Had a call from a customer saying that the pullcord for their shower had stopped working and could I fit a new one? No problem I thought. Isolated etc and removed the offending switch to find the supply live charred and black for around 2inches and the plastic of the switch inner destroyed...
Hi all, just bought a secondhand Cembre PO7000 pump and TC120 cutting head off the bay , just got it tonight and i think it is in need of some TLC,
Box was covered in hydraulic fluid, pump missing retracting spring and blades got a chunk out of it. Ideally i need to buy spares for it to fix it...
Just been to a call out, 2 x 6A lighting circuits, one tripped out last night which triggered the RCCB on the main switch, so pretty sure it is a L-E fault rather than dead short as MCB switched on fine.
The circuit that caused the problems is one of the 6A light circuits, however the house was...
Hi, i went to a call out a couple of weeks ago to a kabab shop. Its single phase supply. i went there and they had blown the main fuse 80amp. Iv checked all the circuits at the consumer unit with a quick ir test no problems i know this would be no problems as nothing has tripped. So i got...
hi can anyone give some advice on a problem with a ring circuit.when testing end to end everything fine,when testing r1 ,r2 everything fine,problem is with insulation test,live to neutral showing dead short.also if i disconnect all links i get a continuity reading on the sockets where i should...
Can anyone please help, I have landline & broadband through, (no)talk(no)talk, had no service for 5 days now :mad::mad:, eventually engineer calls me to say check master, sure enough, dial tone when I disconnect bottom section of master, go to wholesalers, new master (single part plate)...
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Just a question on joining one of these. Can you join say nic if you still have a job? probably a silly question but i was thinking about going down the self employed route after completing qualifications but didn't want to just take the plunge and leave my job, go self employed and...
Hi, just found this place and hoping for some advice.
I retrained as a sparks and still have to do my am2 site diary. I have been in the trade for approx 4 years and have completed level 2 and 3, testing course, pat testing, 17th edition etc but have been given photocopied sheets for my site...
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I earlier reported on **** Electrical ( ***** *******) a rogue electrician in Poole who had been passing himself off as an NICEIC approved contractor for the last three years.
We reported him to Poole building control (Mr Muzzall-head of department) who had ***** in for tea and biscuits and...
Anyone else got one of those free Screwdrivers from Elecsa? Not being rude as it was a free gift but man its crap. Absolutly useless. Havnt found a single screw head that it works on yet. Anyone else?
Am in need of stocking up on some new work gear. In particular some decent but comfortable trousers (cargo/combat style with plenty of pockets).
And sweater/jumper type tops for when the autumn months arrive. I usually go with hoodie style tops, not because im a yobbo looking to get banned...
Hi guys,
It's been 10 years since I was a sparky so I am out of date with current regs. Can anyone tell me the max permitted neutral to earth voltage at a spur. I think it is 1.25v. Please help!
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