and Wind for Domestic Properties - is it worth doing either?' by Steve-S has been reported by brianmoooore. Reason given: Content being reported:
  7. Dan

    Day 2: Solar and Wind for Domestic Properties - is it worth doing either?

    I apologise for doing my day 2 late on in the bloody day again. I'll do my day 3 tonight. My daughter had her mate stop over so they were partying till 3 so I couldn't sleep until they were lol - now my sleep has been knocked out of whack. So I'll do my day 3 after midnight I think. Anyway my...
  8. G

    Modernising a Domestic Servants call system

    I have a house built around 1900 with a servants call system. The indicator/bell unit is similar to the one shown in the attachment and the push buttons are all in place. Internal wiring of the unit is complete and local tests prove it all works. Unfortunately, all the wiring from the push...
  9. L

    Understanding NVQ obtained, would it cover both Domestic Electrician and Electrical Engineering

    Hi. Ive been training to be an electrician as a career change for the past 2 years obtaining my 2365 Lvl 2&3. Ive recently been verbally offered a role as an Electrical Service Engineer and the company understand my current knowledge, experience etc. They have offered to train me up, put me...
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  10. B

    Sub Mains to a Load Centre in a Domestic Dwelling

    I am a retired electrician doing a home rewire. I'm taking my time because I fell about 3m off a ladder & put both bones through the inside of my right leg. That has slowed things down a lot... My understanding of the AS:3000 regs is that all circuits in a domestic residence must be RCD...
  11. S

    domestic lighting and consumer unit

    Sorry new here, just had an electrician pop round to quote for work, domestic home electrics, uk, worcestershire, when he saw that my downstairs lighting was wired in a ring (ie consumer unit has 2 lives to the RCBO, away and return - sorry not sure on the best terminology) he was unhappy as he...
  12. KungFuTurkeyLeg

    Are you VAT registered

    Hi all, I'm currently VAT registered with 16 people on board and trying to decided whether to set up a separate entity that is not VAT registered to pick up smaller domestic work to fill the gaps between our normal bread and butter work. Extras as such for the lads to earn some extra money...
  13. S

    Domestic extractor fan wiring into a timer

    Hi all Please could you offer some advice on wiring a 6" bathroom extractor fan. I've got a stylish surface mounted momentary wall switch and would like to incorporate a 30 min timer. So I'm looking for a relay that requires a pulse to initiate and run on. I would rather keep the current switch...
  14. timhoward

    Domestic supply advice

    I'd appreciate the wisdom of domestic sparks here... End terrace early 20thC house: Supply: I've not seen the likes of this before in a house and had concerns about the apparent single insulation so thought best to call DNO and check, better safe than sorry after all... At first despatch...
  15. T

    Drilling through domestic joist

    Hello, I need to run a mains spur off the existing ring main in a domestic property. To get the double socket to the correct place I have to drill through several joists. I understand that there are building regs on this. Can some provide a link to the regs or info that clarifies what I need to...
  16. J

    Approved Contractor scheme versus Domestic Instatter scheme

    Apart from carrying out EICRs / Commercial electrical works without the NICEIC badge is there anything else Approved Contractor adds value?
  17. W

    What should I be charging as a domestic job?

    Hi guys. It would be really useful to run this past you and get a consensus/input from you for what would be a realistic amount to charge for an upcoming job I've been offered. I've been asked to quote for a private job, and I'm stuck with what to charge. Most of the stock will be supplied and...
  18. A

    Eicr on domestic property

    I need to do an eicr on a property, but the consumer unit is comercial with contractors on a 3 bed house .is this allowed on a domestic property. I was going to ring my governing body on Monday to ask .has anybody come across this and what was there outcome thanks .
  19. M

    2357 NVQ for Domestic installer

    Hey all, I’m an electricians mate, trying to get fully qualified but struggling. I’ve got my L3 diploma (C&G 8202-30) and 18th edition, I have been looking at starting the 2357 level 3 NVQ made for people with less than 5 years of experience in the trade as I’m coming up to 2 years experience...
  20. M

    Anyone heard of company called Scimark making domestic switches, outlets etc?

    Has anyone heard of company called Scimark making domestic switches, outlets etc? We live in a house built by David Wilson Homes who subcontracted electrical installation to Clarkson Evans. I need to source some replacement 13A 2 gang switched outlets to replace a couple that were originally...
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