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This site has loads of practice exams for the 18th edition for just 20 quid.
I used its sister site for my CSCS card when i did that way back when. For my CSCS i did nothing but practice exams and passed...
Got a 2005 mk5 golf 1.9tdi
Was running perfect then I wired in a subwoofer it was fine for couple days got in the car today now my power steering is stiff and light I's on, indecators and high beams wont work neither will my radio checked all fuses with a multi metre and they are fine any...
It's not very often I praise a company but for once I will!
Almost a year ago I bought a 2nd hand Fluke 6500-2 from ebay. It was in almost unused condition complete with leads, barcode scanner, software etc. It arrived, I chucked it in the corner and I immediately forgot all about it. I was...
First try using the new Click Mode switches today, and I love the way that every light switch is automatically a grid switch. That means you can buy a light switch and change the modules to whatever you like.
I was fitting an outside light and was able to swap out one of the switches on a two...
What tools do you guys use that you don’t need as a necessity but once you get they make your life that much easier? For example knipex installation pliers/ ck armour slice/ ck cable tongue
Great idea, but could it be more localised and use the Scottish, English welsh and NI flags?
It’s a UK based forum, so the majority of users are Union Jack, apart from a Spanish, I’ve seen... a South African and the few Americans that sneak in past immigration.
There are local discrepancies...
what’s everyone’s thoughts.
Post Grenfell all fire alarm installers/ maintainers will most likely have to prove competency of fire alarm system. So potentially just being a qualified spark won’t give you the correct certification.
So a new qualification is coming in, it will be similar to the...
Let’s try and lighten the mood a bit. Please add your favourite quotes.
Must add whom orginally said it.
“Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosy does not try it on as a hat”
Billy Connolly.
Hello, my name is Juraj(your eye) and i'm an improver electrician. Only got qualified in May of this year, so still a fresh meat:).
So far i've done 2nd fixing new builds, some minor alterations to final circuits and testing.
Only found this forum today and already spent 3 hours browsing. What...
Chelmsford Electricians supplying Essex and surrounding counties, all electrical work undertaken for domestic and commercial clients.
Conditioning reports, light fitting, consumer unit replacement, fault finding, vehicle charging points, landlord certificates, hourly rates for smaller jobs...
Saw an article on BBC news site today that a photographer took 2 million photos of President Obama during his time in office. 2 million? That means if you looked at each photo for 2 seconds, 24 hours a day it would take month to look at them. How on earth can you be classed as a real...
I have been reading posts on this forum for quite a time, and some people have been criticising Part P as though it was a wonderful world before Part P came along.
I personally don't think it was so great before Part P, and I don't think it's so great now, but my point is that there were...
Afternoon fellas.
Not sure if I'm trying to dive before I can swim.
I'm starting college & I'm constantly on this forum & pretty sure I've trolled hrs & hrs of people's posts & ive also got my Kircher books & Trevor Lindsey books it still looks foreign.
Also from now on I've decided to only...
Hello again.
Apologies if this may sound a bit daft but here goes!
As you may of seen im changing trades & stating my level 2 next month.
I've purchased the study electrical books & also a member on here kindly let me download a book he had.
I understand it's not going to be easy but just...
Today I was in a customers house. I had to take up some chipboard flooring in the bathroom. I set the circular saw so that it will cut to the right depth and not too deep.... I think some of you have already guessed where this is going :D .... and start cutting.
Now in the five years I have...
Hello everyone!
I am a newly qualified spark. Mature student. I already have a day job but I have always wanted to learn a trade so I took some courses and now have an assesement with stroma.
I feel confident that I will pass as I understand the basics of testing and have installed a sub board...
So I've wondered about the impartiality of the BBC for a while and things do seem a little odd:
This is a photo of an article in yesterday's Sunday Times:
And then there is this too:
Words fail me.
Hey guys this is a great plae to be, its awesome to be part of this comunity, where everyone is helping each other, this is what the world needs. A bit about myself, I am soon to be Electrician, just finishing my NVQ, I care about my work, tryng to do my best delivering hight quality of work...
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