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    Testing advice

    I can see your point from the standpoint of the customer, it will be difficult for a standard consumer to make a complaint on technical ground. You must have a very good clientele to be persuaded that easily. To me, the challenge is not the installation or fault finding, they are pretty static...
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    Testing advice

    From my own personal experience, a lot of the complains (leaving out the quality or work out the equation) is a mis-understanding between the 2 parties, apart from any service call out which I always let the customer know the call out charges upfront. Any other work especially trouble shoot. A...
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    Testing advice

    I guess your experience with NIC have exceeded your patience. To my understanding, NIC is not on the contractors' side, they are always on the consumer side, but they are taking money from the contractors. How well the NIC is run, that's a different issue. I am not defending any 'Body' like NIC...
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    Testing advice

    As with many professions, there are always contractors have no concept what high standards mean, it does not mean you need to be part of the group. I myself many times cross fire with the NIC inspector on the way they conduct the inspection. From the stand point of the client what choice do they...
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    UK Opinion on these pics please

    Tidiness is a good practice, does not mean its unsafe. Did he do a full wiring test before changing the CU? I don't think you can just go and change the CU without doing a full test, as that will classify as an installation and should be notify. The test will help you to identify any wiring...
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    Testing advice

    The landlord do have a right to request their tenant to use any electrician that may or must belongs to so and so body, since they own the properties. Without reading the letting contract, you don't know if the landlord have what rights, from my own experience, it's only reasonable for the...
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    Electrical test on 3 phase control panel

    To be fair 60204 and 7671 is 2 different area, not surprising the NICEIC inspector not familiar with it. I had the same situation couple of years back.
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    Bonding... can I keep it at 6mm?

    Sorry Ian1981, mis-read your original post. You are correct the size should be 10mm2 as min. If you cannot pull new cable due to prior agreement with client not to damage any building fabric, and the exisiting cable is free from any damage including thermal, then I would put this down into the...
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    Bonding... can I keep it at 6mm?

    This is what the regulation say. To mechanically protect single cord bonding conduction will not be economical. so 4mm2 will be cheaper. To use 6mm2 or above is only to satisfy ones unexplained psychology.
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    Bonding... can I keep it at 6mm?

    544.1.1 refers to earthing conductor, the bonding to water or gas pipes is a way of reducing the risk of electric shock, that's why they are called bonding to achieve the equipotential for the whole installation wherever possible.
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    Bonding... can I keep it at 6mm?

    Make sure you check the termination to the ID plate is correct and secure.
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    Bonding... can I keep it at 6mm?

    Still a bonding conductor. 6mm2 is fine.
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    Bonding... can I keep it at 6mm?

    According to the yellow book chapter 54, 543.1.1, 4mm2 is minimum with no mechanical protection, so 6mm is fine for bonding conductor.
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    Rated people - What a Joke They are!

    All my work are either through recommendation or via the NICEIC site, WhichTrader? seems to be OK, got a few jobs via the site, decent size jobs too.
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