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    Thinking of doing inspection course

    Hi all, I've been considering doing the C&G 2391 Inspection Course. I would like to work self employed carrying out inspections, but maintain my regular PAYE job as a 17th Edition Approved Electrician. My question is, if I want to carry out inspections and sign installations off, is...
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    thinking of moving to sunnier climes your qualified to work in the following

    BS 7671 Adopted by the follow Mauritius, St Lucia, St Vincent, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago and Uganda. So your qualified to work in any of the above, Personally id give Sierra Leone and uganda a miss but it might be useful for our european collegues
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    thinking of giving it all up. new career?

    hi all. would like some peoples thoughts please. im qualified to 16th edition and have done my am2 and it seems i cant find work.. ive been out of the trade for nearly a year and have tried everything. my background is mostly maintenance work but have gained a small amount of domestic...
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    Alarm Keypads

    Hi Guys, got a call earlier today asking if i could install a texcom veritas key pad onto an existing Sterling 10 alarm system,as the existing keypad digits been giving problems (God knows where he has got the veritas keypad from)...i said yeah no problem....now im thinking..can i? :confused:
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    Thinking of domestic work on the side

    Hi guys. Im currently at college 2 evenings a week doing my 2330 level 2. I want to do some domestic work in the evenings and weekends to get some electrical experience as its impossible to get a job as a mate right now. Any advise on how to go about doing it and what im going to need would...
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    Anyone thinking about OLCI electrical course?

    Hallo again! I signed for 'Become a Fully qualified electrician' few months ago but for certain reasons I couldn't attend it. I paid one half of the course (CaG 2330 level 2)- 2700 pounds and selling it now for 2000 ono. So if you (or someone you know) plan to take the whole package,you'd save...
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    Thinking of giving up trying to be a sparky.

    You know what, Last year on my employers advice they suggest if I want to get into the electrical employment sector i really need to consider going to college full time to get the skills and qualifications necessary to achieve my career goals.I had thought about it for years but financial...
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    Which wireless alarm system?

    With the breakdown of society on the cards and less police around soon, I'm thinking of fitting an alarm system in my place. I don't want to run cable as new place and Mrs says no to cable, so thinking wireless system. Needs to have internal sounder to 120dB, prox tags and auto dialer and pet...
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    thinking going domestic route

    thinking about going down the dommestic route im sick and tired of turning work down becuase im not part P so far ive got as quals 2330 lvl 3 nvq lv3 [ just waiting for it to be externally assesed] am2 what other quals will i need wanting to do the 2391 but just cant afford it at the moment...
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    Websites

    Hi All Having a think about how we can make our websites work for us so what I am proposing is anyone who has a website or indeed wants one to contact me. I am thinking along the lines of adding links to each other which wont help if you are in Southend on Sea and I am in Ceredigion so we wont...
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    domestic installer rewire mates shop

    A bit of advice please, my mate has asked me to rewire his shop its a old terace house turned into a shop. i'm a niceic domestic installer, am i right in thinking i can do the job as long as i go through the council planing route, is it LBC. Any advice would be great Thanks pete :confused:
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    What was he thinking!

    I went to see my mate today. His a chippy and working in a house not far from where i live. The owner wanted some electrical work done . I gave him a quote and mentioned what ill be doing e.g runring new circuits from the mainsboard. But he decided to use another electrician. Cut the long story...
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    Thinking of going alone but want to stay employed with my company.

    Hey, Im a 24 year old electrician with two years experince. I have a city and guilds 236 part 1&2 plus my 2391. I am currently employed by a big company based just outside london but I really want my own business and feel now is the time. What Im wondering is can I register a company in my...
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    Domestic Ze ?

    Guys, just thinking, how sad on a sunday morning. If you had a consumer unit in a garage ran from the main board in the house would you do the Ze tests in the house ( i am thinking yes unless you had a earth spike near the garage is this right). Also if you did put in a earth spike at the...
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    Part P assessment, what todo...

    Hi all, I'm due an assessmnt for the first time at the end of the month. Now I dont work day today doing electrics, just normally do it on my own properties but I want my part P just incase I decide to to other work. The assessor will want to see what work ive done and probably what I'm doping...
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    thinking about becoming an electrician.

    Hi all, as you guessed I'm totally new here. I'm actually a joiner(20 years experienced, although not fully qualified I'd say I'm a bloody good joiner) and good all round woodworker. I've played around with electrics since i was a kid and could probably wire a house no problem, but want to learn...
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    What on Earth were they thinking ?????

    What's wrong here ? :eek: And . . . you see where the T&E goes - along wall / floor / through door frame. The T&E didn't fit, so they cut the sheath and the CPC out so that only the RED and BLACK could fit through the hole !!!!! Don't even think RCD !!!!! Wouldn't work anyway...
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    Supply to intruder alarms

    Hi all. Have just installed an alarm, but am umin and ar'ing about whether to put the 6A MCB on the unprotected side of the board. Its on the RCD side at the moment, but the main box of the alarm is in the same cupboard as the fuse boards The supply comes to it surface mounted in conduit...
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    thinking of training with train 4 trade skills

    hey, I'm thinking of training with these guys doing an NVQ level 3, it's going to take up to 2 years and cost 6 grand. I've got concerns, I've heard that a lot of these courses don't really prepare you for the job and employers aren't that keen on giving jobs to graduates- can anyone tell...
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    Thinking about becomming an electrician but...

    Hi i've been thinking about becomming an electrician for a while now but was wondering if, with the current economical crisis it would still be worth doing, and if there is still demand for new electricians? or is it just a case of, people will always need electrical appliances installed so...

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