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  1. P

    UK Help / Advice required

    As an old time City & Guilds electrician who last worked as such back in the1960s I realise I’m a bit stone-age to say the very least. That said my daughter just installed a decent shed in the garden of her new home and rather conveniently there is an un-made SWA cable laid from the house...
  2. P

    Large floor tile adhesive help Discussion Thread

    Large floor tile adhesive help Hi all, My 1st post and just wanting some help/reassurance on a DIY bathroom refurb. I’m putting down 800x800x10mm porcelain floor tiles. Floor area is 2m x 2.7m, 18mm chipboard. I added loads of noggins, glued and screwed down the boards and have over-boarded...
  3. S

    UHF wiring help

    Morning all, just after some help with some UFH wiring on my job im doing Doing an extension which has UFH in the extension with its own UH4, hard wired stats and zone valve (all working and firing as should) There is an additional loop in the existing house with has its own UH4, one hard...
  4. D

    Name That Training "Provider" Scam - Share to help the cause plumbing advice

    Name That Training "Provider" Scam - Share to help the cause We haven't had many of those training provider scammers posted about on the forums. They must still be knocking around. We're now not hosted on a .co.uk or in the UK and our head office isn't in the UK either. So BRING IT ON! Gimme...
    • Dan
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    • advice cause help plumbing plumbing advice provider scam share training
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  5. L

    Electrician Help with understanding NVQ plumbing advice

    Electrician Help with understanding NVQ Help with understanding NVQ Hi. Ive been training to be an electrician as a career change for the past 2 years obtaining my 2365 Lvl 2&3. Ive recently been verbally offered a role as an Electrical Service Engineer and the company understand my current...
    • lew_mcc
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    • advice electrician help nvq plumbing plumbing advice understanding
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  6. Dan

    Electricians on Facebook - Come join us please, we're late and need help

    Okay guys, I'm giving into it. I'm getting an electricians facebook page and group. So here's what I need from those who use Facebook. 1. Like our page 2. Join our "Electricians on Facebook" group 3. Join our ElectriciansForums Find an Electrician group Thank you kindly sirs and madams...
    • Dan
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    • electricians facebook help need help please we're
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. N

    Help Needed: Fixing My Damaged Tub with Devcon Metal Patch & Fill plumbing advice

    Help Needed: Fixing My Damaged Tub with Devcon Metal Patch & Fill Hey everyone, I have a pretty messed up tub that I need to fix, and I'm hoping to get some advice on how to do it. I've attached pictures of the damage and the Devcon Metal Patch & Fill (Charcoal Gray) that I plan to use for the...
    • NETSURFER802
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    • advice damaged fixing help metal needed patch plumbing plumbing advice
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  8. C

    UK High PSCC and strange readings - help much appreciated

    Hey hows it going, So was doing two different EICR the other week. Two different locations, same issue and I’m not sure what the best course of action is. Both constructed in 2016, 100% new. Hager metal dbs. TN-C-S (PME) So for example on one: Original test sheet Zdb - 0.21ohms, 1.18 kA (No...
    • CalB4676
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    • appreciated help inspection and testing pfc pscc readings strange
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. L

    Understanding NVQ obtained, would it cover both Domestic Electrician and Electrical Engineering

    Hi. Ive been training to be an electrician as a career change for the past 2 years obtaining my 2365 Lvl 2&3. Ive recently been verbally offered a role as an Electrical Service Engineer and the company understand my current knowledge, experience etc. They have offered to train me up, put me...
    • lew_mcc
    • Thread
    • cover domestic domestic electrician electrical electrician engineering help nvq understanding
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Domestic Electrician Forum
  10. R

    Help on lighting fault

    Advice required please guys. Currently doing my electrical apprenticeship and encountered a fault today with my colleague at work which left me abit stumped. Customer had tried to change a light fitting and “just put all the blacks together” apparent that one of these blacks was in fact the...
  11. S

    Help unclogging an old cement sink plumbing advice

    Help unclogging an old cement sink Hi all, I have an old school cement laundry sink which is clogged. I unscrewed the pipe underneath to try to clear it, and I was able to get some crud out of there. But it seems the majority of the blockage is higher up, in a section concealed within the...
    • simon84
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    • advice cement help old plumbing plumbing advice
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    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  12. woodster92

    Help with Reg 551.7.2 Ina >= In + Ig(s) on 3 Phase Supply

    Hello, I'm struggling to understand how to apply Reg 551.7.2 [in particular the formula Ina >= In + Ig(s) ] to the following situation. I hope the attached image is clear enough, it shows an existing 3 Phase Domestic supply with: A) CU1 is a single phase consumer unit serving the main house...
  13. R

    Can anyone help me identify these bathroom taps please? plumbing advice

    Can anyone help me identify these bathroom taps please? Hi Can anyone identify the make and model of these taps please? We have one dripping bathroom sink tap but the plumber we had couldn't find a way to undo the tap / take it apart to get to the cartridge. So he's saying the only way to fix...
    • Richt5a
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    • advice anyone bathroom help identify please plumbing plumbing advice these
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  14. Dan

    Why do I have no hot water? Please help Discussion Thread

    This is an RSS feed of thread: Why do I have no hot water? Please help Content of the thread: Hi About 8 years ago the valve under the sink burst. Major flood. They capped the hot water pipe to the washer and apparently replumbed everything g else. Since then I had very low hot water pressure...
    • Dan
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    • help hot water please plumbing thread water
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    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  15. timhoward

    Help please, new device to me

    This MCCB is in a distribution board in the consumer half of a substation at a school We've now tested everything downstream of this (and another 2 similar devices). My current understanding is that the maximum PSSC to operate this device a maximum of 3 times is 50% of the Icu, so 12.5kA ...
  16. J

    UK I need help like right now electrical level 2 picture

    so this is for electrical level 2. If you passed all exams, tested correctly etc but the picture you took is wrong do you fail ?
  17. Marvo

    Light Switch Help Please

    I'm in the UK at the moment and I've already been roped into helping family out. I've got 3 light switches to replace and I'm hoping maybe someone might have something very similar in a junk box in their shed and might be willing to swap them for a couple of beer tokens. The switches are very...
  18. O

    Quinetic In-line Receivers stopped working - help please

    Hi - I recently installed 6 single gang Quinetic in-Line receiver switches (QURS1W) and paired them successfully with multiple Quinetic wireless switches - I have unpaired 2 of the switches and they are no longer working - the in-line switches themselves have stopped switching the circuit and I...
  19. J

    UK Need help with testing

    I’m doing my level 2 electrical practical exam in 2 days time I’m confident with everything apart from the testing. Could someone tell me all the tests I gotta do ? I posted the sheet
  20. X

    Bad starter motor or bad battery or something else? Help!

    Hello I have issues starting my car after having the key in the accessory position for about an hour or so. Radio off. The first crank of the starter becomes very slow and almost doesn't crank. I hooked a meter inline with the battery, there's 2.2 amps being used when the key is in the...
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