Guys as the title says I am pricing to repair some 12v spotlights so a tranny was £5 if you bought 5 now it £8.40 for the same on 50 watt aluminium reflectors were £6.64 now they ar £11 did I miss something here ?
untill now i have somehow managed to get by by getting somebody else on the job to core out holes, or i've borowed a core drill, but it looks like i'm gonna actually have to buy one now!
2 options here, i know someone who just uses a big sds max drill for this, and i know someone with a proper...
Hi folks
i'm part way through testing a primary school. the section board is fed from the main board in a 4 core cable thats looks like SWA but is lead coated (with lead being used for earth) and its cores are rubber/vir.
is this PILC or just lead covered rubber cable. does it have a specific...
I posted this up on yahoo answers but I figure you guys are probably more qualified to answer my question
I have a generator in the building I am working on. It appears quite dated, but its stats are as follows: it’s a 415 Volt 3 Phase Diesel Generator.
On the plate of the generator:
415V
3...
Afternoon fellas, I hope your all enjoying the break?
I had a call out this morning to a country house, 14 rooms all full, 75% of the building down, I was told on the phone that money was no issue to get the builing up and running as they have a jubilee dinner to prepare starting at 3pm, It...
pic showsa trench in between old and new doorway under stairs.i want to run some twin and earth between the opening to sockets either side. using this job to join elecsa so wondered what i could get away with? am i looking at galv conduit? could i put a wooden board over the top? pvc conduit or...
Slightly dropped in the mire,
The managing director of one companies we work for asked us to install new sky plus cables,
quite straight forward ( well you'd think so )
Hard plaster finish to all ceilings , marble floors on first floor , no cable risers etc etc so we need to install a video...
whats the situation out there guys, whos busy and whos not whos found other alternative ways of getting enquiries and how
are you fed up with the publicity too? afterall you have spent putting in time and money into the solar industry with your company like most of us have.
thoughts please.
i...
Hi all.
I'm getting abit confused. Help would be appreciated.
Was called to a customer who had lights dimming and kettle not working.
Arrived and found TT sytem with in line Voltage operated Earth Leakage device between cutout and fuse box.
The device was found to be faulty, large voltage...
being a sparky since 1980, and always busy [a bit quiet now that's why i joined this forum] been reading some of the posts in the work wanted and inspection/testing forums...i am shocked at whats going on in our industry, and cant believe what i am reading!
you have some postings in the work...
What testers are better than others who has had what problems,
I had a dial log multi function last year all it did was eat batteries.....
PS don t forget your sun cream today.....
Right any advice would be very much apreciated, i have an install for a friend, they have a farm the stables being 30 meters away from the house which contains the meter & Cu a new CU would be installed then from that its another 25 meters to the point where SWA can be run underground, so i need...
hi guys,
if i had a main bulding (sort of sub station) and then approx 7 other buildings to be power from here all with like either 100a or 200a depending on what the ywill be used for then what would be a suitable distubution system between the main distrubution panel and each of the...
I have got to get around to doing another scrap run soon as it did not get done before Christmas because of the price drop !
The trouble is finding the best price , I find if you phone around they can vary by as much as ££££s per ton for bright within a 10 - 20 mile radius ?
And how one yard...
hi all just wondering what vans you all have, im in the market for another vehicle at the moment i have a vw caddy maxi life but aint working out for me with the windows cant stack my tools above them! whats good and whats worth avoiding?
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