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  1. B

    Installation to maintenance

    Having always worked in installation I want to get a maintenance job now as I want more job security, paye, holiday pay and not always on the lookout off the next job. Anyway, is there a course which can be recommended which will gain me skills for maintenance so I can work in a factory or...
  2. sparks1234

    Really, that passed

    We are carrying out some works on a commercial unit and part of the works is to carry out a test on the installation for the tenant, we did and there were various faults of differing urgency, of 2 3-phase dis boards there were over 30 blanks missing, large holes in the busbar and dis board not...
  3. B

    JIB Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) Is it time to ditch the JiB card like the car tax disc ?

    Do we really need the JIB card anymore ? Agencies & companies know full well wether you're a paid up JIB member by checking online - a bit like the automatic number plate recognition. The JIB backlog for applying for a card is ridiculous, they can't cope because of demand - Even fast track...
  4. Baker1988

    Finally got a job

    Hi every one just though i would let people know that i have just got a full time permanent job which i am so happy about. For the last four years since i stared college all i have done is work temporary for agency's which i really don't like but i got a call on Wednesday from a company that i...
  5. vini

    Confused, must be missing something simple.

    A cooker switch with single socket indicated a reverse polarity. It was connected to a double socket into which was plugged a gas hob and gas oven. Double socket also showed reverse polarity. However when the earth prong on the plug was inserted into the socket the LED display on the plug in...
  6. T

    ELECSA Certification Scheme Elecsa Online Competency Test Advice

    Hi, hope this is in the right place, sorry if not, I haven't used this site in a long time! Just after a bit of advice, I've just paid for my Elecsa Part P registration and have been told that as I don't hold a testing and inspection qualification (yet, it's on the cards) that I will need to...
  7. D

    ffs. is there Really any need?!

    Online music videos get age ratings Online music videos get age ratings - BBC Newsbeat
  8. B

    Trunking

    Hi there I was after some advice, I recently moved in the short viewings I never noticed all the wiring was in trunking. I am unsure why the surveyor did no point it out. I am really worried about the bathroom it has trunking all above the shower going round sides an above is this safe? Many...
  9. S

    Help Needed Working Out Different Courses

    Hi all, I am very interested in a career change to becoming an electrician. As I have no prior knowledge, all the different courses offered via C&G have really confused me, and I was wondering if you guys could help me see through the mist. The NVQ Level 2 and 3 seem to be the most...
  10. Paul.M

    I'm a Trainee Again!!!!!

    I'm going back into the educational system for Fire Alarms. Over these passed 3 years I've found myself installing more and more of them for other companies, just pulling in cables and terminating them, not designing or commissioning/testing them. It is a section of our industry that I am very...
  11. uksparks

    What really grinds my gears...

    Hi, This is what really grinds my gears, sodding spreads who are incapable of putting boards in the right position then not even filling the gap! Not impressed! Just for the comedy factor....
  12. M

    Cable TV Setup

    Hi Guys Living in rural Lincolnshire i've not come across Cable TV before, and i'm looking for the full gen on it. So what cable do i need? is it distributed centrally? is it internet and TV? I'm a full scope NICEIC registered contractor and I've got a rewire to do in a town with CATV and the...
  13. dlt27

    Really strange RCD happenings

    Sorry this is a long one! I have been carrying out testing and Inspecting for about 10 years now, but haven't come across what I found at my Mum and Dads house. I rewired it about 12 months ago. It is an old stone house and was a nightmare to do.(It's a TT system fed off overheads and a split...
  14. uksparks

    As Peter Griffin says, you know what really grinds my gears...

    Hi, Went to a house to look at a board change, the son was standing there yo was in his 20's with a TLC catalogue out in his hand pointing and quoting things out of it telling me I need this and this etc... Im standing there thinking, hang on, am I doing the board change or you? Put the book...
  15. O

    Could this really happen?

    I'm a LBC fan and listen to it when its practical. On their website tonight is a poll asking your voting intentions for the next General Election. So its now 8.06pm and the figures are: 74.8% UKIP 7.3% Conservatives 6.8% Labour 5% Undecided 4.7% Green Party 1.4% Liberals Now that...
  16. E

    Cordless stuff, does it really compare to mains??!!

    Ok, so i have mains dewalt skill saw, hitachi 115mm grinder, makita multi tool. Am wondering - if i invest in 18v milwaukee stuff of all the above will i notice a real difference in power?! I'm particularly wondering about the grinder i suppose. Would it just lock up all the time if it was 18v...
  17. Pete999

    Builders eh

    Wr were going to start a rewire this weekend, empty house nice, you would think, we could get all the wiring done before they start, you would think, well no not really just had a phone call, oh we've boarded the walls can you come and put your wires in? easy, you would think, well I think I'm...
  18. GMES

    I really have heard it all now

    I was chatting to a mate today who is also an electrician who as a customer who basicallyuses different contractors, basically who ever he can get to site the quickest to get his tyre shredder working when it breaks down. Now apparently there is a local electrical contractor out his way who...
  19. Paul.M

    Question #2 Shower?

    This is another real world actual job, keeping away from mock questions etc. The story:- Mrs. Smith has just bought a house and calls me because there is "a bare cable sticking out of the wall in the downstairs shower room" which she is very concerned about. I turn up and take a look at it...
  20. S

    House 3 phase really needed?

    Hi guys My 3 phase mains supply cable needs rplacing as its burnt out and very old. My question is do i really need to use 4 cables again as nothing in the house is 3 phase and the load is not split? There are 4 cables going into the top of the ' rcd' switch but only 2 coming out of the...

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