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  1. S

    My "EASY" MCS Experience

    Ok - call me an idiot - I appear to deserve it! I'm going on holiday in a week and have my MCS inspection the first working day after we get back. We're busier than we've been since the madness of DEC 2011 and our MCS ..... well when we weren't getting much work we were going to finish with...
  2. C

    zs test keeps tripping rcd

    fitted a new c/u and put a new ring main in kitchen last week ready for my assessment in the morning, everything tested ok and zs tested ok then, sent meter in for calibration check last thursday and picked it up today (megger 1552) certificate says everything passed no adjustment needed, so i...
  3. C

    RCD trips when big things are plugged in.

    Hello Everyone I was just enjoying a beer and watching and episode of Sharpe, right before a major battle when everything cut out! The RCD switch on the circuit board tripped. With everything switched off it allows me to turn it back on. Small items such as the WiFi and telephone won't trip it...
  4. Luminous

    Fault on boiler?

    Just finished a domestic rewire, tested board last week and everything fine . The boiler has now been installed and I went back to connect up to FCU and to put in bonding for gas amongst other things. The RCD has started tripping when the boiler is switched on. I ran tests again, everything...
  5. B

    Taking money for certification - customer dont wanna pay!

    Hi, I have done some renovation in customer's kitchen which was changing place of few sockets. After that I certified my job. It was all included in price details before I started anything and she said ok, the price is fine, do it. So I finished everything, asked for money and she was like...
  6. B

    Nightmare of a day. RCD tripiing under any load

    Have had one of them days. I had a board change to do and a few other bits and bobs so everything was going great until I tried to put power back on. Basically I have replaced a 3036 board with a split load Wylex board. One half of the board is working fine but the other half's RCD is tripping...
  7. C

    do you ever get a feeling customer is not telling you everything

    been to look at a job today,customer just bought house a few month ago and they say they have just had a inspection done on the electrics and everything passed ok, as soon as i walked in 3 light switch drops just hanging in mid air with switches and back boxes connected where a wall had been...
  8. B

    350 ohms on sockets

    probably another school boy error from a Electrical Trainee but i was testing a ring and 2 sockets were throwing out a reading of 350 ohms. zs was ok though. any ideas regarding this would be niceeeeeeee !!!
  9. P

    Hello everybody !!! Tad the name, i just love everything electrical !!!

    Hello Im Tad I am new to this forum, i really like all electrical !!! Doing a course at the moment to get nvq 3 2357. Unfortanatley im having a hard time deciding whivh path to choose installation or maitenance :( Can one do installation work, if maitenance path is chosen >??>? Nice to 'read'...
  10. A

    Inspection and test

    Hello I have recently passed the part P course and I am in the process of registering with niceic I have recently been asked if I would inspect and test a house and issue a electrical installation certificate as they have been asked for one due to them moving I'm not sure we're I stand on doing...
  11. K

    Tools and test equipment for quick sale. Moving abroad in 2 weeks everything must go

    Moving to Australia and not taking any tools with me. Here is a list off the top of my head: 20 & 25mm pvc conduit bending springs Kewtech ACC50MTL (R2 Wander lead) Makita LXT202 cordless combo kit Kewtech pat testing adapter Bosch DMF 10 Zoom Sparky FK652 wall chaser 2100w 110v Fluke...
  12. D

    Bitron entry-phone wiring

    Hi chaps, Thankfully this is my own cock up, not a clients... Took the entryphone off the wall in my flat while I redecorated, making careful notes of which terminals the cables went to. Unfortunatly, when disconnecting, an internal wire to the buzzer popped out of it's terminal and I've no...
  13. H

    RCD - anyone had this

    Call out - lighting had fell into a fish tank whilst guy was on holiday. He returns to a load of dead fish and no power. RCD is main switch protecting whole house. With all circuit breakers down... RCD still wont switch back on. So disconnected fish tank from mains. RCD still wont...
  14. N

    Induction hob tripping 30mA rcd

    Morning all. I'm in search of ideas. Been installing an induction hob on a 6mm radial backed up by a 32a mcb. Came to power up yesterday and with all hobs on its throwing out the 30mA main switch rcd. (It's a TT system). Iv tested all my cables and there all clear so it's taking it out on...
  15. K

    Mount castle silent door bell GOD WHAT A DAY!!!!!

    Had a job today to remove a mountcastle silent door bell (for deaf people) today from one property and refit in another. sounded simple enough till I found the plasterers had cut some of the cables, so I couldn't identify where things went what complicated things slightly were, they also had a...
  16. B

    Hi from Ibiza all, Hope everything is good, Got a Neon safety question

    Hi all, My name is Tim, I am a technical consultant living on Ibiza, Spain, If anyone can help out I have some safety issues with a neon installation by a sub-contractor, It`s been over 20 years since the closest I got to it was moving a transformer in a nightclub, So any up to date advice...
  17. J

    Needed - Installer to register build with MCS.

    Hi All This is my first post so apologies in advance if there are any problems with it. I am urgently trying to find a installer who is registered with MCS, to inspect and if happy to register a pv build with the MCS before the end of this month so we get the feed on tariff rate. The...
  18. D

    A first for everything, never expected this to cause a short.

    Check out the pics above; this was a callout to lost power in a factory, found 2 phases out blown 200amp fuses and a quick Meggar confirmed a short circuit between Y and B phases and unusual low readings to earth. id already isolated all outgoings and main switch was off to busbars but still...
  19. RogertheBodger

    Who's Fault?

    Re-called to a job today. (Hate it when that happens) Motor overloads tripping on a 3ph. water pressure boost pump, but intermittently, not every day. First visit, tested everything - current draw, voltage, winding resistances, IR etc - nothing, no trips, everything working fine, like your car...
  20. M

    Paperwork

    Hi we are quite a well established company in our area, started up on my own around 10 years ago and do fairly well. However, my biggest downfall is the paperwork, I just cannot get systems in place that work (or that I can keep to). I find it extremely difficult to book work in and keep to...

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