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    thing starting to look up.

    Going from post I've read things starting to look up in south of country. Hoping things move closer to north west.
  2. D

    whats the worst thing you have seen electrically

    went to a house split into 2 the lady had bought it "years before but plugged the kettle into the socket in the living room as she sometimes got a shoch of the kettle in the fitchen also the dimmer switch vibrated when you touched it the cause when they rewired and did the downstairs up they...
  3. C

    New PV Installation - Memory Card Type Thing

    I've just moved into a new build house with a PV installation, the sales office have given me a credit card sized, but thicker plastic card with a detachable small memory card type thing. They have said it should go into a computer and contains my mcs certificate but it's too fat to fit in a...
  4. D

    Fluke 1654B

    Hi Does any on use one of these, Bought on but and down loaded the manual but there more whistle and bells than need. lol cheers Dave
  5. F

    Total load on distribution board

    Hi im looking for someone to help me understand the total load that can be pull from a dis board. Ie: I have 3phase dis board on a 250amp breaker. The board is filled with mcbs of mixed ratings. However if I add the rating of each MCB together it far exceeds the 250amp breaker on the board...
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    Such a thing as a terminal block splitter?

    Amateur question here (and I may have picked the incorrect subforum too) I want to attach a single common ground to 12 separate buttons, with individual wires rather than daisy-chaining them. I'm wondering what the best tool for this would be. In my mind I have pictured a terminal block, but...
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    the matt alright thing that was on tv tonight

    the rubbish chargers----- what a load of tosh reporting the plugtop exploding in flames the socket would have been rcd anyway the ----er guy with the laptop saying he went to hospital he didn,t receive a shock! he his heart checked yet he didnt get an electric shock! ok the chargers were...
  8. D

    twisty thing

    hi guys having a total brain fart here. I need the twisty lock things that keep the garden shed door shut. no idea what they're called, and ebay doesn't understand 'twisty shed lock thing' help!
  9. crawf

    Best thing I ever done

    I did a course 7 years ago to make me a spark in 2 months and soon realized what a bad mistake it was my first day on sight I was like a headless chicken!!!! I came away thinking I know nothing so I found an electrician with 30 years experience and started again learnt all I could spent the next...
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    Anyone willing to critique our business website?

    Hi all. Had our website revamped a few months ago and since then quite a few changes have been made and also quite a few planned (& in progress) Just wondering if anyone could give me some constructive feedback on it. One of the thing I don't think is communicated very well is the fact that we...
  11. P

    Dp rcbo

    Hello does anyone know if there is such a thing as a Double Pole 63A 100mA RCBO. Thanks
  12. M

    again with the old / new / inactive thing :)

    Hi I'm Kev, Wrong side of forty, been a sparky amongst other things from leaving school I run Mandrake electrical & Property maintenance in Lancashire, Ive been a member for ages and posted a few things but obviously not enough to satisfy tom the anti spam bot security guy. Note to self, its...
  13. J

    right thing re cooker and hob

    Went to a job yesturday. 6.6kw 4 ring hob and 4.2kw cooker were both supplied on same 6mm on 32a breaker!! Both still using the 1mm flex pre-wired to them. Running in another 6mm was not really a option as tenant didnt want trunking! So kept the original 6mm and put that into supply side of...
  14. sparkdog

    Deemed to satisfy thing re-ECA?

    Has anyone done the above?I got an email from ELECSA,seems you can become an ECA registered contractor or something.
  15. T

    How do you pay mates/ subsides

    Hello guys, I recently needed a hand , so advertised for a mate on here, and he's been working for me for about a week now. We obviously agreed payment and I have paid him, but I wondered if you guys had any sort of template you use as a receipt, stating such things as "I'm liable for my own...
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    Walk in sun-shower

    Right bit of a strange one here a customer has brought a 2nd hand walk in sun-shower well i think thats what thay are called (walk in sunbed) so thats 4 panels so its 60 tubes in total im thinking your looking at 32 - 40 amp supply with 6mm to 10mm cable rcd the normal stuff but coming from the...
  17. K

    Testing at 250v

    Hi just a quick question. I've seen a few times people say test insulation resistance 250v first to make sure there isn't any points missed in loft or where ever. This seem to me a sensible thing to do. Is it 100% safe to test all ways l-n l-e n-e. I thought it was as its not far of...
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    Help with socket alteration..

    Hello, let me start by saying I have very little experience in dealing with electrics and I don't plan to mess about with any cables etc, just looking for advice to plan ahead. I wanted to install a new eco friendly heating panel that needs to be hard wired, I have a double socket I was hoping...
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    just come from job what,s wrong with this

    hi everybody happy new year just been to look at this customer as had new DB fitted in extention the electrician who is part p reg with scheme begining with N is also polish from outside meter (no isolator) through wall in 25mm tails angled up wall at approx 45 degrees with tails and earth...
  20. N

    what is the best thing to do here

    Someone's already wired this but I am not sure what he was going to do if you have a look at this http://sli.so/9319603NQ It looks like it is a ring so what is the best thing I can do I was thinking of adding another socket and crimping one cable with one leg behind the socket and the others...

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