Hi,
I have two quotes one for 11 panels (in a 8 / 3 configuration - a samil inverter on the 8 panels and a soladin inverter for the 3 panels) and then a quote for 12 panels ( 8 / 4 configuration with a samil inverter again on the 8 and 4 micro inverters on the 4) difference in the 2 quotes is...
hi here I have a socket and see pdl 310 has calibration until april 2014 was only bought new 2013 and needed calibration cert for part p assessment, I have just bought a multifunction tester, this tester is great and never trips rcd on loop, the tests it performs are loop, pfc, voltage, polarity...
Hi Guys &b Girls,
Ive just had my annual asessment for Elecsa. I got talking to the assesser and asked him about this "third party" signing deally!! I asked him if I would need to be registered in a different way and PAY any extra fee??? He said this new "third party" thing is a load of crap...
hello all first post here looking for some help, i have a farm workshop with 3 phase supply and 100 amp incomer in distribution board, i have now built a new workshop 70mtrs away and want to take the power across to it. i am thinking 25mm 4 core swa cable will be suitable underground (welders...
Could do with finding some extra deep T&E clips where you can stack two cables vertically (not side by side). Had a quick look around on line and can't see any - anyone know of any? Need to be clip format, not plates etc.
Went to a flat recently where the cable is run through metal conduit to metal back boxes on a TN-S system. Built in the 60's the flats have aluminium strand cable that is sheathed by a braided woven material (vic cable?) and although old is serviceable. The matal conduit is earthed back to the...
Hi Guys and you advise.
Im adding an additional light fitting and switch to a new downstairs toilet.
Can you tell me if this work needs to be certified and if so where it states that this needs to be certified as im struggling to fine a source for this information.
I have read official...
Hi, I'm trying to change the double light switch at the top of my stairs to a 3 way switch (for lighting in attic). I thought it would just be a case of adding another cable to lights and swapping the original wires from old switch to new switch.
On the old socket:
Switch one = Bathroom...
A customer we did 2 jobs for has knocked 500 quid off my last bill because he had to patch a ceiling, after he'd plastered it then decided he wanted spot lights in there. He knocked the money off the bill for the second job, the first job was paid for in full even though all the work had been...
Hi everybody,
ive been reading up on the forum for a while and there seems to be very mixed feelings about PAT testing.
i am currently training for the 2365 level 2 two evenings a week, I'm loving the course even though its wrecking my head a little bit. I am thinking about doing the PAT...
OK, commercial shop, no rcd protection on sockets, surface cabling in trunking. Wants 2 x 2g sockets for office and 1 x 2g socket for "fixed" display of product.
Do these need to be RCD or not.
My common sense approach says the one for the display should be but the office not.
Tin hat on!
Hi Chaps
Thanx to everyone who sorted me out with the last query . on to the next.
I have been asked to install a second two way switch in friends hall way. The existing switch is just inside the front door and controls the hall and landing lights as normal , what she would like is a secondary...
Some positive news for a change, and a brilliant answer to the question about what impact solar panels will have on house prices and the potential for people to sell their houses.
Full article on our solar blog
it's also been sort of covered by the telegraph, though they seem to manage to...
I don't know if this is true or whether it is Daily mail sensationalism but:
Energy companies have been accused of rigging the electricity market to the tune of £600million and forcing every British household to find an extra £25 each to pay for it.
The Government believes some providers are...
Hi I'm pricing up a detatched garage conversion job, the garage will become a "cottage for rent" it is located around 50m from the cutout and consumer unit of the house the cutout is currently fused at 60A the garage conversion will have electric heating via panel heaters 700w an immersion at...
Anyone else get this?
Just got this email, which says -
I really can't work out their angle..
Derventio turned over £100K last year renting out construction equipment..
and SolarResource.co.uk is a distributor
Am I becoming cycnical or is it saying "tell us what business you're doing and...
Hi forum,
Have been working for a company for a few years they've asked me to become QS for the site I work at I've got 17th / 2391 they have offered a salary increase of just over 1 % not sure how much I should be looking for before I respond. Thanks
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