I had an unsolicited phone call at 8:15pm from an 0845 number. It was the “Energy Review Team” and they wanted to know whether I’d heard of the Government’s “new” scheme for solar panels. It sounds a really good deal because the panels will pay for themselves in 3-5 years and after that it’s...
Working above an old shop on a rewire today and under floorboards I found an old card tag presumably off an old cable drum when the building was wired or rewired many years ago.
It contained the following information:
Nonazo (Regd.) Cable
Pure and Vulcanised India Rubber Insulated.
Made by a...
I was doing an eicr for a friend of mine, she, s just bought a house, anyway in walks the man from BG to do a gas safety check.He gets talking to me and asks what the earth loop is, so I tells him 0.19 oh good so long as it, s below 1 that, s fine by me he replied.He then got on about bonding...
So I'm well bored right now! I've just been looking at statistics relating to the number of electricians operating in the UK compared to the number of electricians operating in the US and I've found something rather interesting, or at least it appears to be this way. See what you make of it...
Understanding Vector Group of Transformer (part 1) | EEP
The link is set to what i was reading, but the search function is good, and lots of interesting info on there.
Had our first post new MCS Guideline audits from both bodies in Sept.
Both went very well. MCS guy was a bit dry and factual. RECC lady was really interesting and very supportive and informative.
No major changes to how we operate. Couple of changes to our website. And a few small changes...
I spotted this installation recently in a local suburb. It looked a bit odd when I drove past a couple of weeks ago and I was in the area again so got a few snaps.
BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Insulation collapse, call centre voice recognition technology , Insulation
The man is deluded. He doesn't even understand the basics of the measures. £12 million on pilots - no results yet. "Well into the next year until GD is full up and running" Wonder how many...
heres a good site , can any of us older fellas rememer the old pull/bell ting, the bell system? i dare say some do
also glass leclanche cells-- anyway
28DaysLater.co.uk Urban Exploitation Forums
its a strange site, i love old buildings, these folks take pics of old abandoned places some of the...
Very tongue in cheek but gives a good introduction and brings up some myths
Not hyet able to show links but it is google ran num when when searching for
Lightfair_5-28-08.pdf
Got called to a house the other day RCD trips when switcing on the kitchen light only problem is that they have a split board with one RCD that protects sockets, shower and cooker. The lights up and down and smokealarm are not protected by any RCD
I changed the light switch and it has improved...
Found this argument on the IET website and it made for interesting reading at work!
http://www.------.org/resources/wiring-regulations/ringcir.cfm?type=zip
Just watching Jurassic Park on ITV2 over a few beers and noticing the "intriguing" electrical systems!
Anyone else notice dodgy electrics on this or any other film?!
Can you imagine working for a company that only has a little more than 635 employees, but has the following Employee Statistics.
29 have been accused of spouse abuse,
7 have been arrested for fraud,
9 have been accused of writing bad cheques,
17 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2...
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