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What are you doing/done today ? not a direct poll but I thought that it would be interesting to see a snapshot of a day in the life of a E.F. member did it go to plan what problems did you overcome.
 
I've come of age in my training and diagnosed and remedied a borrowed neutral to get a RCBO board Spic and span. It was a tough route but I conquered it - amazing that as your training and experience increases things don't phase you. Chuffed with that.
 
Spent most of yesterday in the sun sorting my rear brakes. Drum decided to go on my far side. Luckily on a side street because it was an instant stop but one of the busiest junctions in keighley on a Friday evening :D

"Need any help"
"Got a pair of shoes for a 57 plate fiesta? :D"

11-5ish don't think I did a bad job :D
Car stops again so that's a good sign
£60 for a low loader from a passerbys family member, £100 for parts and an afternoons work.
Jobs a gud un.
 
Spent most of yesterday in the sun sorting my rear brakes. Drum decided to go on my far side. Luckily on a side street because it was an instant stop but one of the busiest junctions in keighley on a Friday evening :D

"Need any help"
"Got a pair of shoes for a 57 plate fiesta? :D"

11-5ish don't think I did a bad job :D
Car stops again so that's a good sign
£60 for a low loader from a passerbys family member, £100 for parts and an afternoons work.
Jobs a gud un.

Nice one dood.
 
Nice one dood.
It was making a weird noise at the back whilst driving. Like something was flapping or caught in the wheel(turned out to be my (non existent) pads for my drum). Day after it catastrophically failed; wheel off gave it a spin, metal scraping... shoes completely fell apart.

I thought the drum was self contained and lasted yeeeaars. I was wrong. Lesson learnt :(

How was your weekend specialist? Lol
 
It was making a weird noise at the back whilst driving. Like something was flapping or caught in the wheel(turned out to be my (non existent) pads for my drum). Day after it catastrophically failed; wheel off gave it a spin, metal scraping... shoes completely fell apart.

I thought the drum was self contained and lasted yeeeaars. I was wrong. Lesson learnt :(

How was your weekend specialist? Lol

Hey buddy: Glad you got it sorted, weekend hasn't been too bad thanks buddy. My missus & kids wanted to go looking around Antique shops, so we had a day out today doing that.
Didn't buy anything but took them for a picnic lunch, so they were landed :)
 
Today I was mostly fixing a badly installed consumer unit which prevented the home owner from using their sauna, shower and out house... because... and you'll like this, all three were incompatible with the new board.

Turns out, the chap who installed the consumer unit ran out of space on the RCD protected neutral bar and just ran over into one that was connected to the main switch. Instant imbalance.

One new RCD and a couple of split load cable kits (he'd also butchered all the cables to make it work) and all the incompatible kit is working again... shock, horror... apart from the sauna which the customer had me disconnect. And as a bonus, the customer got some bonus advice on how to rectify the fault with his washing machine :)

That and finishing off (labelling and final earth bond) the kitchen installation I was working on.

Picking up some more jobs from both clients to boot. Nice to know I'm doing something right :D

So all in all, a dam good day and tomorrow I'm off to quote for some renovations and changes :)
 
Why thank you kind Sir.

I was supposed to be doing an EICR, but the customer pulled out earlier in the week stating I was going to cost too much... that after trying all day to get me to guarantee a pass.

And I found out another customer also deemed me too expensive and opted for an £80 EICR on one of her rental properties.

So it's not all roses, but you win some and you lose some... I'm winning more than I'm losing so business is moving in the right direction :)
 

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