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  1. SolarCity

    Installers using ladders - sign of things to come

    Okay, I like to have a good moan every now and then but I'm more pessimistic than I have ever been for this industry. We lost out on a job just around the corner from us - straightforward install with Double Romans and nice cable run. A days work. We priced the job at £6,560 inclusive of VAT...
  2. C

    How long should things take if done properally

    Hi am after a guide as to what people think is reasonable in time to take doing either a PIR or ECIR? Im recently set up with my mate & i am the one doing our testing etc, i have experience doing so on site in a commercial environment new builds but we are getting in our own work on both...
  3. S

    Suns out and things are hotting up

    Singed up four jobs today :) one of them was for a 4KWp system that had been priced by a company in licolnshire that started off at £12995 and dropped twice to £7995 for Knive modules and a Samil 4400tl inverter. They are using the latest ****e from real in their quotes and can drop five grand...
  4. C

    Weird things

    What is the weirdest thing that has happened to you whilst in a customers house?
  5. O

    PAT Testing ? it looks like they are sending out messages that things are to change

    Well has anybody read the Issue 24 of the spring edition of the ESC Switch On (page9) Sorry I cannot attach it but the jist is there is to be an overhaul of the PAT testing regime. It has echoed what a lot of us have been saying ie the opening statement is we are still using the term PAT testing...
  6. D

    What are these things called? For securing wires inside enclosures...

    This is the closest I could find, picture-wise, to what I'm looking for, and they're not right. These are for fixing pipes. I'm looking for the electrical equivalent, but don't know what they're called. Can anyone help? I have in mind that they would adhere to a fixed surface, and accept one...
  7. 0

    Ring main fault. Found this. ?

    Called to a ring main fault. Customer has had some work done about 3/4 months ago. Have not yet found the fault but noticed on inspection 3 of these ring main extensions. What do you think. 15amp thru crimps!!
  8. M

    Children often say the funniest things:

    Children often say the funniest things: The other day my friends Grandson Liam, aged 7½ informed the assembled family that he was going to university. His Grandmother said “That’s great news, darling.” “What are you going to take?”. “My PlayStation!” replied Liam. A young mother a the...
  9. whinmoor

    Could make things awkward...

    ...or perhaps might make people think about their energy usage and encourage them to switch to solar.... BBC News - Fuel strike drivers vote yes in row over conditions
  10. K

    Things that have made you chuckle at work!!

    Lets have some fun with the things that have made you laugh while you have been at work! Be it laughing at a work mate, customer or just something that you have seen. I will start it off with something that happened just before Christmas, makes me chuckle just thinking about it!:biggrin: I...
  11. D

    Newbie - Advice required on RCD tripping

    I have a consumer unit with 80A 30mA RCD fitted. It has been regularly tripping out during the day, mostly when I'm not in but with seemingly no patten. I don't think it corresponds to any electrical load in the house, as it occurs when I'm out with not much working except for fridge / fish tank...
  12. R

    Stroma Certification Scheme stroma

    Iv just got my part P registration with Stroma. I have to do notifications online, Do i still need to fill out certificates and give to the customer or will stroma do this on my behalf? I was going to get some kewtech certs if i was ment to be issuing the certs? How does this work Im used to...
  13. T

    Solar Solutions

    The above company trade out of Manchester, also trade as Solar Savings have offered me a job and something doesn't feel right about them so I thought I'd consult my learned friends on the forum. Has anyone heard anything of them? Or do you or anyone you know have any experience of them good or...
  14. S

    Things you see

    Went to an Industrial estate this morning to pick up some kit, sitting in the Van I hapened to look up & see someone replacing floods on the side of a unit. Nothing unusual about that, it was just the way he was doing it. He removed the old brackets & instead of fitting the replacements in the...
  15. G

    visual prep for part p assessment

    Afternoon boys n girls..... Just been having a quick look round the install at my mothers house as this will be the site for my part p assessment.....a few things here.....some cables clipped on edge (2)...a 1.5 radial unsupported near the ceiling in the kitchen feeding a surface mounted socket...
  16. G

    the things you find at the second hand market

    not at work today boys n girls so thought i`l take a wander down the hill to the second hand market in town....as well i did n all really as i managed to pick up an unused tyco T107M label printer for £15 which after a bit of internet research turns out to be a badge engineered rhino...
  17. R

    Guidance on installation certificate

    Hi. First post so be gentle. I guess its always the obvious things that slip your mind.. Im adding a new final ring to existing consumer unit.. Does schedule of test results have to include mesurements for all circuits on within the installation or can i just cover the new circuit? Thanks for...

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