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  1. B

    Worlds oldest working electrician ?

    I had a caravan on the Beachcomber site at Cleethorpes for 20 years. The local contract electrician was called Rowley. He was a quiet old man who Just got on with the job and did it. I often wondered if he had a bad back as he always came out of a caravan backwards, if the steps were at the...
  2. S

    Random Polls

    @Dan Would you mind turning off these random polls appearing down the righthand side, they're mostly archaic anyway.
  3. Pete999

    Bath Rugby v Newcastle Facons

    Any Newcastle Falcon fans on line yet? some score wasn't it come on Bath Rugby, not gloating, honest.
  4. Simonslimline

    What happened to the trainee section?

    I am possibly overlooking something here! I cant seem to find the trainee section anymore, has my access been removed? Thanks in advance for any help on this matter.
  5. J

    Disconnected Neutal Still Showing Connection To Neutral (somewhere)

    hi i am replacing a consumer unit over and came across a strange problem with the neutrals when i isolated the old consumer unit. When isolated from supply im still getting 240v between incoming live and out going neutral. I have disconnected all neutrals from block (which clears it from...
  6. egg67

    Things That Go Missing

    :gru2::mkungfu::mtongue::mdancing::bananas:Once I was just a member, then I had a nice thing by my name which said Alarm, cctv member , one day I asked if I could have one for the pub and got it, still got the pub one but lost the alarm one, is it because I smell or ugly? Or is it just because...
  7. Dan

    Aurora - Ever Been Lucky Enough To See It?

    This is on my list. Still haven't seen it yet it's been on my list for years. Anybody been lucky enough to see one of them, if so where and how? I've seen a couple of cruises where they say if you don't see it after a couple of weeks you get your money back.
  8. Pete999

    Cps &iet

    Don't know if I'm being over critical, with the onset of the 17th IET Regulations the term Competent Person (CP), has been dropped in favour of Skilled Person (SP), yet we still call the schemes NICEIC etc CP Schemes. Should it not be SP Schemes?
  9. Pete999

    5/8th Conduit

    I was helping out on a rewire a few months ago, just for pin money you understand, unocupied large country house the buyer had" loads a money" to quote STAVROS. Any how would I like to start the lighting on the ground floor? ripped all the old floor covering up, to my surprise lots of flooring...
  10. Mattsparks

    EIC Ltd Are they still trading?

    Every single phone is 'no such number'. Anyone know please?
  11. S

    TRAINEE QUESTION: Three phase motor system, non-standard wiring colours in flex?

    Hi. Just a question from a slightly confused trainee about core colours on a three phase appliance. I was diagnosing a fault on a three-phase saw today (found it - dead isolating transformer) and found that the incoming cable (4 cores) were coloured and connected as such: L1 Brown L2 Black...
  12. D

    fuse box tripping

    hy there for some strange reason all last night my fuse box kept tripping out for no reason everything plugged in is normal nothing added or overloaded but my trip flicks back off after few mins so theres still a problem , i have everything off in the house and it still wont stay on any ideas...
  13. J

    Fluke 1652 how to silence it

    Does anyone know how to silence it so there's no bleeps as it does my head in, old tester you could choose?
  14. G

    Newbie - am I still a Trainee ?

    Hello, I've recently completed a set of C&G courses at Ableskills, but I'm a little unsure of my status on this Forum - am I a Trainee or a New Electrician ? City & Guilds 2393, Building Regs (Domestic Electrical Installer) City & Guilds 2382, Wiring Regs (17th Edn) City & Guilds 2377...
  15. L

    And i thought domestic was dirty...

    Previous house basher for 4 years and qualified in that area. Started my new job this week and i am wiring up a flour mill. ITS HUGE, we have a production mill factory with about 4 new motors and 6 sensors wiring back to a plc unit. I have to say i am enjoying the work and seem to be getting on...
  16. michaelw6

    Probably an old one- Tysoft easy cert coupon still active?

    Im ready to purchase this software just looking to see if any one knows of an active coupon to use as i need to buy about £500 worth. searched forum but all old posts. thanks guys. Mike
  17. S

    Rent a roof boys are still out there but the lies got bigger

    Had an automated sales call which unusually for me I held onto rather then telling them to F off as it was all about me saving electricity with "Free Solar Panels on my roof". Considering what is going on I had to find out how they were playing this now. All quotes are highlighted. I had the...
  18. Worcester

    The Sun Still Shines :)

    Our decision last year to focus on new build and major refurb is paying off.. Architect (that we worked with on 3 refurb projects last year) on the phone today asking us to work with them and a small developer to install 50 in-roof systems as they only way they can get the planning permission...
  19. Hellmooth

    Best combi drill

    Looking to get a new combi drill around the £300 range, so many options it's hard to decide what's the best, have a dewalt at the moment but it's a cheaper version and useless, I like the look of the xr range though. Had a Bosch which was decent and have heard good things about Milwaukee. Seen...
  20. B

    Still Waiting for the Knighthood

    Well its that time of year again when I await the announcement of the award of my Knighthood but yet again it appears that after over 40 years of Services to Earning a Living in the Building & Maintenance Sector I just didn't make the grade :-( Had I been able to earn my Annual Salery over a...

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