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Remember rewiring some accommodation wi th Staff members from my maintenance gang 2 Sparkies, truing to teach them the 3 plate wiring system was a bit of a chore, they got it in the end, happy days, something and some names I will never forget, happy days. like to think I left my mark, well maybe.
Had to supply Boris the Sparky with UK accessories, wondered why the number of switches and sockets was getting out of control, till I was invited for Dinner and Vodka (lots of Vodka) one day at the Russian Foreman's Gaff, MK stuff everywhere, you have to laugh.
 
I worked for a time on the Falklands, job wise power 24/7 so as UK, but on the camp (countryside) farms only had power so many hours a day, two slots, a morning one to bring freezers down to temperature and allow use of vacuum cleaner etc. Evening slot again to bring freezer down to temperature and get rid of need for candles which it seems had caused many a house fire.

Smaller farms had auto start generators, that would start when anything switched on, but there was a problem going to toilet at night, so battery banks, and DC lighting was used.

This was 1985 to 1990 no mobile phones, even wired phones were single wire and did not work in wind, or where wires had broken inside the mine field, all coms was really 2 meter ham radio, and these also needed batteries to work.

I am sure now they have phones and even internet, but it was a different world where there was no 24/7 230 volt power.
 
Another one "MASTER , ELECTRICIAN"

I believe in the US an apprentice becomes a journeyman when he qualifies, then becomes a master electrician once he has enough experience. I think the master electrician is similar to the JIB approved electrician grade.

I believe this mirrors the way trade apprenticeships worked in this country hundreds of years ago.
 
I believe in the US an apprentice becomes a journeyman when he qualifies, then becomes a master electrician once he has enough experience. I think the master electrician is similar to the JIB approved electrician grade.

I believe this mirrors the way trade apprenticeships worked in this country hundreds of years ago.
I have never worked for a union so we don’t come up thru the union way.electricians in the USA or at least myself I have had some great classes but unfortunately I had to come thru the school of hard knocks or the on the job training. Don’t get me wrong I’ve made a lot of mistakes and blew up some stuff but I learned from my mistakes
 
Did they had the equivalent of A, B and C certs, then...…. I'll bet you had to go to Harvard or Yale to get the C...:cool: ;)
 
Now, now Andy78, that's a tad pedantic of you! LOL!
Plus, you ended your sentence with an unnecessary preposition. If we are trying to assist our American friend with the correct terminology for our superior electrical items, we should be careful not to let him think our grammar is inferior...
So, perhaps we should start every sentence with a conjunction, that will really make him feel at home.
 

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