As announced yesterday the ECA and ESC have formed a new partnership for the good of the industry.
From April next year the NICEIC and ELECSA brands will be operated by a new venture called Certsure giving the industry a stronger voice to government and major stakeholders.
The move will...
In a move which will bring the electrical contracting industry together as never before, the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) and the Electrical Safety Council (ESC) have today announced the creation of the Electrical Safety Register.
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Wondering if I could put this incident to you and anyone could determine a fault scenario which would cause such damage .
A colleague was rewiring one half of a semi detached house. 3 phase cable head comes into the house which he is working , the neighbours mains come from the top of the fused...
Joethespark
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good day guys,
I badly in need of your comments with regards to electrical protection system. The issue took a place when we tried to run a motor with rated power of 600 KW, 13.8 KV and rated current of 30 Amps. This motor fed from ABB switchgear with tow incomers and normally closed bus tie...
I am just starting to do electrical work after doing home learning course about a year ago.
I have my EAL domestic installers LVL 2, 17th edition regs 2382 and Fundamentals of testing and inspection 2392.
I have been doing a few small none notifiable jobs through rated people but find it very...
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First off, i'll say hello to you all!
My name is Luke and i work at Walsall Electrical Ltd in Norwich. We merged into the Solar PV market late last year, and the end of year sales were relatively good, considering the competition from pretty much every wholesaler in the region that 'got in...
Just had my initial assessment with the niceic I had David colley who is the area engineer for Manchester/Stockport. It went really well and he was a really nice bloke who answered any of my questions and gave me bits of advice. Just got to wait for my site assessment which is seven weeks away...
Frosty69
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Hi all,
Ive just installed a new split load CU, lots of old circuits in the house, every circuit works ok except one (a kitchen ring, recently installed but not by me).
The problem is this:
I conect the lives of the kitchen ring to the mcb and the earths to the earth bar, but when i touch the...
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Hi Everyone,
I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on starting up on my own. Can you register with part P bodies even though you have not started trading yet?
Antonio
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Does any one know the minimum no of jobs required to join NICEIC, what they are, and whether or not they can ALL be covered under the self-certification scheme if assessment is approved?
Input appreciated...
Jabbajaws :confused:
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sorry people, another thread about application for the nic!
so i'm finally guna go for my domestic installer, just wanted to ask a couple of questions about the assessment.
1. minor and major job, can both jobs be in my house, e.g. a loft light and a c.u. change? if not most of my work i get...
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As an approved electrician
I have been in touch with niceic regarding setting up on my own, they require me to inform them of two pieces of work to inspect one minor one major, I assume for the major as im not certified I will have to inform building control of the major, or will niceic cover...
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hi guys n gals, ive got my nic domestic installer assesment next froday and just wanna make sure all is ok.
the major job is fine so dont need out confirming on that one.
the minor job is an extra socket a coupla doors down from the major job, the customer didnt have an rcd protected...
sparkyork
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My 1st question so please be kind! If this has been asked allready, sory but i've tried searching and didn't find anything.
Changing lights in a bathroom, Major work due to location, would be minor most other rooms, hopefully i'm right so far.
As this requires notification how much testing is...
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