There is a funny story going around at the moment about this topic,
Quite funny actually, - Buckingham Palace repairs INCREASE TO £900m after electrician ‘takes a butchers’ - http://southendnewsnetwork.com/news/buckingham-palace-repairs-increase-to-900m-after-electrician-takes-a-butchers/
But I...
Can anybody help with this one?
Installation: TT system, (Ra 27 ohms), 3 phase & neutral incoming supply.
A 4 pole 30mA RCD is at the head of the board, from which there is a 3 phase motor circuit and a 3 phase & neutral feed to a second board. The second board has a number of 230V final...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1uvzvSez3Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VKHB9RbEkk
Then again, this IS supposed to be funny. Classic love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFuYIi5-igc
Was on local radio (Norfolk) that a chicken farm has had 100+ panels stolen last night from a Village near Cromer- Gimmingham possibly
No mention of make of panels but if you hear about or are offered any, bear it in mind.
Must be expensive panels as reported to be £50,000 worth - on a ground...
I'm doing an continuity test on a lighting circuit and I'm getting funny readings I'm putting on test lead on earth and one on switch live then I'm getting a reading of around 1.4 ohms but then when I'm checking the polarity it's shooting up to around 93 ohms but not breaking the circuit as you...
Here are some that I've come across, thought I would post them up so we can have a laugh :wink:
EICR that took two days and they missed this
and this
and this one is just brilliant! This is a sports hall with kids playing football in it every week, and yes they are all LIVE...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000KKNQBK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B000KKNQBK&linkCode=as2&tag=ukgtedge-21
just stole this from the other forum on the dark side as the op said don't care if they are true read the reviews
Working on a big house belonging to a boss of a billion £ building company
There is a dual rcd in the house feeding a dual rcd in the poolroom ,my boss said to provide two double sockets for the builders/site and gives us 2 rcd sockets, now we have 3 rcds in series. The site foreman goes to the...
many have seen these before but im posting it again as its slow tonite
tears stream down my face watching these lol.......
Electrician vs Fitter - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mViO9mnCTBo
stong language contained within.
enjoy.
Could any one tell me the ip rating of this light batten with half a coke bottle over it........been on cokes website but can't find any reference to it
[img=http://s10.postimage.org/esqcvilth/image.jpg]
I recently changed the fuse board in my house as I job I am goin to used for my nic assesment. Upon testing this I have come across a ring circuit which does part of the kitchen and part of the utility room. When I measure the end to end from the fuse board I get r1=0.12 rn=0.12 and r2= 0.18...
Just want to hear of some of your funny stories.
I will start
I was an apprentice and working with a right fine old spark we were doing a rewire in a house so everything was getting moved around.
The woman had gone out shopping and her daughter with her the Daughter was a stunner about 19...
I'm an animal lover and have two cats but even I found this funny. I also found it sick, just shows that there are a lot of weird people out there.
Daily Mirror
An announcement from the captain on a plane,
This is your captain, and it is only right that I tell you that we are going to crash,
A lady starts putting on here make up, what are you doing the passengers said "well they always look for the smart people first"
Another woman putting on her...
I was at a dance with the wife last Saturday, and there was a chap on the dance floor "giving it large" ,
she said; you see that chap, well he proposed to me 25 years ago, and I turned him down,
My reply was "well it looks like he is still celebrating"... :clap:
These Official Forum Sponsors May Provide Discounts to Regular Forum Members - If you would like to sponsor us then CLICK HERE and post a thread with who you are, and we'll send you some stats etc