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  1. B

    Best thing to clean tools?

    on a really manc job just now and tools are needing a good clean whats the best spray/leaner to use?
  2. R

    I turned a job down - have I done the right thing?

    Potential customer is having a domestic gas boiler changed. Their installer does not do his own wiring. They asked me to wire up their new boiler system but I realised that it does not comply with part L about conservation of energy (as they do not have separate control of heating in the...
  3. M

    Wylex RCBO's

    I put a new circuit into a CU which had one RCD so thought RCBO on non side. Circuit installed, all dead tests okay, RCBO in and turn on, straight off of goes, it would not go one. After a bit of paranoia and checking every thing including possible borrowed neutrals, earths mixed up and every...
  4. grimysparks80

    Whats the worst thing youve ever done as an apprentice?

    Everyones done something stupid as an apprentice. (or at least thats what i like to tell myself.) My worst mistake was in my first week with a new electrician at the company. I was with him to show him the ropes. was a really nice guy and even joked about how he was my apprentice for the week...
  5. R

    Wind noise of roof mounted PV array

    I just conducted a site survey and got a new question that I didn't know the answer to.... The customer has an open barn conversion and explains that the rain makes a terrible noise and can disturb tv watching for example. The PV panels will provide a barrier to rainfall hopefully reducing the...
  6. Goody

    Is there any such thing called a double socket with FCU built in?

    I am planning to draw a supply for an attached garage from the existing ring in the kitchen. Ideally I want to have a FCU coming off the ring at the existing twin socket in the kitchen to feed this supply but the kitchen is tiled and the owner wouldn’t be happy if the décor gets damaged. So...
  7. M

    Copper Testing.......What is it or has the relevant person got it wrong?

    Been offered a PTS shift this Sunday to do some copper testing at a small train station near where I live. The only thing I can find on copper testing is what the doctor checks for..........lol Does anyone have any idea or give me a heads up of what to expect? Or has the bloke got it completely...
  8. F

    A company with manners a rare thing now

    I sent an email to a local company last week with a copy of my cv attached offering my services to them.I have lost count of the amount of times I have done this in the past year. One company phone me up about one hour after sending the email and said they were sorry but they had no jobs at the...
  9. C

    Shower wired in 2.5!

    Got a call out for a shower not working, only to find that it had been wired in a 2.5 radial from the DB. Needless to say, the (metalclad) fuseboard had melted along with the cable! Thankfully no house fire this time. Unbelievable.
  10. P

    have i done the right thing

    i am currently doing level 2 2330 and been enroled onto level 3 2330 for sep but our class was asked who wanted to do the nvq level 3 as we had to enrole on thursday 31/3/2011 it was £1300 which we had to pay ourself unless our employer paid out of our class only me decided to do course and...
  11. T

    Rewirable fuses and renting.

    I have been asked to do a PIR for someone who is renting out their property, the distrubution board has rewirable fuses do they need to upgrade to a 17th edition board or is this fine as long as the system is safe?
  12. J

    ELECSA Certification Scheme Elecsa forms

    Hi everyone, I have my Elecsa assesment next Thursday and wondered if anyone had the sample forms they send you on download? mainly the complaints form, risk assesment and the health and safety cheers!
  13. C

    Has anyone got a candela table type thing?

    Just a rough guide I guess, for different lamps and types of fittings with their respective candela (cd) amounts etc.. Any links out there you bunch of beauties?
  14. C

    IET 17th update seminar thing in Bromley this Wednesday...

    Is anyone here going? I'm going up, so if anyone else is then I wouldn't mind saying hello. I can wear a red flower if need be.
  15. X

    How to make a key beeper that can be activated by a cell phone?

    Is there a device that that can be somehow activated by 'some' signal produces by today's cell phones (bluetooth, wifi, infra...) and then make a beep sound? Preferably it should be small, light, cheap, with low consumption of energy. It should work as a beeper to find a thing that it is...
  16. R

    What to do with this earth strip thing??

    Right you'll prbably think this is a particularly dumb question, but I have been confronted with a weird main earthing conductor - it's not a cable, it's a sort of semi flexible metal flat ribbon (looks like alu or mild steel, could be tinned copper I suppose), about 2/3 inch wide, with loads of...
  17. cliffed

    Bypassin rcd

    :cool:jus finished 4 xmas,last job was to add extra 2g sockets in school,these were supplied off local circuits.Doin the test procedures,even wiv our non trip ELI meter the rcd tripped,so i attempted to by pass rcd & then test.We all no this isnt the easiest thing 2 do,the rcd gave a little bang...
  18. M

    2392 testing

    hi guys ive my 2392 test tomorrow , ive a few thing to ask to be 100 per cent about all continuity of 2 way lighting circuit , at the celing rose do i test between live and earth or switch wire and earth and then turn switches on and off , do i need to open the switches to check between live...
  19. B

    Voltage testers

    Hi all, new to the whole "voltage tester" thing im not sure what the good quality yet inexpensive brands are. Have you had, or known of anyone to have experience with CEM? DI-logic and martindale? Im looking for a voltage tester that isnt going to draw much more than 5mA and thus not tripping...
  20. W

    faulty metal halide

    hi guys, can some body tell me how to test a metal halide so i can find out what part of it is not working. thanks i have no lamp for it either so would i get voltage at the lamp pins

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