My Mum recently purchased a "Lifemax High Vision Reading Light 250.1 Floor Standing High Vision Reading Light". I'm concerned because once she has turned it off with the built-in switch it intermittently flashes a weak light. I returned the first one I purchased with the same "fault" but now I'm...
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I start as apprenticeship/trainee on Monday (I've got to be one of the oldest at the age of 30!), I was wondering could any give any advice as to which make of tools that would be a worth while investment?
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I am a member of the plumbers forum but after some electrical advice.
I have had a read of the sticky ex forces thread, very useful.
I am looking to do Part P and 17th edition this year using my army funding so that i can do the electrical side of any plumbing jobs I get.
What...
Hello eveyone!
I've recently passed a DEI and 17th Edition course and I've been asked by a friend about an electrical problem and because I don't have any experience I was wondering if someone could check I've come up with the right solution please? :confused:
The problem is this. My friend's...
Hi all I’ve been doing some revising and I would like toknow if this is possible or does my query exist ... what are you talking aboutor words to that effect well I would like to know if there is any 17thedition audio recordings so I can revise whilst I’m sleeping (kidding) whilst...
Hi Guys, Im newly accredited and have got a pretty strange install to quote already.
The panels and inverters are fine but it's the cable size i’m getting different results with and none of them definite.
The array will be in a field on a frame, the house has a split supply (2 phase??) And the...
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just wondering what you guys would charge roughly for a contract i am quoting for
rewire kitchen and make good after, put kitchen on it's own ring
relocate consumer unit, aprox 8 meters
wiring 10 spotlights
upgrade bonding to gas and water
cheers
Urgently need someone to do 2 x g59s ( the inverters are g83 compliant ) so I will sneak them through dno must be completed prior to 12 noon friday will pay cash mark 07866 777 474
Hi guys, maybe a bit of a stab in the dark.
Spent 6 months forming our company passing our MCS etc and only receiving our certificate last week.
We are based in the Worcestershire area and are willing to travel within 20-30 miles radius. At the moment we have no jobs lined up before the 12/12...
We are Mcs accreddited and have no work on at the moment. If anyone wants to use us for any spare work on a sub-contract basis please email Electro-Sol UK. Cheers.
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Hi everyone,
I've been a member of the forum for ages now but never really contributed so thought I should offer to return the favour.
I spent 7-8 years general contracting but have spent the last year thrown in at the deep end in my current in-house maintenance / engineering role in a metal...
Hi everyone,
I need your help!
I am supporting a children's charity here in the UK called the Noah's Ark Appeal who are fundraising for a specially built hospital to provide state of the art equipment and treatments for very sick children.
Currently, the charity is in a NatWest...
Hi , I'm in talks with one of the largest distributors of solar in the UK and will be starting a franchise in North London in the new year and I'm looking for an MCS electrical installer .
Many thanks
Ron
Hi guys. Had a callout a couple of weeks ago. 32aRCBO trips every 6 to 7 days. After doing insulation resistance, R1 R2,earth loop ect, and not finding anything i decided it was faulty and replaced.
Its still tripping out. The customer has marked it on the calendar every time its gone. Usually...
Greetings all. I have been asked by a customer to add a timer into their air conditioning circuit. Currently the set up is fed from a 16a breaker. What I am after is a bit of advice on what sort of timer and contacter i need to get. there are plenty of spare ways in the crabtree board but I am...
Hi all, I too have had the threatened eviction notice so thought i'd better do as admin says........been perusing these pages for the past year and never needed to post as all the info is out there. Anyway i promise to be a good boy and post in future :wink5:
I think we need a licence to be able to buy any electrical gear and you have to renew it every 5 years and prove your still in the trade, at no cost to yourself. and have an level structure from say 1 - 10 that is equivalent to your experience and qualifications. And every test sheet you fill in...
A friend of mine needs the cable to her shower upgrading, due to a fault, arising from an overload.
The previous cable was 6mm sq and needs upgrading to a 10mm sq and she has been told that by British Gas that she either needs a brand new CU, or the new shower can be fitted externally in a...
hi to all i need a bit of help as i dont normally deal with 3 phase i have come to carry out a periodic inspection and carried out a rcd test on varrious circuits and it wont trip at 1x test
the system has a old mem d/b with a rcd as a main switch
what would cause the rcd not to trip out...
hi im an irish electrician trying to get a jib card i have an irish national carf certificate
i sent it to the uk naric and they compared it to an nvq2
but ive heard of other irish electricians getting an nvq3 from the uk naric:confused:
i have done the ecs test and i did the 16th edition in...
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