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  1. J

    operating fans through dimmers

    recently finished 1st fixing of large house, wired bathrooms usual way, switch outside the door and fan isolator up high, fan switched to come on with light, usual way, now they tell me they want dimmers on bathroom lights, if I put dimmer in now it will be operating fan also, unless of course...
  2. D

    why apple will never succeed in Scotland

    http://youtu.be/SGxKhUuZ0Rc this is epic, and made me ACtual lol!!!
  3. sythai

    Bit different..... domestic sprinkler mist system

    Anyone else come across this before on a domestic property ? Just working on some new builds..... And on one of the properties as the ground floor is mostly open plan we've got to wire from the nearest smoke to a unit under the kitchen sink -----> if the alarm is then triggered it then...
  4. S

    Board change!!

    Hi, I don't do a lot of domestic stuff but I'm going to do a board change for a friend. They want a new board but in and they currently have an old re-wireable 4 way board which has been massively overloaded and resulted in one of the fuses exploding into pieces. This is all well and good but...
  5. TaffyDuck

    Apprenticeships NEVER AGAIN

    Having now trained two apprentices in my time, the most recent finished last year, I have decided that I`ll never do it again. Shoddy teaching at college means I have to do 90% of the work to get these guys up to speed. When the powers that be start paying the firms who take apprentices on...
  6. P

    plastic conduit bends?

    Guys, as guidelines state that inner radius of a conduit bend should be a minimum of 2.5 X the diameter of the conduit diameter what on earth can you use the "right angled" plastic conduit bends that are sold??
  7. G

    hi, a New ish member never posted

    Not sure how to do this so......Been an electrician for about 20 years. Started as an electrical draughtsmen (did my part1 and 2 the started C course while being a draughtsmen) got made redundant so started on the tools. Worked on industrial and domestic thou nothing big. Now working as an...
  8. S

    long flex for boiler thermostat under floors

    On a domestic install a plumber has hooked up his boiler to the mains and then run a flex probably longer than 8 meters underneath floorboards to his thermostat. I'm doing the rewire, but this had happened while i was away on other things, i'd told him this wasnt good practice and needs to be a...
  9. R

    I want to progress from being stuck on the same wage and never going to get better

    Hi guys im new to this forum Just want some advise/info im currently 21yrs old, im self employed after being laid of after my apprenticeship i then worked as a subcontractor for the same company for a few months since then ive gone into working for a different company through an agency and ive...
  10. imago

    Compact battery screwdriver?

    Any recommendations for a compact battery screwdriver?
  11. Y

    Near as new Moeller 72way includes 16mcb's for sale

    Well i had no idea this section was here, but i'm currently selling this on ebay: Moeller 72 way 3 phase CCU/fuse board, never been used or drilled. Inc 16mcb's | eBay with pictures: cashmored's Library | Photobucket Basically i came accross this giant of a CCU on my travels, it's never been...
  12. T

    LED Driver

    Hi All I have never posted before but i need some advice, I need to source a LED Driver my wholesaler says that it cant find it the driver in question is AC Adaptor 24v dc 2 amp the above is what it says on the driver it self the driver is used on a led round feature in a retail unit Can...
  13. C

    Sockets tripping ...Help Please

    Hi, Yesterday while I was ironing my electric blow..just down stairs sockets had to reset..rccb load split yellow tab..thought thats it a new iron..so went out and brought a new one..plugged it back in to same doulbe switch but other side..after ironing with new iron for around 20 mins same...
  14. G

    fuse thingies

    Hi Can anyone tell me where I can get one of those little fuse thingies that goes inside a 13 amp plug top?? I want an 8 amp one. Thanks for your help. :)
  15. A

    NICEIC Surveillance visit

    Hi all, got my NICIEC surveillance visit tomorrow, transferred from ELECSA reluctantly, only because a few builders dont recognise ELECSA! Havent received any sort of 'Welcome' pack or checklist etc from the NICEIC and the transfer of registration has generally be a right pain as they seem to be...
  16. K

    Under floor heating

    Hi everyone, i have had a couple of enquiries about electric underfloor heating and would just like some advice as to which is the best product to useI am looking at warmup and heatmat at the moment. if youve installed any how well does it work ? and how easy was it to install ? thanks
  17. P

    wiring under floor boards

    Hi all I've been asked to wire a friends house but it's got a space under ground floor floor boards. Can't remember ever doing one before. Do I need to put cables in tube or are they ok just resting? Can't see anything specific in big book. Originals just lying there so I'm assuming I'm ok to...
  18. R

    Smoke and heat alarm issue

    Hi all Ended up at yet another partly done electrical job trying to figure out whats been done and what hasn't. I noticed the spark has not included a new circuit for smoke alarms as its a refurb + extension on a flat and thought ideally one should have been installed. Can I just take a local...

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