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  1. T

    suppliers fuse

    had a call a couple of hours ago, told diy'er had lost all electric to house after attempting to re connect cooker. anyway got there, did the usual checks and turns out main suppliers 60A fuse had blown, due to a combination of nail through cable after fitting new skirting board, and incorrect...
  2. P

    3 phase motor calcs cable sizes etc

    Hi am currently employed as testing and inspection on a industrial site just wondered if you could give me some advise What it is I got a 110 kw motor 180 amp 100 m run full load now I got a 75 mm cable supplying it . I have checked table 4d4a in the regs as it is 3 core armoured . Ref method E...
  3. R

    NVQ 3 2356 now without a job

    Hi guys i am enrolled on the course with my local college was going ok but now i have no work. Any suggestions on how to do this cost me an absolute arm and a leg and i had already done one portfolio but was out of date so they couldn't use it. Same reason got laid off just before the end...
  4. N

    how to get a CSCS card without any site experience?

    I have rang a couple more companies today to try and get some labouring work to gain some site experience and have been told i need my CSCS card. The problem being that according to the website i need a nvq level 1 or a recommendation from an employer before I can get my card. I have read the...
  5. R

    Clients, cant live with them csnt live without them!

    Today i had my worst kind of client. She was a woman of around 50 and was following me and talking to me all day. While i was in the loft while i was up the ladder. While i was on the roof! Talking about absolute nonsense as well, probably put 2 hours on my day through all the chatting. And to...
  6. 1Justin

    tails in zone, run through wall without earthed conduit - OK?

    Meter on internal garage wall, and CU just the other side internal to the house. Currently there is no mechanical protection on the ex. tails where they go straight through the wall. I need to fit replacement tails. Can I safely assume it's OK and normal provided that I keep them in zone where...
  7. E

    drilling in concrete roof without dust

    i have to drill about 2000 holes in a site that is in use. So i want a (new) driil with dust collector. i dont want a cheap collextro or a collector with external vacuum. so i m searching about this at first on internet. I have found these bosch tools in good price but i want any info of...
  8. M

    NICEIC Certification Scheme Can i recify faults without being NICEIC

    Hello all, i have been an Electrician for 10 years now i only do it part time as i work for the Fire Service. My mum rents her house out and last week the tenant said the RCD tripped and didnt have power so the letting agent sent an electrician around, he couldnt rectify the fault there and...
  9. C

    Becoming an Electrician without going down Apprentice route?

    I am 24 years old and looking at becoming an electrician. How would i go about doing this without going down the apprentice route? My local college offer these courses City and Guilds level 2 and 3 in electrotechnology if i did these two courses were would i go next after that?
  10. T

    Sitting 2330 level 2 exams without doing the course?

    last year my college decided that they were going to offer the EAL equivalent of the 2330 level 2 as they were under the impression that the 2330 was being phased out etc. When we went back in sept 2012 to reg for EAL level 3, they told us that they were now going to go back to the 2330 ...
  11. A

    Generators without central tap

    hello, i am desperatly after some help, so thank you in advance. i am looking for a generator to power a feed auger of 18m in small mobile sheds. there would be 3 sheds wired together but with a delay, and one central plug to which the generator would be attached. this would then power the...
  12. S

    shower

    hi can anyone give me any information on changing heater tank and thermo cut out on mira shower, does the water need to be isolated thanks
  13. HappyHippyDad

    Socket without an earth?

    Hello, I am installing some new sockets on to a radial for a friend and I noticed that one of the existing sockets just had 2 core going to it, no earth. Just wondering why someone would have put 2 core cable in rather than twin and earth? Thanks..
  14. S

    JIB Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) JIB card when you have not gone to college?

    I have a friend that's been working in the industry for ten+ years but never went to college? he has been told he can get a NVQL3 and a jib gold card without doing his 2330 l2+l3? surely this cant be right? Whats the deal with the ''time served'' thing now with the jib?
  15. Rockingit

    BT Master sockets

    I've just looked at a place where as part of other work, it makes sense to move the phone sockets around. My question is: The master socket is being fed directly from the street pole, no other JB in the circuit. Can I interrupt that cable, divert it elsewhere by extending it, then from off of...
  16. Dan

    How smart will the smart phone get?

    Following the launch of the iPhone 5 and its widespread popularity with consumers, public opinion indicates the likes of Siri, is merely the tip of the iceberg in terms of what we expect of phones in 50 years time. Read the full news article
  17. S

    How many PV modules can be fit in one group without creating a sail?

    We currently fit smaller domestic installations, but have done the occasional smaller commercial install. Weve been asked by a customer to design and install a 40kW system, I am happy with the wiring system, enclosures and inverters etc, but im wondering how many panels we can fit in one section...
  18. rustynails

    Experience vs Training/Qualifications

    Today I went back to college to start the 2392 course. The trainer was very adamant that gaining the certificate meant nothing. So, if your a self employed person wanting to complete electrical testing/inspection/certification in my opinion it is still very beneficial to be taught and assesed...
  19. richy3333

    DeWalt Toughsystem boxes

    Does anyone have experience of these? Are they 'tough'? Do the boxes lock together without the trolley system?
  20. E

    Lights without CPC

    Got a house where bloke is renovating a down stairs corridor. The existing 2 way light switch and light fitting does not have a CPC. He wants the position of the switches moving and new LED downlights. Definitely no way back to board without chasing wire along walls in 2 reception rooms. Is...

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