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  1. B

    Buying a new car or van in 2017

    If your in the market for a new vehicle look carefully as the car tax bands are changing in April. (Don't think any new standard cars built now have high tax brackets and most are free so the treasury cannot cope) March is expected to be the busiest car buying month this year. See New 2017 road...
  2. driverman

    61009-1 or 61009-2 RCBO's

    Afternoon guys, Just wondered what the difference is, if any between a 61009-1 RCBO and 61009-2 RCBO? Are the characteristics different for any reason for different applications? I noticed that 61009-2 came out 1995? Thanks
  3. Dan

    New sentencing rules set to ramp up safety fines

    Safety sentencing guide points to need for effective OH&S management Read the full news article
  4. R

    Extension of meter tails and the rules regarding this

    Hello all, I have just been reading another post regarding a method of extending meter tails in a certain situation and just want to expand my knowledge on the subject. If extending meter tails, I believe some kind of overcurrent protection/isolation method is require if longer then 3 meters...
  5. S

    Getting around the rules, Legally????

    Hi, I want to fully wire up a workshop that I have just built, sockets, lights etc. I am fully competent enough to do this but the rules say I cannot. However, I think I may have a way around it and seek your advice. Here is my plan. I will install the consumer unit, wire up all the lights...
  6. J

    Emergency lighting rules

    Does the rules require you to have maintained em lights over the final exit doors, change of direction in passageways and difference in floor levels? Non maintained over other exits leading to main fire exits doors. Plus are all exit lights allowed to be switched ?
  7. M

    Rules on testing

    Ok so been away for a good few years work abroad and my past exp of signing off work that's been tested is almost none. So give me a break if I ask any basic questions and such like. What I'd like to know is in domestic :- Can any electrician test and write a EIC? Or do they need part P or...
  8. T

    JIB Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) Jib

    Hi Does anyone know what the rules are in line with the jib for rest time following night work or call outs etc? I believe there is a point at which the operative then qualifies for full day off Many thanks
  9. A

    Query regarding rules on certification

    Hi This is a bit long winded, but just to explain the full story. The question is at the end :) My ex has had no hot water and only temp heaters for four weeks due to a broken common biomass system that feeds 54 houses. As a temporary solution they have installed a peak off peak immersion into...
  10. S

    Gibraltar rules for a rising company

    Hi everybody, I'm new in this forum, so we'd like to thanks in advance all the help you give. It's really priceless. We' re a rising spanish company based in Gibraltar and we're really lost. We've made some electrical installations in Gib with spanish sparks , but we want to jump into the...
  11. W

    Health and Safety... Five golden rules.

    Hey, I was hoping someone could help me. A friend of mine did his Compex course the other day and has an interview with a firm tomorrow. Apparently this is a favourite question of theirs, does anyone know? As we can't seem to find it online. Cheers.
  12. ruston

    Bradford council rules , anyone clued up?

    A mate of mine is building an extension on a house . The boiler is a long run from the new extension so he asked the builder to add another boiler to the extension to run underfloor heating , hot water, etc. The builder told him that if he does it this way in will be classed as a separate...
  13. S

    Rules for commercial properties

    Hi Guys, I have been asked to rewire a shop but most of my work is domestic so Im not clued up on the commercial regs. Does my fuseboard have to have rcds protecting all circuits like it does in domestic, I dont believe it does does it.....? This is for a pizza shop so it has kitchens toilets...
  14. L

    JIB Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) JIB rules - 'stand down' please help asap!

    Hi I started for a JIB company about 3 and a half months ago. Thier office is in birmingham and i work in oxford. Now they have put me on 'stand down' which means i have to go sit in the office for 7 and a half hours doing practically nothing. Thing is I dont only have to pay the 20 odd pound...
  15. SolarCity

    ASHP - similar rules as PV?

    We have a customer who has had an ASHP installed and it appears to be performing worse than predicted. The firm is refusing to send the MCS certificate until the full bill is paid - something which cannot be done with solar PV. I would have assumed that the rules are the same?
  16. W

    Rules for a split property

    Hello I have moved into a 3 bedroom house private renting. Part of the house is converted into a small studio. They have one room and a shower room. They have only electric inside that bit and it feeds off my meter by using a coin meter. Whoever lives there has to feed the meter £1 coins which...
  17. S

    Emergency Lighting - Do's, Don't and Rules.

    Hi All Please can someone outline the general rules with Emergency Lighting? I have a job to do soon in a factory packing floor where i'm fitting 25 maintained T5 2x80w fittings. The lighting design has been completed by the guys at Dextra so I have a map of where the fittings are going and...
  18. S

    IR35 Tax Rules- Info for Sub Contractors

    Here's some info about the IR35 tax legislation rules which can affect self employed subbies and whether they are deemed to be inside or outside of the ruling: In recent years the electrical industry has seen an increase in freelance workers or 'subbies'. It's an easier way for the companies to...
  19. SolarCity

    MCS/REAL rules for installers/sellers

    I'm trying to help a friend of a friend with a mis-sold PV system and I was wondering if someone could help. I know that the rules were being changed with regard to MCS and responsibility whereby the installer is responsible for the WHOLE process - including selling - even if they only carried...
  20. M

    flex wiring rules

    Hi guys whats the regulations in wiring in flex... I have a plug top ( Sure this is not allowed ) feeding a 3 m 1.0 flex, that goes under the floor boards, pops up in a cupboard then comes surface on the facing to a really old timeclock, before disappearing to an old water tank and...

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