Im currentley working on a school laboratory install and we are using blakley transformers to supply socket outlets, can anybody explain to me why this is.
Ive been tasked with providing the electrical supply for a new Home Economics room in a local private school.
I have the plans for the installation which comprises of
8x Freestanding Electric Cookers (32A Max each)
12 x 2g Switched Sockets (light load only)
Now this isnt normally an...
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Ive been asked to quote for PIR on a large school around 1000 circuits and been built 4 yrs only so this is first test. I presume original test sheets are available and access will be school holidays. Keen to do job to keep in with the firm in charge but know they have a quote of...
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I saw some work done by an old school sparky the other day, who has been in the trade for over 30 years. One of the tricks he used for fixing cable to joists e.t.c was to nail in small loops of twin and earth along the joists, and then he would simply thread the new cable through these...
would a pv system fitted on a school roof still get 41.3p if it is under a 4Kw system,
was not sure if it made a difference that is was not a domestic installation
Hello everybody
I am polish and I would like to start working as an electrician.
I am technician electrician.
Ive finished vocational school 3yrs full time 1995-electrician
and technical secondary school 3yrs full time 1998-technician electrician
Ive finished schools in Poland,so I must...
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i have done a course with trade qualified and have 2382, 2377, part p etc.
I have no exp, and cant find work.
Would it be worth me forking out for the 2330 via night school?
i want to be fully qualified and am scared i will forget what i have learnt if i dont carry out any work?
thanks
I have been asked by a friend to help price a job up as he has the possibility of some work at a school. He is subbing the work out to an electrician but must price the work up for the parent contractor first
Here are the vague specs he has been handed, so please dont hammer me!! :)
x 4 Flush...
I have been asked by a friend to help price a job up as he has the possibility of some work at a school. He is subbing the work out to an electrician but must price the work up for the parent contractor first
Here are the vague specs he has been handed, so please dont hammer me!! :)
x 4...
im fairly new to this! as in iv only been doing it 7 years!
but two things really get on my nerves !
1, doing a p.i.r and nothing has conductor id, is this a new thing(last 10 years or so) or are some people just lazy! considering i have got to spend the next two days putting bits of...
i've been asked to wire a classroom with 6 tables and 4 workstations at each table
each workstation has to to be networked back to a panel on wall,and each table requires
a 24v supply for raising and lowering the monitors
the floor is solid and a channel has to be cut-i'm thinking one rcbo...
I went to a school today to estimate a job.
Its only a small job, Couple of power points and data, Ive checked the CU and previous test certificates, (RFC, C32 MCB, 16 points, 2.5 T&E).
The sockets will be running IT equipment, But still i didnt notice and RCD, it could have been RCBO...
I have been today to quote on a refurbishment of a toilet in a school the job is straight forward, but now I'm sorting out the quote I am unsure If I need a sounder beacon in there ( there are no sounders at the mo)
what do you think to the new legislation, where the new starters at secondary schools have to stay an extra year? do you think its a good or bad thing?
I have been asked to put some additional lights and sockets in a school. I am Part P registered but not Full NICEIC registered.
Can I do this work and if so would I be able to issue a certificate?
hi there, im taking a electronics course right now (do it at home type) and im stuck on 4 questions that im tired looking answeres for.....so this is why im here....to get help and if somebody could explain me the answeres for them.....that would be awesome
anyways lets get to it
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