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  1. Shammie

    Newbie - Qualified Maintenance Electrician looking for advice on career options

    Hello, I am new to the forum. I am a Maintenance Electrician on a gas plant and have been doing my current job for 7 years, I have just finished a HNC in Electrical Engineering this year and I am looking for a bit of a change. I didn't do the HNC for the purpose of moving on or changing career...
  2. 7

    Cooker circuit options

    Just finishing a rewire, customer not sure on hob and cooker at design stage so I went for 2 circuits with 6mm withe 2 32amp rcbo's. Hob and cooker 5 meters apart. Now induction hob and oven have arrived onsite and both suggest a 13amp supply is suffice. Should I downgrade the rcbo's to...
  3. SparkieMarky

    Options for Moving a CU

    Hi Folks, Be gentle with me it's my first post! And I can't stress highly enough this is purely a hypothetical question as I am genuinely interested in how others would approach this example. You have been asked to move a domestic CU from its current location to a new position. The CU...
  4. gazdkw82

    Shower RCD enclosure options

    Need to add an RCD to a shower installation. No options to add in the consumer unit so I'm going to add RCD via an enclosure but I'm struggling to find a nice small enclosure that is of a brand Iv actually heard. Most of them are chint, Europa and other brands....Wylex do a small 3 way ip65...
  5. G

    CCTV add on, options?

    Hi all, Haven't done CCTV but customer asked me to take this out for him on various cameras cameras are rusty has hell so was going to put it up at my home I'm asking if or what camera's will work with it also can I do it in CAT5. and can I connect to a app to me phone. Cheers Grand
  6. Soulcraft Electric

    Options for running cable to garage

    Hi, Looking at how to run a supply from a customer's CU to garage (distance from house to garage approx. 3-4ft. A path separates the two. The customer doesn't want the path being dug up and SWA being laid beneath, neither do they wish for the cable to be overhead... I'm thinking of...
  7. C

    2365 level 3 options thoughts on able skills

    hi everyone. I've recently finished 2365 level 2 going 1 day a week to a local college. I've just been informed that the college (and neighbouring colleges) will not be doing a day release level 3 as City and Guilds have changed the classroom hours to make it a 18 month - 2 year course. I'm a...
  8. Jason Philip

    Smart Home / Lighting Controls options

    Hi all, just curious as to know what are the preferred brands to use for smart home lighting packages. I use lutron and wattstopper in my job, these are both great but pretty pricy. but for residential re-wires, what brand can you recommend, good ones not junk. Thanks.
  9. R

    External HDMI options for splitting tv box

    Hi, I’ve got my virgin media box in one room with a TV (lounge) and would like to able to watch it on another tv (Kitchen) Is it possible to split the HDMI signal to watch on both TVS simultaneously? If possible I will need to run the cable outside along the wall (5m) then pop back behind...
  10. bigspark17

    Secondary return hot options. Which way would you do it

    Have a house to 2nd fix which has a hot water loop system off the immersion this has a pump onit ready for me to utilise. Standard system boiler set up. Option 1 Install timeclock adjacent to pump. Option 2 Install timeclock and pipe stat so that once the water has looped around once the...
  11. Gavin John Hyde

    training options for 18th starting to emerge

    Had an email from NICEIC, they are starting to give some thought for the 18th training. Where there is a profit and a way to extract more money from electricians you cna guarantee certsure will be involved somewhere. It looks like you can do the full course if you havent got a recent 17th ed. or...
  12. gazdkw82

    Single brick wall insulation options

    We have a small toilet downstairs that had signs of mould. I've decided to pull the plaster off. I'm glad I did because it was slightly damp in places. I think this is mainly because 1. It's a single brick room and 2. They just nailed the plasterboard to the brick leaving a gap of round 10 mm...
  13. C

    Uk power gave us these options

    I advised client call UK power networks Because they had a Ze of 500 ohms on a TN-S This is what they said to client “They advised that we contact an electrician to provide an independent local earth and RCD protection or a new PME service to provide satisfactory value of EFLI and test the...
  14. gazdkw82

    Wooden (laminate) underlay options

    Looking for some advice. We have chosen the laminate flooring we want to put down in our living room. However, the difficult bit is choosing the underlay. We have a void under our living room floor so we get quite a draft. Our next door neighbour has suggest the foil back underlay and tape it...
  15. the pict

    Boiler relay options

    A new. 10k boiler has been installed where there is an existing shower normally i use a RL1 voltage relay but is there perhaps a current sensing relay which can be used instead Pict
  16. S

    Course possibly cancelled, looking at other options

    Hey all, So was due to start my first year of level 3 electrical installing, and literally 10 minutes before my first day got a call saying the course is postponed until further notice as the teacher has quit! This was at the start of september and now we are in october, spoke to the head of...
  17. S

    13A to 16A cooker options

    Hello all Advice required before I speak to an electrician. My oven is knackered so I am replacing it. It is a 13A type, but I am replacing with a 16A rated one that needs a dedicated circuit. We're going to be redoing the kitchen soon, but for the next few months until then I'd rather not have...
  18. V

    2365-305 C

    Fail first exam. Any suggestions what kind of material to study to pass next time. Maybe text books? I found swindon massive and spark website but exams there is with answers a b c d. 305 C is written exam. No answers are given. I think you can pass only with practice the exam with similar...
  19. C

    Seaward PrimeTest 350 Auto Options for IT Equipment

    I have a Seaward PrimeTest 350 and noticed these two options in the auto test menu: H) IT Equip CLI PE Current Which does these tests: Earth Continuity 0.10 Insulation 1.0 PE Conductor Current 3.50 I) IT Equip CLII Touch Current Insulation 2.0 Touch Current 0.25 Is this correct as I did not...
  20. S

    Consumer unit options? Advice wanted.

    Hi, i am part way through a domestic job. The two storey extension is now second fixed and I'm ready to put on the CU. The rewire of the original part of the house is to follow. I'm looking at 16 circuits in total so too many for your 'normal' size CU so i'm looking at a duplex board, probably a...

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