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  1. R

    Smoke Alarm help

    This is a strange fault i have never come across and i am thinking the answer is to just replace the whole unit. I recently converted the lights in my nans hallway from a pendant to 4 downlights. Being a bungalow it only had one mains smoke alarm in the hallway with the feed taken from the...
  2. W

    i think I'm being taken for a ride...

    Hi, just wondering if anyone can tell me what is wrong with my plan, i want a shaver socket in my bathroom, my thoughts were that a wire could be taken off a plug socket in the bedroom up the wall then through the single brick internal wall into an isolator switch that would be neatly next to...
  3. dez0178

    Fused Spur for two new sockets for utility room, taken from ring main.

    Hi, I have one socket in my utility room, this socket is part of the down stairs ring main. I have taken a fused spur from this socket and ran two sockets of it, room is smaller than 12m squared, so 3 sockets is recommended for this size room, is that correct? I have used 2.5mm cable to run the...
  4. D

    Christmas tree taken down because the 230v lights are too dangerous...

    This popped up yesterday... Comedy of errors, health and safety and people having bugger all knowledge of electricity! Stanley Christmas tree pulled down after lights were switched over fears vandals could be electrocuted | Mail Online
  5. N

    Prices per circuit

    Hi guys, for youse guys out there that price testing work, how much do you charge per circuit? i think to charch £15 - £20 per circuit but a company from down south has started to steal some of our work with £7.50 per circuit, our gaffer has started to price jobs at £7.49 per circuit just so we...
  6. S

    REA - taken to court

    Solar installer files High Court incompetence claim against REA and REAL | Solar Power Portal Interesting stuff - ironic that a double glazing firm is taking Real to court for REAL is not acting “fairly, reasonably or impartially.” ​
  7. Top Cat

    Just taken over from another firm of electricians.

    Been asked to take over job from another firm of electricians that left the job because of non payment about 3 years ago (gulp!) Big extension lots of expensive kit. Been checking there work and mostly OK but then i find in one area, no grommets on metal boxes, cord grips left off down lights...
  8. TaffyDuck

    Voltage drop taken to extremes

    Just been asked to go and check out a new agricultural barn wired up by a builder. The barn is 350m from the house ( where they have fed it from a socket in the living room) and they have fed it with 1.5mm two core SWA." because its only a socket and a couple of lights".
  9. TaffyDuck

    V Drp taken to extremes

    Sorry double post
  10. J

    EICR - time taken to complete

    Is it just me or is it taking 4 times as long to complete the new EICR. I inspected an office and workshop with 2 CUs and therefore using the multiple boards cert...its a joke. Doing it through Amtech probably isnt helping, but i'm thinking of putting the cost up! I can just about understand...
  11. 1

    30% Deposit taken

    Just like to say Thank You to those who assisted in another thread of mine. I took my first 30% deposit this afternoon and the customer wasn't bothered in the slightest. I am now going to continue to do this as it will take some of the strain off of my bank balance. Okay, so this one was...
  12. S

    Joinging napit but 2391 taken 7 years ago?

    Im just in the process of joining napit for full scope, and also want to add the testing and inspection on to it. Now i have recieved paper work i have noticed it says 2391 must of been gained in the last 5 years. Mine was taken in 2004. No one there to answer my questions til monday, so has...
  13. D

    Taken the Jump!!!

    Have taken the jump from been a caring sharing spark to an electrical mentor!! yes guys you have probably guessed! i have an apprentice (fresh out of box starting college on Monday) i must be ducking mad! lol......... been working with me for last 3 months on other projects and is learning...
  14. Richard Burns

    August 2391-10 taken today

    Hi I have just sat the 2391-10 exam today and I am running it through far too much in my mind. So thought I would post. Did any one else do this and what did they think? I got stuck on some grammatical errors in the questions but overall felt it was fairly typical, hopeful on a pass but just...
  15. L

    Complaint about time taken to be registerd with Ofgem central FITS register

    I have had to wait over 3 months for EDF to register my PV system and so it will apparently be 6 months after installation before I can submit a reading and up to 9 months before I get my first payment. There were no problems or errors with my application form though they claim they have been...
  16. S

    Power taken From a light switch help.

    Hi all In fitting a garden security light and want to start the install from a light switch. I am looking to change the existing 1 gang internal light switch to a 2 gang. The second I want to switch the security light on/off. I am aware that I can take the power from the 1st internal...
  17. R

    Ive taken a wrong turn and need to get back on track...

    Hello all, After leaving the forces I followed the trend at the time and went offshore.. I worked my way through the ranks quite quick and a year later I was doing electrical and mechanical maintenance on drilling rigs.. I got more interested in the electrical side and decided to take one of...
  18. D

    boiler supply taken from cooker circuit

    hi guys ive just bein to a flat to quote a price for wiring a electric cooker in when i got their i found that the boiler supply had been taken off the cooker circuit so i said i couldnt wire the cooker in as it needs to be on its own circuit so ide after remove the boiler supply anyway the...
  19. J

    No space in board

    The existing board is older and does not hav an RCD, i have installed a small Garage supply unit beside it to a 30A breaker and have taken the cable to the 16A RCD protected breaker on this. is this ok?
  20. N

    How to certify a ring main with lighting circuit taken of a fused spur???

    just wondering how i would certify this type of installation, would i take the highest resistance value of r1+r2 of the lighting circuit and use this to add to ze? would i also have seperate values for the two circuits recorded on the EIC. any help eould be very welcome:confused:

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