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    TT systems and main rcd.

    went to house today to add a new shower circuit and as i looked at the board which was updated a year ago, i found that it is a normal spilt load board. with no 100mA rcd main switch just a normal 100A main switch with 2x 30mA rcds covering the circuit. Now me being under impression that a tt...
  2. IQ Electrical

    The future of Part P in question?

    Blog - Interesting, looks like a full BR review, whether it brings change...
  3. Mr Mark Sparks

    future proof

    if i hear this stupid phrase once more :mad::mad::mad: wiring some av kit at the mo cat5 would be ok, got to use cat6 2 cables will do got to use 4 no need for coaxe as it will use the cat6 got to put 2 in anyway cat5e for phone ,pull 2 just incase. so 8 cables when 3 would be enough and cat6...
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    Neighbours extension/growth of tree causing new shading in the future

    I was asked an interesting question earlier from a potential customer and I couldn't give them an answer. She has had a new extension built up to the boundary line with her neighbour and she wants to have a 4kW solar array installed on the roof facing her neighbour. I was concerned how much...
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    That's it for the forseeable future

    Hi all, Things have got so desperate in my search for work - work, that will last me longer than a poxy week or two anyway. That I've now been forced to take a job working for the missus at Sainsbury. I just can't bear the though of another Christmas on the dole!!! I had a row with an agency...
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    Elecsa registration

    Hi all, just to let you know, I passed my assessment today with Elecsa. Nice chap, asked sensible questions and did not try to catch me out with trick questions. Somewhat relieved, after 2 years of trying to get a job in the industry, I can now work for myself, just have to find the work...
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    Questions from a perspective future electrician

    Hey everyone- I am almost 25 now, and I've been working pretty menial jobs for the past 6 or 7 odd years. I had been putting off college, university, etc. for some time now, and after doing some more research and some thinking I've realized how much my life could benifit from a job in the...
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    New member: Future apprentice

    Hi all I’m Dave, 23 and living in Sheffield. After realising that university is not for me, I want to embark on a career as an Electrician. I have passed the JTL Initial Assessment and in the past six weeks have written to more than 300 local NIC registered contractors in an attempt to find...
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    sole traders!

    hey to all you sole traders, am in the middle of getting myself off the ground, im wanting to go as a sole trader, but am thinking of protecting the company name, either by trade mark or registering with companies house as ltd company and keep it dormant? are there any other options? what have...
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    Part P future with no HIPs

    With HIPs now scrapped, how would the the LABC ever find out if notifiable electrical work has been undertaken in a house without notifying them, unless something went totally wrong i.e. an electrical fire perhaps? Not that i have to worry about my sound installations causing a fire of course!;)
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    What can I install to prevent a future notification?

    Hi, I have just bought a bungalow and am rewiring myself, along with fitting a kitchen, bathroom and a general update of décor. I have been off the industrial spark tools for 15 years but have 17th edition. The place has a large workshop that I just don’t have the time to complete to a really...
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    Am I mad or is there a future in it?

    So guys what do you reckon. I'm 52, redundant and have 30 years in the electronics & radio industry behind me, with the last few spent driving a desk and being a so called "consultant". I also have an honours degree in Electronic Engineering. I want to do something meaningful for the next 10...
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    Shower Supplies.

    Chaps, If a shower is rated, say at, 30A, cable installed through loft, about 10 meters to CU, no insulation near it, would you install 4mm T&E with a 32A MCB for ease? Came across an existing install today with a shower (albeit, fairly old), installed in this way and i just could not think of...
  14. S

    New skills for the future

    Just been looking at a few courses , next big thing maybe ? anyway the "renewable energy courses" have caught my eye , with energy prices on the up and up , it seems a given that alternative energy sources are going to become very popular , things like- solar power , ground source heat pumps ...

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