Hi All,
I was working for an Access Control company for about 18 months and was told that my Irish Electrical Qualification was sufficient for me to do basic things like wiring spurs etc.
I have recently started my own business doing CCTV,Alarms etc. I have found conflicting info about whether...
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Bloke I'm working for has done a eicr I'm back to do remedial work.
Turn up at 8am ring bell and nothing.
Sort my gear out wait ten mins ring bell again no answer.
Call the landlord get her phone number and call it at about 8.20. Lady answers yeah it's fine I'll answer the door.
Now 9am...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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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!!
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A young mother a the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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