WHILST out shoppinghe other day i bumped into one of my best m8s from school . i aint seen him for years .. informed me hes taken up airbrushing as an interest and has made it into his work ..... i had a look at some of his work and frankly im amazed by it .. so if anyone is looking into any...
Hi All, just a quick message to let you all know I
passed my 2391-10 exam which I took on 22.7.2010. Came out of the exam convinced I had not done well so was well pleased to get the pass result on Saturday. Drinks tonight to celebrate ??
Went to the robin site Welcome to Robin Electronics looking for specs on the KTS 1610 that i can pick up fairly cheap, seems to direct you to a fluke site promoting their testers.
Strange - or have I been drinking too much? :D
HI All
Have just installed a new circuit to supply power to a control panel.
Have tested it all came back fine if i need to carry out a ZE test how can this be done because cannot isolate the main board so cannot disconnect the Main CPC from the MET
Also have only carrird out a ZS at the...
I have been given a PIR and asked to do all codes 1 and 2 ok but the tester has applied interesting code2s heres a few the list is not endless.
1 Incorrect screws in panel cover.
2 dust at bottom of d.b
3 No 230V labels.
4 Panel has no markings sayiny 2 different wiring tyopes...
I was just wandering as im never too sure about twin and earth being used for sub main. I know it has to be on an rcd if using t and e but personally i always use swa for underground. But if its in a plastic water pipe is this ok its there existing and i wasn't going to change it but just...
Hi guys
SWA feeding outside lighting and socket outlets etc.
Set up like this:
Single phase.
L & N T&E out of MCB in main board to feed sperate enclosure with only an RCD module in. So L&N feeding an RCD.
Then, 4 core SWA is glanded to this board.
2 of the cores (L/N) connect...
Just watching a Part P spark make a right a**e of himself didn't appear to know the regs as everything he said was wrong
So much for the part p qualification
Does anyone else feel that alot of skill has been taken out of our trade, things are becoming easier and easier to do. The days of using metal conduit and single in houses is long gone. If the standards were alot higher would we be worth more money and would there be less rogue traders about...
been to a property today to do a pir, on visual inspection of the garage( the garage had a dedicated metal clad cu suppling two circuits, these were lighting and power circuits) a second cable (swa) is taken from the incoming tails of the cu to an out-house with another cu supplying two...
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Hi everyonel. I have a job interview next week with HM Prison Service for the post of an electrician and this involves a trade test . Just wondering if anybody has ever taken one of these and if so whats involved. It would be nice to be forewarned if possible. Many thanks .. Jon
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