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  1. Dan

    Solar Thermal Performance During Winter Months? Solar Thermal Forum

    During the summer months I'm sure solar thermal performances are pretty decent, but what about the winter months?
  2. B

    Why I never wear a wedding ring GRAPHIC CONTENT do not open if queasy

    A footballer trying to climb a fence lost his finger when his wedding ring caught on top of a chail link fence. It was torn off by his body weight. There are numerous instances of rings doing this and I firmly believe I would have no finger to put a ring on if I had worn one. full story here...
  3. S

    Stroma Certification Scheme Stroma Assessment - What's it like?

    Hi all, I have my Stroma assesment tomorrow, and I am bricking it lol. I have my calibration certificate, qualification, regs book, on site guide, electricity at work (pdf on my phone), passport photos and cv. Is there anything else I need? What's the assesment like and what do they as you...
  4. P

    Water heater (boiler) not heating water at night but it does during the day

    I have been having issues with my Boiler (water heater) - Horstmann Quartz e7. It has been working perfectly for 3.5 years (since I moved in to my place). Suddenly it stopped heating up water at night. It does not heat water at night even though it seems that the timer works at night. To make...
  5. C

    adding a piece on during a rewire

    We're part way through a full rewire and the vast majority of cabling is now in. We had asked for the sockets to be at new regulation height but for whatever reason we came home to find them all at skirting level. No big deal we thought and left them to it. However 2 bedroom sockets have been...
  6. B

    Qualifications during armed forces service

    Hello guys, i've recently got into the Royal Engineers as an Electrician, I know that you do not gain all of the qualifications an Electrician needs to work in the civilian sector during the training courses, I was hoping somebody here knew how the system works in relation to getting time off to...
  7. BeeJay2

    Security lights coming on during daylight hours.

    Hi everyone, happy Christmas, My outdoor security lighting has taken on a mind of its own. The rear external security lights which are operated by the GJD - Opal XL External PIR Detector (below) are now coming on during daylight hours. The main control panel is the GJD multi-sensor system...
  8. D

    Final Ring Test during EICR

    Guys non domestic stuff here but is it true that you don't carry out ring final tests on EICR. Or is it that you don't have to and done do it as a matter of course anyway or do you charge extra for doing stuff not needed. I'm of the opinion of its not much extra to do it then I'll just do it...
  9. E

    Domestic - Best way to leave temporary power during rewire

    Hi all, apologies if this has ever been answered before, i only have 2 months post apprenticeship experience(i went travelling immediately after qualifying!) and about to start back in the trade as a mate. Something i have often wondered since i never done many domestic installs during my...
  10. D

    How locate SWA cable during garden landscaping

    Hello - My garden is being landscaped - once in a lifetime job. Various walls are being built where lighting, power sockets & adaptable boxes have to be mounted. The cables will be laid prior to the walls and their foundations being built. How do I locate/lay the swa cables, in preparation...
  11. Deleted member 72666

    Earth leakage on MEC during 'black-out'

    I was recently playing with my Amecal leakage current tester and found approx. 2mA when clamped around both tails at home, I put this down to the various tv's and game consoles on at the time, but when I clamped the MEC at the same time I found a fluctuating leakage current of anything between...
  12. J

    single 300w or 3 100w panels?

    Hi All, I'm looking to make a small grid tie system for my home and not sure what panel/s to get. I'm looking at only less than 300watts at the moment purely as that will cover my house during the working day and during the night i'll turn the switch and power the house at night via a battery...
  13. D

    Test & Inspect During Storm

    Just a quick one guys, purely for people opinions. Has anyone ever considered testing whilst during a storm, For example earth loop tests and carrying out earth continuity "what if there was a massive lightning strike and there was insufficient protection in place???????????
  14. R

    my bottom immersion nay heating the water during the night

    if anyone knows about immersion heaters ? got economy 7, but my bottom immersion nay heating the water during the night, its getting 240v when the off peak supply comes on but does not heat up! I took a resisitance reading getting 35 ohms off the live to neutral,! just to check I tested the top...
  15. L

    solar pv question on meters

    hi when i am generating 3kwh via the solar panels and only using to 2kwh the red light on the meter (electric company bill) comes on which means it has stopped.. but if i am generating 1.5kwh and using 2.00kwh will my meter which the electric company bill me for only going up 0.5kwh or...
  16. D

    Extractor fan install on openable window?

    Can anyone shed light on this situation. I have been asked to install an extractor fan into an openable window located in a student let. The window opens sideways. The bathroom was previously installed into the loft of a back to back property with a dormer. The bathroom was added by taking...
  17. B

    generator as back up during power cut

    hi, just after a bit of advice, i have a generator i will be using when there is a planned power cut however can i use the distributors earth. my generator is protected by rcd?
  18. ackbarthestar

    Trust me I'm and Engineer

    Not for general distribution otherwise someone might get ideas
  19. i=p/u

    boiler moved during extension

    as above the boiler was moved to a shed when an extension was getting built , now all the pipes leaving the boiler are copper but now are in plastic before hits the ground, would i still have to bond this and would it be bonded from my new board in the shed while the supply is from an exisiting...
  20. C

    solar power

    Can you run just the lights off a solar panels and not the house

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