This has probably been asked a few times before, but would like some advice if possible please.
I have been recently made redundant as a electrical-mechanical maintenance manager and was looking to maybe start up on my own. I have been doing electrical installation in domestic properties for 30...
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Im a young 19 year old lad who's about to start working with a friend as an electricians mate, he has just been given a big project and wants me to be in his team
We have to first fix a large quantity of timber frame bungalows, I have no electrical background and am pretty much just...
Just starting out and looking for first power tools. Do I go 10.8v drill driver/ impact drivers from usual suspects or say 18v equivalents (or 22v if hilti).Wonder if they will do same job as 10.8v and more ie going into stone/brick work. If higher power Will I still need a hammer drill as well...
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1st time poster here, although I have been thru the threads here relating to PV cells start-ups. My father and brother run a quite successful traditional heating business and I am looking to add a solar panel start up, which I run along side with it. I have done quite a bit of research...
Im a little confused as to how easy or hard it is to set up a small legal enterprise, Im not wanting great deals of work as im working for a company.
My only idea is to do the odd job maybe on a weekend, do some testing and move a socket etc, maybe a rewire as a rarity.
Im fine with...
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I'm looking at changing career and have been wanting to retrain as a sparky for a while. Gonna do the part P courses on my rest days and just start off on domestic work on my days off, I work a 4 on 4 off shift so ideal for work on the side. I would like to one day become a fully qualified...
Hey everyone, how do?
Im seriously considering starting out on my own. I live in Glasgow and for the last 3 years iv been in and out of work and on average im lucky to be working 7 or 8 months of the year through no fault of my own. I find myself at the crossroads of whether to change career...
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Just started a rewire on an old house, now there is a sink in one of the bedrooms which is going to be kept but the customer wants a socket quite near. I have been through the regs but can't find anything which states about zones in a room with just a sink, Special installation of...
hi guys, im new to the site and could do with a little help.....
ive been a qualified electrician since i was 18 (7 years ago) i have got my 17th edition and want to go self employed. I have been out of the trade for a coupl of years now after getting fed up of been layed off over and over.
so...
i am thinking about starting an electrician course i live i plymouth
need some advise please... which places have got a good reputation
for people with no experience etc thanks luca
Evening Gents.
I'm one of those Royal Engineer sparkies that has 2391 and 17th ed but has never been in a loft space or chased out a wall till I left the forces. Having to make a big jump now, I've been given a break after floating around with a few different companies casually and I want to get...
Go me! :shades_smile: Am very excited. Even though I would actually be financially better off serving fries in McDonalds.
I do plan on whining intermittently about pay, terms and conditions, which are bad. Especially the conditions. But I have to think of this as a very temporary stage, a...
Just had a phone call from my dad, haven't heard from him for 2 weeks since i had to go to his house because he couldn't work out his central heating programmer, here's how the conversation went
Dad: hi son
Me: hi dad
Dad: hows work?
Me: steady at moment, went quiet for a week but its...
Hi guys I have some problems with my work.My PV system uses the SMA inverter SunnyBoy 2100TL and when I kept the data from the Sunny webbox.The data at the waiting and grid-monitoring mode at the dc size have the voltage at 600 V while the maximum voltage that can generate from the PV at MPP...
Hello everybody.
I am working in UK as electrical engineer (repairing some units in the office).
They never ask me to do any courses but now I think I need some.
I finished study as electrical engineer (exactly electrotechnik bechelor) but not in UK.
I wonder who to ask to be sure what I need...
Hi guys, iv been self employed for 3 years but looking to partner up with a local spark and start a limited company, what's involved does it cost alot more than self employed tax return wise and what's the benefits other than keeping me seperate from the business side of things? Any advice...
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