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  1. Bear

    Advancing my career and going back to college or university

    Hello everyone. Sorry if this is in the wrong section was not sure. Am looking at courses at college and universities. I have been a electrician for 18 years and I am now just turned 37 and to be honest I want more. Domestic sparky with industrial working thrown in over the years. I do a lot of...
    • Bear
    • Thread
    • career college electricians vans going training van vehicle
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. N

    Going self employed while still paye

    hi guys Just a bit of quick advise needed as I can't seem to find the answer to this online. I am currently working paye for my employer although I am planning on setting up my own company very soon. I have been doing my own work at evenings and weekends and I am starting to get more of this...
    • Nightfox122
    • Thread
    • employed going self self employed still while
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Business Related
  3. V

    Going beyond PAT testing

    I'm an employee of an electrical firm whose only service is PAT testing. Of course I have my 17th edition, Part P, both PAT test certificates and some other papers, you name it. And no, it's not one of those "pay-to-slap" companies, on a good day I can test up to 150 items (in 9 to 10 hours) if...
  4. W

    Voltage Optimisers is this going to save you ££££ what do you think

    I'v been looking into voltage optimisers are you really going to save money boasts savings on 8-10% reducing incoming voltage basicly a step-down transformer and prehaps reduces heat loss from over voltage lower voltage higher current? I I believe it's to reduce IR from the Kvar KV calc...
  5. T

    New guy - going to rewire house in Bulgaria

    Hi, I'm not an electrician but I did panel wiring for 10 years or more (Schneider, Square D, Merlin Gerin etc) and now I've moved to Bulgaria. The wiring in our house is ancient, a real mess, everything piggy-backed off something else & no earth circuit. There are virtually no rules here so I...
  6. T

    Cooker hood trips other circuits on fuse board: what's going on?

    Hi, I am a newbie to this site, not an electrician but looking or advice. Please excuse any incorrect electrical language: I'll do my best to describe our strange electrical problem. Sometimes when we are cooking, the fuses for downstairs & upstairs sockets (2 circuits) trip. It's when we use...
    • Tom Oxford
    • Thread
    • board circuits cooker fuse fuse board going other tripping trips what's
    • Replies: 68
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  7. holeydub

    I did the C&G2360 some 15 years odd years ago but annoyingly i didn't get it completed

    Its been quite a few years since i left the industry and now after some good time to think I'm looking to come back. I worked mainly in the commercial/ office fitout sector in London on the tools to begin with then later as a project manager. I have contemplated going back as a pm but as its...
  8. R

    Advice needed please - Becoming an Electrcian

    Evening all, I've joined this forum as i'm in need of some help and i'm struggling to get the specific answers to the situation i'm in. A couple of years ago I finished my city and guilds 2330 level 3 and went on to work for a company that installs quarry prv systems. This didn't really...
  9. M

    Running a cable along railing

    Moving office onto portacabin on the other side of yard . Told my boss could do a straight run across underground across yard ("that fine ") ,told him it needs to be 600mm depth as we have wagon run over the area (not fine) . Now he's talking about going the longer way round and could i attach...
  10. N

    Stroma Certification Scheme Stroma software app?

    I installed the stroma ipad app and it keeps coming up as 'untrusted enterprise developer,' and won't open so wondered if there is anyway around it. I can still use the member portal to issue certs so no big deal, but was going to give this a try to use offline, although I suspect old fashioned...
  11. M

    Hive app

    Hiya lads i was speaking to a friend of mine that installs for british gas and asked me to install a nest control for him when i asked why he wasnt using hive he said that BG are going to start charging people for using the app unless they have a service contract. a couple of questions 1, has...
  12. sham

    Thinking of quitting

    Does anyone else feel that there is more headace in this trade but not enough pay. Regulations are ever changing, did my 17th edition last year to be told that there is going to be an 18th.
  13. SparkyChick

    NAPIT Certification Scheme NAPIT Trade Association Meeting - 8th March 2017 - Neath

    Out of interest is anyone else on the boards going to this tonight?
  14. uksparks

    Minor Predicament over RFC Length

    Hi, I have just started a new build today, its a large U shaped bungalow with vaulted ceilings etc. I have split the property down into a lot of circuits to help with things due to cable runs etc. I have just wired a section of it today, I was going to do it all in 4mm radials, but by the...
  15. J

    torque drivers

    Afternoon Had my annual niceic assessment today (only DI mind) Showed him a rewire I done few months back- literally had nothing to 'pick at' only thing he said is when I was un-screwing the mcb to get end to end reading- I just used a normal screw drive- and I should be using a torque one...
  16. Lee Gold

    I Need Work Any mate jobs going - Birmingham West Midlands

    Hello does anyone have or know anyone with electrician mate jobs going I currently have basic knowledge of electrical or maybe abit more as I have done electrical maintenance for over a year now, I am desperate to move from my job and start working with an electrician domestic commercial please...
  17. DavidSpark

    Introduction

    Hello, Quick introduction, My name is David and I work as an Electrician within the military, I've been doing that for the past 4 years. Worked within the industry with bits and bobs here and there since 2009, most of that time since then has been spend in education. Looking forward to...
  18. M

    Advise about going out on my own?

    Hi people, I was after some advise about going out on my own. I have been subbing for people since I qualified but resently I have decided to start putting my self out there for private jobs. I am now getting asked to do some notifable work eg fuseboard changes and was just wondering the...
  19. MerlinGremlin

    MCB or RCBO

    Got sent to a job today for an outside lighting issue, basically to cut a long story short I'm taking the new supply from a different DB so will be installing a new circuit to feed the time clock, so I put down for a Type C 20amp RCBO as the lights are wired in 2.5mm cable and LED floods. I got...
  20. H

    Advice needed on poor junction installation

    I discovered this whilst removing tiles in my daughters kitchen. It disintegrated when i touched it with the sds drill No enclosure just a backing plate rawl plugged to the wall and plastic terminal blocks behind. As its unsafe and exposed I need to repair it as quickly as possible. There isn't...
    • harry olee
    • Thread
    • advice going installation junction needed plate socket wagos
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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