Hi
I am soon to take the AM2.
A friend of mine who just took, said the following items are prefilled in the test schedule. Is it true?
- Type of wiring
-Maximum ZS
Also when comparing the Zs for the add-on paper questions. Do you write the OSG page number or the GN3 page number for...
Not an ads problem this time, more an observation.
The “unread posts” drop down list used to give a list of all unread posts. The top few were highlighted yellow, indicating unread, and the remaining in orange…(terracotta?)
The yellow ones would change to orange as you clicked through to read...
Hi, I've recently had my broken oven replaced in my flat and I paid for delivery and installation.
It was hardwired through an unswitched plate which leads to a fused spur with switch on the wall of the kitchen.
Everything seemed fine until I idly glanced through the installation manual. It...
Hi all,
I have an unusual issue with a recent rewire I have just completed which I hope you guys can assist with.
For background, this is a complete strip out and rewire of a domestic property (bungalow) with an unusual but appropriate reference method.
For this rewire, due to the fact that it...
A relative recently had an electrical certification done on a rented property. The property was build in 2005 and had previously passed 3 electrical certifications with flying colours, however this time round a number of issues arose resulting in a bill of £500, which was very surprising...
Hi all, new to this forum and am completely clueless with all things electrical - hoping to get some advise!
My parents received an unsatisfactory EICR on their home recently (it's quite old) and were quoted £3500 upgrading their distribution board to a new metal one with RCBOs. The electrician...
Afternoon,
I have just had EICR tests done on two of my rental properties, with another two properties still to be tested.
The electrician has sent me ( e-mailed ) the two certificates for the completed jobs .
Is e-mail acceptable or should I get paper copies ?
All pages of the report have...
During an inspection i have come across a class 2 light fitting with a cpc that’s is not connected to MET.
initially i put this as a C2 but I’m wondering what others thing?
where is the danger as it is?
Hello all
This is the biggest forum I'm aware off.
We had an electrician carryout an EICR, there were several C2 faults noted, mainly because the consumer unit has no RCD protection and is old, apart from this everything else seemed ok. A unsatisfactory report was issued. He had said that in...
Hi, I have just had a full rewire done on my house by a Napit registered company whom I didn't realise at the time where allowing none registered persons to do the work. I have had to call them back several times to many issues I came across and am now concerned about the safety of the rewire. I...
I had an EICR deemed as unsatisfactory and was advised with a quote for £650 for remedial work to replace plastic with metal fuse box and urgent remedial action (C2) needed to fix ' incorrect cabling' 2 breakers.
We already have a metal fuse box and I asked about what was incorrectly cabled and...
My father In law is selling his property and had a EICR done recently requested by the buyers.
I thought the report was not the best quality with some overly harsh codes, codes missing, information missing or conflicting information was wondering what you guys thought and if you agreed.
I have...
Just going to start a thread regarding USA politics and recent events as well as events related to and preceding Trump's presidency.
So Ill start with a poll -
PS - a list of Trump's achievements while in office if you don't know what he did.
https://lc.org/PDFs/Trump.Accomplishments.FINAL.pdf
Hello, I just had my house reqwired by a local company, which did include an actual electrician. They said they would give me the Part P etc. paperwork after I paid for it, which I have. but, it was a couple of months ago now, and they always give excuses about being too busy, out fo the...
Back home from Aberdeen.
Nice little job. Parents of my daughters friend have bought a flat up there for them to move into next year... both at uni.
Up on the top floor of a 3 storey block of flats.... and had to park the van round the corner as the road is closed right outside. Took an hour...
I went to quote for remedial work in a flat yesterday. The client is selling the flat and wants an EICR for the purposes of the sale. The last week they had an NIC electrician who performed an EICR, which they then sent to me. Worth mentioning at this point that a neighbouring flat had caught...
Thought this might be of interest and use to anyone looking to undertake the various short training courses.
So here is my recent experience - note I am HV trained, looking to move to domestic/small commercial
Week 1
Monday
Arrive at 08:00 as directed. Time seems to be for the convenience of...
Just wondered if anyone is doing any home improvements at the moment.
I'm quite proud of myself having completed a bathroom refurbishment and also building an outdoor BBQ recently. I'm not much of a builder, plumber or tiler but I'm quite happy with the way the two projects came out.
Show me...
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