Van stock?.............

[D00DY_T00DY]

Hi all,
My boss has bought me a little panel van(of course it's bright yellow, What else?)

Just wondering what you keep in the van as stock?
I'm thinking a pack of
BC ES lamps, pendants, spurs, couple boxes of sockets, 109.024yards of 1.5, 2.5 And 3core.
Various CBs(bet he'll be glad to get rid of some out the van)

Also how do you lot keep all your lamps intact in a van?

 

[Dave OCD]

I only keep a small stock of commonly used accessories,sleeving,JBs,flush,surface and dry-lining boxes plus small weatherproof boxes, a selection of cable and a well stocked organiser box with plenty of clips. Anything else I order in advance on a job by job basis. I've found that with all the tools and equipment needed carrying much more than the aforementioned 'stock' starts to get untidy pretty quick.

 

[LankyWill]

Rack your van its essential, stops everything sliding about when your driving home on a promise. I have one first fix box full of Tapes, Silicone, mastic, compound, oil, bending springs, blow lamp, clips.

One box full of sleeving, boxes(dry, surface and metal), JB's, grommet strip, batteries, heating junction boxes and kopex.

One box full of breakers, rcd's, pendants, battens, switches, sockets and random odds and ends from jobs.

Then 7 fixings trays ranging from first fix, second, containment, fire and intruder, specialist stuff.

Its works well for me, but sometimes a trip to the wholesalers is inventible.

 

[Dave OCD]

Its works well for me, but sometimes a trip to the wholesalers is inventible.
And a trip can also be inevitable sometimes Will.

 

[NDG Elecs]

I have far too much stock, but never enough! Seem to have a surplus of patresses at the moment. Must have 30 each of 1&2 gang. Things get lost and forgotten, then refound weeks/months later. I wouldn't mind but my van is generally tidy and organised.
I tend to keep Hager and BG face plates in stock, as I find they cover most bases for replacements. I keep most surplus breakers/RCDs etc on a four foot din rail for easy access. Always try to have a couple of IP boxes in stock for outside lights if necessary.
Re the lamps, I keep them in a tilt box thing. No packaging as it takes up too much space. Think I have a photo of the tilt box, will post if I can find it.

 

[NDG Elecs]

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

Don't forget PIR's, photocells and grid switches (inc keyswitches).

Edit- and a selection of contactors.

It's rare there's a pir or gridswitches to change. Photocell isn't a bad shout.

Might say a couple of each maybe

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

Guess who's picking up their new(to me) van tomorrow! Bright yellow and 04 plate, cracker!.. this time next year rodders ...

Got my stocklist sorted and approved...
100meters of each:
1.5 t+e
2.5 t+e
3core and earth

Box of:
1 gang galv boxes
2 " " "
1 gang dry lining
2 " " "
1 gang surface mount
2 " " "

Earth, blue and brown sleeving
2 Photocells?
2 PIRs?

Pack of:
1 gang sockets
2 " "
Switch fused spurs
1 gang switch
2 " "
2 x 3 gang switch
2 x 4 " "
2 x intermediate switch
Pork pie joint box
20amp " "
32amp " "
Various Connector blocks/wagos
BC lamps
ES "
Various MCBs
Set of DB stickers
Grommet strip
All round band
Fixing tub
1.5/2.5 tub
Insulation tape
3, 5, 13amp plugtop fuses
Plugtops
2 x fan isolator switches

Said bigger cable like 6mm etc will be picked up for the job at hand and probably kept in there after.

 

[telectrix]

add a couple of CW gland packs 20mm and 25mm., BS951s, 50m 10mm gn/y. 50m 6mm T/E, (you never know when a cooker install will come in.) a few m of 1.5mm and 2.5mm H/R flex (immersion heaters). a couple or 3 20A D/P switches.
a 45A Plate switch, a crabtree 50A shower pull switch.

 

[telectrix]

oh. and make sure you have a bag of 20mm open grommets/

 

[richy3333]

Roughly I keep:

1 box of:

1G sockets
2G sockets
FCU's all flavours
blank plates
pendants
battens
20A switches all flavours
Light switches all flavours

And then...
50A 2G switch
45/50A 1G switch
Cooker control switch
A few lamps
back boxes - all flavours and sizes
henley blocks
MCB/RCBO's commonly used all ratings usually type B's and C's
CU parts commonly fitted
CU glands
Grommets blind, open etc
25mm and 16mm 3m tails
16mm earth
10mm earth
6mm earth
1.5 and 2.5 singles brown, blue, green
8 way MET's
Din rail
1.5, 2.5,4,6,10mm T&E
1.5 3 core
flex HR 1/5,2.5
5 core flex
3m of h05
A few rods and accessories
grommets all sizes
accessory screws all lengths
brass screws
BZP screws
stainless screws
Wages all sizes
Wago boxes
Wiska boxes
Line boxes
IP65 glands
cables clips all sizes for flex and T&E
metal cable clips
wall plugs various varieties
Crimps and heat shrink - various
Few bits of conduit accessories (main box kept elsewhere)
tube of conduit various
Tube of trunking various

Hope that helps?

 

[telectrix]

Roughly I keep:

1 box of:

1G sockets
2G sockets
FCU's all flavours
blank plates
pendants
battens
20A switches all flavours
Light switches all flavours

And then...
50A 2G switch
45/50A 1G switch
Cooker control switch
A few lamps
back boxes - all flavours and sizes
henley blocks
MCB/RCBO's commonly used all ratings usually type B's and C's
CU parts commonly fitted
CU glands
Grommets blind, open etc
25mm and 16mm 3m tails
16mm earth
10mm earth
6mm earth
1.5 and 2.5 singles brown, blue, green
8 way MET's
Din rail
1.5, 2.5,4,6,10mm T&E
1.5 3 core
flex HR 1/5,2.5
5 core flex
3m of h05
A few rods and accessories
grommets all sizes
accessory screws all lengths
brass screws
BZP screws
stainless screws
Wages all sizes
Wago boxes
Wiska boxes
Line boxes
IP65 glands
cables clips all sizes for flex and T&E
metal cable clips
wall plugs various varieties
Crimps and heat shrink - various
Few bits of conduit accessories (main box kept elsewhere)
tube of conduit various
Tube of trunking various

Hope that helps?

10's, 20's, 50's?

 

[richy3333]

Boxes of 10 (thats what Hager stuff mainly comes in). My van aint that big!

 

[telectrix]

Boxes of 10 (thats what Hager stuff mainly comes in). My van aint that big!

re-read you post. i was referring to wages.

 

[richy3333]

Ooops! Sorry I didn't expand the quote. I'm a complete Terry! Should be WAGO's

Cash wages are non-declarable if they ever exist, which they dont

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

Only a little panel van, I'll be given my jobs on a day to day basis so anything I do need but don't have will either be in my bosses van, ordered to the yard or already in the yard. Got a nice selection as well as bits in the yard like singles, flex etc.

It's a beauty boys and girls. Not as yellow as I thought
More a JCB Yellow than a trotters traders yellow
And a pay rise as well. Reet do

Also stalled it straight away! Haha
Bluetooth radio with controls on the radio. My favourite feature so far.