Top Electrical Tips!

[silva.foxx]

Work live. Don't work dead... else the rotting smell will annoy your colleagues before they've even missed you.

 

[stranded]

When it comes to pullin wire, deciding how much to run, "its better to be lookin at it,than lookin for it"

 

[ipf]

Mount control panels, enclosues, joint boxes, trunking and traywork by eye with tilted head, so that water runs off them more easylierly.

Just like that rolls off the tongue :tongue3:

 

[Geordie Spark]

If it's a copper pipe it MUST be bonded !!!!

 

[Plonker 3]

If you need something finding on the internet, simply post on these boards as using a internet search engine is so bloody difficult.

 

[Toonlad]

Im a qualified electrician, but my friend has this problem with his lights......................

 

[Kamikaze]

With logic and common sense so rare these days, the IEE should classify it as a super power.

 

[Robotstar5]

Just keep putting bigger fuses in 'til the fault becomes obvious.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Save yourself time descending step ladders by surrounding them with crash mats and throwing yourself of the top.

 

[44ALLAN]

Just keep putting bigger fuses in 'til the fault becomes obvious.

My old elect engineer used to close the main section switch continuously onto a fault..................!!!
"It'll show itself sooner or later" ..............he used to say !

 

[Kamikaze]

When wiring a ring circuit. Don’t forget about the main bit.

 

[lfcsparkycus]

no matter how small and simple job is, always install new fuseboard!

 

[onions1066]

If the jobs under £100 suck air in sharply through your teeth and add £50 .

 

[ian.settle1]

Customers should always take the advice of plumbers when it comes to electrics as they know much more than electricians.

 

[onions1066]

Customers should always take the advice of plumbers when it comes to electrics as they know much more than electricians.

We drill two 25mm holes too close together and get pulled up ,plumbers notch 75% of the joist for a 15mm pipe and that's perfectly acceptable . So yes plumbers definately know best .