Afternoon all.
Just had a weird one and was wondering if there was some regulation that I'm not aware of or if I've missed something stupid....
The DNO have brought in a new PME supply to a purpose built (permanent) shed in a field where there is going to be a new build domestic property later...
Hiya lads, hoping somebody can help.
CEF appear to have disappeared off the face of the earth. After several attempts to try and get in touch with our contacts there we aren't getting any responses.
So it looks like we've lost them as a sponsor for whatever reason.
That leaves us with what...
Had some testing kit stolen from van several weeks back, B**stards had literally ripped the side door off to get in whilst parked in B&Q car park. insurance has finally paid out. police done absolutely nothing.
Since then been using borrowed stuff from mates.
Will be spending several hundred...
Electricity North West Ltd has been fined £900,000 after a worker died from falling six metres while carrying out routine maintenance of power lines.
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Smart meter installed. The electricity supplier provides an hourly analysis of electricity consumption on their website. The hourly consumption (kwh), except for the odd anomaly, appears to reflect what is used, but the daily total (also kwh), which is used for billing, appears to be an entirely...
My customer calls the DNO today to ask for an isolator (he wants want to do things properly and is worried about a fuse pull as he has a smart meter!?) he gets passed from pillar to post, in the end gets through to a department who state that they will not fit an isolator but will come and pull...
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I installed a security light 8mths ago, customer has informed me the light is only partially working.
Customer wants a replacement or upgrade and he will pay cost of upgraded fitting.
Where do I stand with this regards it being a manufactures Defect and not a fault of my installation...
Went to replace a consumer unit today and removed the service fuse. Lady from next door said her electric had gone off and sure enough, when fuse is removed it cuts off both properties. Rang the DNO and they said that it is not a problem. Surely this is unacceptable?
Had a callout on Saturday. Customer had lost power in the night and now had a burning smell and a crackling sound from the "black lump at the top of the supply cable"
They'd called another company who quoted £72 for a 30 min visit to investigate but couldn't say when in the day they could...
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I bought new radiator form Bestelectricradiators - Slimline Digital 1250. I installed it on the wall, plug in the socket, set up the time and date, also I choose the temperature to be 21 degree on the manual mode, but it doesn't heat up. Am I doing something wrong or this radiator is...
Hi, I have been asked to test a property as the meter has been ripped out by the previous tenants and the supplier need dead test results before they install a new meter, Has anyone done this for a supplier and do they need a condition report or just a schedule of test results?
Ive tried...
Got a job with a 60amp supplier head fuse. Contacted Eon re upgrading to 80amp or 100amp.
Their reply is they don't do that I need a qualified electrician!
I've been asked to install some 'Spotlamps' to light-up a high feature on the side of a church - approx 15metres away from the light source which can be mounted onto an easily accessible flat roof.
Notes:-
It needs to be LED as it will illuminate throughout the night and energy costs are...
Hello I am looking at installing some LED strips in my own house and I have found a website that seems to do them for cheap. It's a Chinese website but looks quite decent.
The ones I've installed before from electrical wholesalers has cost a lot of money over £200.
I figured that even the ones...
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This question was asked some years ago on this forum but the link to the supplier is no longer active.
I am looking for a Wall Mounted 13 amp double socket that could be mounted on a narrow kitchen upstand that would normally not allow the use of moulded plugs.
as i see it there are three...
Thought we'd try Rexel again having turned our back on them after a multitude of delivery issues. Placed an order on their website yet hadn't noticed that a couple of the items were out of stock (it's not exactly clear on their website). Rather than contacting us to tell us that they hadn't...
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We have just secured a contract where the main contractor is enforcing tool tethering for everybody going on site...
Does anyboady know of a good supplier for these things?
If so, could you let us know?
Cheers - Chris
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