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  1. J

    trunking

    Hi All, just wondered if someone could help i am installing a switch on outside of an internal wall upstairs so no more than 1.5m in length only putting it vertical so putting it in trunking but this is where im a lil confused. do i cut hole in plaster board ceiling for wires only or do...
  2. S

    Dno

    Hi, I'm a recently qualified spark and I'm looking to do a little private house bashing work to tie me over when the industrial commercial stuff from the agencies goes quiet so I'm planning on joining a scam. I've done very little in the way of domestic work and most of the industrial and stuff...
  3. S

    RCD not Resetting

    Hi there Local church TT system, CU with RCD as protection as main switch. Had a problem with the dishwasher tripping the RCD when running a intensive program, but that is a other issue. the main issue is when the RCD has tripped, you cannot reset it. There usually is no power on the...
  4. S

    Stuff i have come across

    Just been through my phone and found some pics of things I have found on a few jobs.... This was found in a bugalow stuffed in a wall, but to be fair it did have tape around the joints. This is a classic, but they did use brown sleeve. Found in a loft, same place as the switch above. Needed a...
  5. G

    Wanna see some scary stuff

    This attached picture shows what some contractor at some point has qualified as tails. This cable runs from the front of house where the service head is directly to the rear of the house (some 30 meters of cable run) to supply a 6 way Consumer unit in the kitchen which feeds everything in the...
  6. M

    Main Bonding Conductor and other stuff

    I'm following, to do some maintenance at a works, where acontact electrician who is completing the re-wiring of the office area. The following came to my attention and wonder if the regs change so fast that Icannot remember which was the latest edition or amendment or whether everyelectrician is...
  7. N

    Where do wholesalers buy their stuff

    As the title states,I'm thinking of opening one in Ireland. Cheers
  8. D

    Bidoyng fuses.... These look the ticket!

    BIDOYNG - Kelvatek My lad has just started as trainee engineer with SSE. He's just come through with the iPad showing me these beasties that the are starting to fit in subbies Quit interesting stuff, i like the inbuilt TDR and the fancy gateway myself. I can see this kind of stuff filtering...
  9. E

    black oil stuff dripping out of cutout

    just been to price for a board change and some remedial works, i noticed the cutout has a black puddle below it, and it's dripping out from inside it. sort of like a black oily stuff. anyone seen this before??
  10. E

    importing makita stuff from USA

    anybody done this? they are alot cheaper, it seems to be worth the risk of import tax plus, theres alot more brushless stuff out,and most of the tools have better specs i'm looking at a makita multi tool, in the UK it's the BTM50 and body only is £110 delivered from a supplier on ebay from the...
  11. electric will

    Annoying stuff on screen

    Don't suppose anyone knows how to get rid of that annoying likes icon that's appeared over the short cuts to page numbers in the threads? I'm using I pad and can't jump to any pages, also hat tweets on the left hand side could do with going.
  12. P

    Plant room testing

    Hi there I have passed my2391 but was just wondering as it came up in convo how to test a plant room? This was not covered in my 2391 Refards phil
  13. J

    Consumer unit running from spur for pond stuff

    Hi all, So i was thinking about running a consumer unit from a spur for all the outdoor pond stuff. I wanted to have in there 3 Rcbo's at 6 amp, 1 for the pump, 1 for the led lighting and another for a water feature. None of these go past the 6 amps. They will only be used for this and nothing...
  14. G

    Exploding socket

    Went down to help a friend today put some sockets in his office,small ring main with 8 twins on it.All wired in and do all the dead tests IR R1 R2 Polarity etc,power it up and plug in to do a Zs try one socket,good reading move on to another again good reading move on to the third,plug in switch...
  15. D

    Hobs ovens and stuff

    Was reading my OSG earlier and was suprised to see it recomends a 32amp circuit for a cooker up to 15kw. Also says you can have multiple cookers on one circuit/isolator (which I knew) My question is this Can I have a 7.2kw hob through an iso on a 6mm 32a circuit then on the other side of the...
  16. L

    dewalt 36v sds

    has anyone got one they use? is it as good as the bosch 36v which ive been using(not mine). all my stuff is dewalt and want everything to match, but the bosch is great. any suggestions
  17. kingeri

    People nicking your stuff on-site

    Who else experiences thefts/attempted thefts of their tools etc. whilst on-site? The decorators today tried twice to put my stepladders on their van - both times saying, "sorry mate - thought they were ours". Yeah, right, course you did. Last week had a almost full roll of 1.5mm T&E disappear...
  18. M

    creating your own paperwork

    Morning all, I'm bored, everyone's out and I'm catching up on some bits and bobs! I've been toying with the idea of doing my own letterheads, invoices, job sheets etc, for a while. I want them to look professional, possibly use logos for NIC, Safe Trader etc, and of course text. I also want to...
  19. the pict

    broadband and stuff

    Now I know little or nothing regarding IT because wizardry is outlawed in Scotland, any way how is it my broadband works but the phone is dead, no dial tone Sky rekon it is a 72 hour turn round on repairs jeez, I have had the line box apart and the pair of wires are still attached, I removed the...
  20. La Poste

    Putting stuff right.

    Greetings. A friend of the family has had extensive building work done and also a re-wire. The state of the work is pretty bad to say the least. The builder in charge of the job has since folded the company and morphed into a new company and the Sparky is not from these shores and also...

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