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    old fused switch

    looks like ottermill to me. a fused swith and a switch fuse are two different beasts. one's fuse are engaged by making the switch while the other one is made by copper links which engage and the fuses are fixed i.e they don't move.
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    lighting design

    newey's offer a free service but thorn have a suser friendly free design program on their website
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    Cable covers

    there called cable tiles. and you don't need them over a certain depth. check the regs
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    Does anyone else find pricing work hard?

    BACK IN 1985, WHEN I STARTED ESTIMATING SPON'S GUIDE RECOMMENDED £50 FOR SMALL POWER POINTS AND £35 FOR LIGHTING POINTS! In todays market you'll be doin well to get that:sad_smile:
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    Ploughcroft Renewables

    No doubt another pre-pack administration deal where all the subbies and suppliers get pumped and they swan off into the horizon debt free under the guise of saving jobs by doing a pre-pack, which happens numerouse times every day in this country. That's another issue which needs adressing and is...
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    Ploughcroft Renewables

    Hi guys, Anyone had any dealings with Ploughcroft Renewables in the past? I am interested in whether they use sub contractors and how you become an improved installer for them in Scotland in particular Vehicle charging points etc. Any info will be much appreciated.
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    Some advice on pricing and tendering a very large job please

    Agree, with everything Arnold say's and i have been estimating projects up to £10 million for 25 years. I was given a very good piece of advise many years ago from a very successfull business man in the scottish electrical contracting industry which was never take anything on you can't afford to...
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    2391 is it really fair?

    lets be honest the 2391 is probably the only c&g course in many years which didn't mean you showed up and passed! If you don't put in the effort you'll never pass it. i'v 236 part 1.2 and 3 an onc and an hnc in eLectrical engineering and it was hard, aswell as 2391 and 2382 and 30 years in the...
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    2011 pay rise

    If you take a step back and objectively cosider both arnold and madmac's arguments both have merit and both show that we are dealing with a very complex number of issues, which we have to address. All of these issue's are much easily addressed from a collective bargaining position where we have...
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    2011 pay rise

    FES apparently paid off 30 odd boys a few weeks ago! Unfortunately they have managed to avoid narrowly going bust twice in the past which i can recall more's the pity as they are a shower of wretches!!!:rant:
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    regs on earthing SWA

    never said it was paul, but there is still 3 layers of insulation on the cable?
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    17th edition question

    As previouse detailed you can just sit the exam. Scottish power training centres offer this exam at £45 there are also some other training providors which offer the exam only.
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    hager board /rcbo's

    Edmunsons stock hager i believe.
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    NICEIC Certification Scheme Installation wrong can NICEIC do anything?

    I would have thought the niceic would not be interested, although if the firm were a niceic firm at the time of the installation there may be some recourse through the niceic insurance scheme but i wouldn't hold my breath. First stop the niceic. Good luck and keep us posted!
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    regs on earthing SWA

    sorry malcolm i think you'll find it actually has 3 as an example xlpe/swa/lsoh ? inner cores have a lsf covering individual cores then a covering of xlpe then the swa followed by the outer lsoh sheath. Oh and by the way i would always earth an armoured cable as a minimum at one end if the...

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