Evening all, ive come here looking for a little bit of advice please
Im currently at college 2 evening per week, and also work full time along side a qualified electrician
I would like to know, would I be allowed to carry out non - notifiable work in my spare time to earn a little extra cash ...
Cut a long story short guys. I applied for my A grade electrical license in November, I have my gold card etc, NVQ 3 am2 etc. have had to go through the process of having all of my city and guilds qualifications recognised at a cost of about $1600 so far. I get a phone call today telling me my...
hello firstly mention new on here and have tried to look for diagrams etc but cant see to find.
i am looking for diagrams for circuits wired up from taking a feed(live) from 2 gang switch from the com from one to the next in which to be another taken to say another light.
understand you'd be...
Hello I'm new to forum. I'm a 33 year old 16th edition electrician in UK.
I'm constantly working away from home but would like to take the 17th edition , has anybody had any joy with these
17th edition online courses. Seen a few advertised with online course notes and a physical exam date...
Hi all, your thoughts please ...
going to price a job in the morning ... just been briefed that it is to "finish off" the electrics in a stable / annexe conversion... being cynical this seems to me that either the builder has taken on most of the actual wiring (1st and 2nd Fix) himself OR the...
Im considering changing over this year, mainly due to how much im being charged combined with a change in my own circumstances, has anyone else done the same? How did it work out?
also people who are napit registered how do they find them generally, do they have problems with people not...
Hi, I have done some renovation in customer's kitchen which was changing place of few sockets. After that I certified my job. It was all included in price details before I started anything and she said ok, the price is fine, do it.
So I finished everything, asked for money and she was like...
My cuz is working on the largest ship In Uk history and as a spark he informs me that joiners out number sparks 3-1 getting paid the same to do a **** job on ladder/tray/etc how is this happening fukin sick of our trade getting ripped apart from 16 month so called skill techs milk man to spark...
As in the title, when putting in a new set of lights in a house i ran the perm live, earth and neutral down to the switch then ran switched live and neutral up to the lights. Is this bad form? I know it's not unsafe. Just wondered if you thought it was rough. I thought it was industrious as I...
Have got a Three phase transformer wired in star on the 7th floor of a part built tower block and the builder wants another tranny on the 8th floor to supply the works on that floor.
There is already a single phase tranny on the 8th.. (not yet wired up)
Is it possible to take a single phase...
I went to the NICEIC Live day at Epsom last month, and Tony Cable, in answer to one of the questions, said that SSE had given specific Domestic electricians permission to remove the cut-out when, for example, they are replacing the Consumer Unit. Can anyone tell me if this has been done and if...
Hi guys thinking of doing my part p coarse and going NIC EIC, what's the deal with registering with the NIC any tips or info would be appreciated, thank u
Hi everyone, I'm off to Florida next week & need to check if things will work when plugged in. I know the voltage is different but I'm assuming things will still work or you couldn't get an adaptor? Any info you've got would be really helpful.
Thanks Ian
Hi, what paper work would you need to leave the customer (if any), if you were taking out a circuit in a house. For example, someone is moving house and they are taking their shed with them. The shed has lights which has it's own mcb in the cu, if that circuit was taken out is there any...
I was shown how to take the Ze from a domestic installation, at collage last week.
I have forgot how to do it, where to connect the probes of the MFT, and weather or not to disconnect the earth.
I need to know before Friday.
Can anybody go through it? would be better with diagrams.
Thanks...
Evening all,
As the title suggests, is it worth taking on extra work and trying to expand or is better to play safe? ?
At the moment I don't have the worry of competing with others as I only have myself to worry about and don't have to come up with wages at the end of every week.
What are...
Hi,
We're re-wiring a flat that currently has a split load board with an off peak section for some convector heaters and 2 storage heaters. The off peak has its own meter that is radio controlled. We need to rewire the board and put the off peak into a separate board via a henley block, just...
Hello,
I've had a quick look around the forums about this topic and im pretty sure i know "the answers" but i thought i would ask a specific question or 2 and see what you guys thought...
So im moving house soon, i want to take 6 (identical) Wall lights with me, they retail at around £100 and...
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