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  1. P

    Trying to work out what to price EICRs

    So I’ve been having a look around and come across some other threads on this forum mentioning around £20 per circuit… Surely this can’t be right? I know it’s less graft than install but to do an eicr on say a lighting circuit, radial socket circuit, even a ring socket circuit would take at...
  2. W

    UK Landlord Trying to Deduct Deposit for Unnecessary Electrician Test.

    Hi everyone, I recently moved out of my rented property, and as expected, my landlord is attempting to withhold a significant portion of my deposit. One of the charges she's insisting on is £300 for an electrician to conduct an EICR test. Here's the situation: I'm a qualified electrician, and...
  3. C

    Trying to get into the trade

    hello , Just a note to see if anyone been in the same sort of journey as me? I wanted to retrain as an electrician at 40 and on bad advice did a month long short course, was one of the hardest things iv ever done , I couldn’t quite pass the 2394/95 as I just couldn’t learn it all in a month, but...
  4. R

    Cottage supplied by 16mm SWA 300+ yards! Trying to resolve a high Ze reading

    Hi, while carrying out an EICR at a farm cottage on Friday i came up against a problem early on. Whilst measuring the Ze the reading i obtained was 0.97 Ohms and 27Amps Pfc. Now the earthing system itself is quite strange. Next to the consumer unit is an old service head holding a 60A BS 88...
  5. D

    UK First time DiY post - trying to find a 2 pin connector for some lights

    Hello, 1st time post from an amateur. I have some old Habitat decorative lights that are powered by a transformer. There seems to be a break in the wiring as the lights go off when the wire is moved around so I was going to shorten the wire. The problem is that I can't find a replacement...
  6. Likelyhuff

    Trying to find live feed

    I’ve recently moved into house and had an electrician out to install some new lights and shaver point in an en-suite. Problem is that the house is 100 years old and has wiring all over the place (3 floors and 4 different consumer units). He was unable to find a live feed in the existing en-suite...
  7. Scott smit

    UK Looking for help - Trying to move a light switch but I think the cable I’ve bought is defective

    Looking for a little advise as I’m not sure what’s happening So I’m looking at moving a two way light switch probably about 100cm away from its current location as it’s obstructed So I bought PRYSMIAN 6243YH three core and bare earth wire When I wired the existing switch connections up to...
  8. A

    trying to install sensor switch

    SO, I have this Lutron single pole switch and I realize it has a neutral wire and of course the switch Im replacing has only the Hot and the load wires SOOO---What do I have to do try and find a sensor switch with no neutral? Is that a thing?
  9. S

    problems trying to post pictures to forum

    Is anyone else having problems posting pictures to a forum? I would like to ask a question about a ceiling fan I'm trying to install, but I am unable to post any pictures. Error message: file is too large (or something to that effect)
  10. D

    Diy: trying to connect enphase combiner 3 box

    Getting 120 volts between line 1 and neutral and getting 120 volts between line 2 and neutral but getting 0 volts between line 1 and line 2. Need help in figuring out what is missing?
  11. E

    Trying to diagnose a parasitic draw

    DIY'er here: I am trying to determine the amp draw during a parasitic drain test on my 2005 GMC Envoy. Other vehicles I've tested the draw is generally pretty stable....not so much here. Starts out at about 3.8 amps and then ends up dropping down to about 0.30. As it's all over the place...
  12. T

    Help needed trying to trace one of these neutral wires!!

    Hello all. I am in the process of refurbing my kitchen and I have and old redundant T&E cable coming out of the wall above one of the cabinets which I think may still be live, despite recently replacing the kitchen switch cable and chopping out the extra single & earth cable which was once a...
  13. Pegasus

    Insulation Resistance Test, trying to wrap my head around it

    I am self-teaching fault-finding and testing, but I can't wrap my head around insulation resistance tests. From my understanding you send 500V for domestics down the conductors using an Multi-Function Tester, and the values should be over 1M Ohm, now my question is why should the resistance be...
  14. M

    Sparks when trying to test golf cart batteries with a volt meter

    I bought a used golf cart a few days ago which had their batteries replaced last year. They hooked up an am/fm radio to it and it worked fine when you flip a separate switch. There is a “Tow” switch by the batteries that I was told to switch it to when not using the cart so there wouldn’t be any...
  15. J

    UK What can and can't I do as an unregistered electrician trying to become registered?

    I've been working as a domestic electrician for 6+ years now alongside two NICEIC approved contractors and I hold my 1/2/3 City & Guilds NVQ, 18th edition and 2 million public liability. I started doing the odd side jobs a while back but my work seems to have snowballed to the point where I am...
  16. B

    trying to wire a DPDT 12v relay in truck

    HI, Hoping someone can help me here as I am a novice. This is on a vehicle so I hope thats ok but I think it pertains. Long story is I have a old truck that has a valve that went bad and I cant get them anymore. It has a switch on the dash that has a single wire back to the valve that only has...
  17. kaicornew

    I've got 24V computer fans, and I'm trying to figure a way it connect them to my computer

    I've got 24V computer fans, but the output for the fan power ports are 12V, and I'm trying to figure a way to it connect them to my computer. The other problem is that the fans only have two wires compared to the four-pin ports inside my computer, so is there also a way to convert them to the...
  18. D

    Trying to source smoke alarms in Scotland

    Hi, I'm trying to source some smoke alarms that are compliant to new Scottish regs. I've picked up some Fire Angel units st230 & ht230. Ideally I'd like to pick up a wireless version of each that I can interlink with the mains units, but I can't find stock anywhere. Any sources out there, or...
  19. C

    Trying to locate LED lamppost fitting?

    Hello, can anyone help me locate this particular fitting? Unfortunately I couldn’t get inside one to get a model number as the ladders weren’t sturdy and the wind was blowing lol! I have 2 of them out , they are LED so need to locate repairs for them. Thanks
  20. J

    Advice for 30 year old trying to become an electrician?

    Hi everyone hope your all good. I've been training to be an electrician for 2.5 years and in that time ive achieved the following qualifications: 2365 2382-18 2391-52 I've been applying for jobs for a year now but had no luck, i cant even get a position as a mate.. Which is why i decided...
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