picked up a Megger LT7 for peanuts the other day. so thought would try it, check it against 1552. plugged into outside socket ( feeds water feature) no trip loop test-- >50v.
Uh-Oh. isolated at MCB, opened socket, snapped off cpc at terminal due to stress caused by limited space in enclosure...
Morning all,
The theives are at it again. I've had my MF1552 Megger stolen along with my digital clamp meter, Ryobi drill and a tool box with little more than junk in it. Could be more, still sorting through stuff. I recon they were on foot, hence they didn't take more. I'm still undecided if...
Just curious, how come there are so many forum members veiwing on a Monday morning?
Are you at work or home. Is there enough work around at the moment?
Me I start at 10.00am:confused:
hi guys,
hope work is plentyfull and making you rich !.
just a bit of advice needed on off peak controller.
it is a horstman economy 7 quartz,i think the controller needs replacing as when i went there in may this year the off peak water wasnt working,found that there was voltage on the off...
thought i'd stop lurking and say 'ello
i'm another of those middle aged men who fancy a career change and thought playing around with wires looks like fun..
spent the last 2 years doing me 2330 lvl 2 and 3 and 17th ed. regs. should be doing the 2391 in september
better go find a job now...
Hello all,
I am pretty brand new to this forum and pretty new to the world of electric to be honest.
I am/was (more was now) an IT technician for the NHS - the boys who come and fix the broken stuff.
Whilst working here I met a nice chap who was looking after a very unusual and...
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hi after some advice? There is a fault on a rngmain showing dead short Line to neutral i have split the ring and identified the leg with the fault on . Although ran out of time to day to trace cables. The lady said she woke up sat morning the RCD had tripped ,so something obviously happend...
Have any of you used dimplex or creda heating systems. I am wiring a new build, small bungalow one bed. there is no gas and I have wired to radials to each electrical heater but I need to wire a pilot wire for the heating system so the system runs through one timer / stat (the bloke from...
New member here,
27 yr old from Twickenham SW London, work full time (shift) as a Mech/Elec maintenance engineer.
Done C&G 236 pt 1 about 10 years ago, and am due to start my 2330 pt 3 next week.
Looking to start a bit of domestic work on days off when qualified .
Nice to meet you all...
Morning all,
Just signed up last night after having a good browse around the site and then needing to join to read the rest!
I'd like to rewire my workshop, and would like to learn to do it myself. I'm actually a joiner.
Before I took over the workshop, I was kitchen fitting, and looked long and...
Morning all, I work for BT on a 4 day week and decided to start training as an electrician in 2004, passed my 2381 & 2391 at the end of 2007 and work for myself 2 days a week (sometimes 3) doing my own electrical work. Probably would've ditched BT and gone full time but for the recession. Found...
Hello all. I'm Liam from Southend. Been working with a sparks now for about 2 years mainly doing commercial stuff at a big printing firm near me.
I never thought i'd enjoy electrics, thought it would be all too fiddly for me, but gotta say i've been loving it.
So now i've enrolled myself in...
Any of you guys a member of any business networking groups ? like the BNI , Chamber of commerce , ect ....... my friend has a printing business and is a member of the BNI , basically they meet up once a week early morning for breakfast and give 1-2 min promotion of there business to the rest...
Hi
I am just starting my sparky career. After time in the RN and working in the advertising industry, I decided I'd had enough. Time for a radical change and do something for myself. Having completed a training course and got the quals, 2391, 2377 and EAL Level 2, I'm now starting to get some...
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