To all the members of this Trainee Section I have to say this:-
This is your section of the forum!
Simple as that really. Within the T/S you can post up any question you have regardless of how daft it seems and no one will have a go at you for it. This is not the "open forum" where people...
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Can anyone point me in the right direction? I thought I read somewhere about avoiding the use of 'socket doublers' on caravan sites. I've checked through 708 and 721 in BGB and can't find what I am looking for. What is niggling in the back of my mind is having read a phrase that said...
2x 3kw extraction fan motors with no starters or O/L cutouts, switched on and off direct via rotary isolator
is it even to be coded?
would like any opinions please
Hey guys, just wondered what you guys do as I had a difference of opinion and happy to accept if I'm wrong, or if indeed neither of us are wrong and just have different ways of doing things!
In the "main switch or circuit breaker" section of an EIC if I've replaced a fuse board I would put the...
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Simple question, can an MCS company use non-MCS subbies and I get two different responses:
Any views on the forum about this?
From MCS via email:
"Thank you for your enquiry.
If a MCS certified company contracts another company ("Company B") to install the electronics, the company ("Company...
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Just wondering if anyone could tell me what a section panel is? I'm assuming its another term for a commercial distribution board? just doing my first works on commercial premises and not heard the term before. . ......Cheers everyone
Hi,
How about a section for naming and shaming companies and people who fail to pay who mess electricians about.
I am owed a significant amount of money by someone who says he will not pay until he has been paid, then has the cheek to tell me to stop asking as its 'irritating him'.
Apparently the treasury have focused in on ECO a costly scheme which accounts for £69 of the average energy bill. They then state another scheme that could be removed is the feed in tariff which costs the average household £6.
Announcement to be made on December 4th.
Be prepared for some...
I'm sure this has been asked before, and I have done some searching here, but not quite sure how to phrase it to search properly.
I have just completed some minor works on a property installed to the 16th, i.e. no rcd's on lighting. The client required replacement of existing ensuite lighting...
Tried to get into the alarm section but think I need to post more.
Any one in the Southend on Sea area want to give me a quote on a wired alarm for my house.
I have a few things I want from this alarm but will discuss that later.
Hi, (new to forum, first thread)
Trying to get my head round voltage drop and using the calcs in practice.
I have radial circuit - 16 amp MCB on a 30mA RCD - 2.5 flat T+E out of household consumer unit, straight through wall and running in plastic conduit along outside of wall and into garage...
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I am trying to fill in Section (K) of Electrical Installation Condition Report. My question is when we have faults like: High Insulation resistance on a certain circuit that i know, High resistance of main bonding that i identified, Zs too high for ring, ring discontinuous and incorrect...
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I can't fathom out why this answer has been given on Volitmum Q&As
Q & A of the Day – What fused connection units to use for these fan-heaters? - Voltimum UK - Electrical Installation Products and Contracting
I would have thought that as long as he uses 4mm cable, and the cable fits into the...
Hi all,
Can anyone clarify how/when an installation falls under Section705 for agricultural? Does livestock have to be present in the building that the PV installation is being fitted to? How about RCD protection if the supply isn't TT? Is it mandatory to fit an RCD to the PV...
Any useful training information can be posted in this thread.
Here is a link to my drop box for a book on electrical calculations.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2qysuhso92lmt2g/Electrical%20Installation%20Calculations%20Advanced%2C%207th%20Edition%20-.pdf
Feel free to download and study.
Hi there,
I have my AM2 exam coming up soon and i last time failed on section C1, That is the section where you are required to isolate a single circuit (3x) and prove it is dead and safe to work on.
I know to turn off the circuit breaker and lock off and follow safe isolation, but when i am...
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