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Two core wiring with the same sleeve colour

For twin and earth, we meticulously make sure we keep track of the which side a particular core is on.... Just kidding of course :) Since most of the cables we use have two cores plus an earth (or some other core), providing you can definitely identify one of the cores, using a continuity...
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- Post #2
- Aug 6, 2024
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
UK Thermal Imaging Query

There was an issue that Dan has now resolved, so email notifications are working again :)
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- Post #12
- Jul 6, 2024
- Forum: Commercial Electrical Advice
NIECEIC or Napit reg.

Being registered with a scheme can help as some companies require it, but it is by no means mandatory. The biggest issue is your target market. If you intend to do domestic work in England or Wales, then there are certain jobs that require building control to be notified. New circuits...
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- Post #2
- Jul 5, 2024
- Forum: Certification NICEIC, NAPIT, Stroma, BECSA Forum
Dodgy smoke alarms sold online

If I was at all cynical, I might be inclined to think they could be from someone working for a housing association (or a contractor for such an organisation) who is changing a lot of them all of the time... and who might be making a fast buck by selling the old alarms. If they are Audiolink...
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- Post #4
- Jul 2, 2024
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
UK Thermal Imaging Query

If the assessments are in the context of the fixed electrical installation, then really you're going to be looking for loose connections and potentially overloaded cables and equipment. They'll simply appear hot on the imaging. A good example is loose protective device terminations in...
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- Post #3
- Jul 2, 2024
- Forum: Commercial Electrical Advice
Quinetic In-line Receivers stopped working - help please

The most logical answer is, if the switch units are under warranty and they are not working as per the manufacturers instructions... get them replaced under said warranty. It's not ideal, but use your consumer rights and get the faulty gear replaced. If it's not under warranty then I don't...
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- Post #2
- Jun 14, 2024
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
Does anyone use a good job tracking software?

So I'm tinkering with the API at the moment, writing a little Javascript server process to do some data processing... the documentation is a little thin in places and if you're not familiar with some of the quirks of asynchronous Javascript programming (async/await and promises) it can seem a...
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- Post #8
- Jun 14, 2024
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
Battery Bad starter motor or bad battery or something else? Help!

One of the problems is, if you're journey isn't a particularly long one, you're probably not getting enough time to properly recharge. The amount of electronics in modern cars is huge compared to older cars... my first car was a Mk 3 Ford Cortina and it had a similarly sized battery... it had...
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- Post #9
- Jun 12, 2024
- Forum: Battery Energy Storage Systems Advice
UK Is this meter and consumer unit location safe and upto spec? (kitchen cabinet, water pipes)

I'd go further and probably mandate some kind of minimum sized plant room which is fireproofed, with all utilities entering (if we carry on as we're going that will only be water and electricity, so no concerns about gas leaks) in there.
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- Post #20
- Jun 11, 2024
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
Battery Bad starter motor or bad battery or something else? Help!

It's entirely possible yes.... at 12v, 2.2amps is in the region of 26w... a small power amplifier blasting out music could easily achieve that, coupled with all the other things that get turned on in the vehicle... yes... it's easily possible. How old is the battery? If you don't know, when...
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- Post #2
- Jun 8, 2024
- Forum: Battery Energy Storage Systems Advice
Does anyone use a good job tracking software?

Thanks Tim, assumption has made an --- of me :) I thought the issue was because I'm running a plug-in that blocks scripts. The link in my post is sorted and should work now.
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- Post #5
- Jun 8, 2024
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
Does anyone use a good job tracking software?

@spud1 , If you're up for creating your own, check out a product called Notion. I'll try and sum it up... at the most basic level, it's a digital notebook that allow collaboration. But pages in the book don't just have to be text and images, they can be databases where you can define the...
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- Post #3
- Jun 8, 2024
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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- Media item
- Jun 8, 2024
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- Category: Electrical Videos
Bathroom fitter , not an electrician

My thoughts on bathroom fitters... As far as some of the work I've seen them produce... that's actually not too bad... there's not too much exposed basic insulation and not too many exposed live parts. The spaghetti nest, granted is a mess... but most of it has that grey stuff on it ;) Sorry...
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- Post #2
- Jun 6, 2024
- Forum: Electrician Forum
UK Is this meter and consumer unit location safe and upto spec? (kitchen cabinet, water pipes)

I have the same view as James, looks like it has the potential to be a complete nightmare. At the very least I would engage with your local distribution network operator and have them inspect the head in case it needs replacing already and discuss it with them also as the equipment you're...
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- Post #3
- Jun 6, 2024
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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