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    Checkatrade, Mybuilder, Myhammer ratedpeople etc etc.. Your views?

    I see that trustatrader is advertising on TV. I am curious what their annual fee is from anyone who is with them (I could call but I can't listen to their bulls@@t sales pitch). Do they also work the same underhand way checkatrade do, where they increase your fees on your next renewal?
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    Advice on RCD tripping

    I did advise them of the situation, but their English is a tad limited but I have emailed their adult son who contacted me (he speaks perfect English) to make him fully aware of the situation, and that potentially every downlight might have to be removed to check the connections, and that could...
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    Advice on RCD tripping

    I took it on at my hourly rate, but it could be a pain to resolve as there must be around 25 downlights (12 volt), as well as it serving a number of under cabinet lights and some upstair lights (yes a bodge of a job). I will be able to find the fault, but the problem is how many hours will it...
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    Advice on RCD tripping

    I was called to a job with a light circuit fault tripping the RCD. There are numerous 12 volt downlights on the circuit so I did lives to CPC and got 0.3 Megs on an IR test. I switched off all MCBs controlled by the second RCD and there was no tripping from the faulty light circuit, but once...
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    Which Electrical Body Are You With?

    I went with Stroma to save a couple of quid over the NICEIC fee, and it was a big mistake. My assessor was a nightmare, and just wanted to brag how great he was, and gave misleading information. I passed the assessment with no advice/recommendations so it's not sour grapes. I have no doubt...
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    Install downlights - No CPC

    Thanks again all for the replies. Providing the IR is still good on the conductors I don't consider it to be 'unsafe' to install class 2 downlights. I have often replaced rusty old metal class 1 downlights in a bathroom that weren't suitable for the area, and where no cpc was present, with...
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    Install downlights - No CPC

    There are no existing downlights there, and if there were I would replace standard (metal) downlights requiring a CPC with intergrated downlights not requiring a CPC (as I've previously done), just as I would replace a metal ceiling light for a class 2 fitting without a second thought if no cpc...
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    Install downlights - No CPC

    I have always understood that each circuit must have it's own cpc and you can't use/share one from another circuit. I am going to suggest to the customer that I will only do it if I come off a socket in the room above into an FCU and then connect a quintec receiver to the downlights, and...
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    Install downlights - No CPC

    Thanks guys, I know you are technically right and I'm not at all desperate for the work, but I don't believe it's making anything any less safe, and in fact by me doing it, it's going to made safer than Fred down the pub hacking it for some cash. I get the point about taking an earth from a...
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    Install downlights - No CPC

    I have been asked to give a quote to install some downlights in a kitchen, but there is no cpc in the light circuit. I appreciate the response by some is the world would end if I did that, but the circuit is RCD protected and the last IR readings on the ciruit were good when the board was...
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    Minor Works Certificates - Multiple Jobs?

    Good to know that I'm not the only one who doesn't issue certs for replacing a light or socket faceplate. Some issue a cert for replacing a plastic light switch which is ridiculous in my opinion. Perhaps some think a house owner will issue themselves with a minor works cert when they replace a...
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    Ireland Customers wanting receipts

    Nice reply and friendlier than some might have given him. He sounds like a J Arthur Rank(er), and I hope he pays the invoice so you can block his number.
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    UK Certification after remedial works

    In some cases no certification is required where items highlighted on the eicr for instance refer to cracked/damaged sockets or switches etc. That said some would issue a minor works certs for replacing a plastic light switch, but I never would unless the customer requested one, and then an...
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    How many more sockets?

    A customer has asked me to quote to fit some more sockets in the room pictured below, and I suggested another 4 doubles just to ensure they have enough. Do you think another 4 doubles Is sufficient?
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    EICR - Holding back test results?

    Thanks all, and I agree with most of the points made. I started questioning myself because regardless of what I've found I still give the customer the test results because that's what they've paid for. Even if I'm unable to test a circuit, I will highlight why on the eicr (not a certificate as...
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    EICR - Holding back test results?

    A customer has asked me to quote for some work and he sent a copy of the EICR that was done a while back. As can be seen, the person who did the eicr is holding back the test results until the C2's have been resolved? I don't do many EICRs mainly because there are locals doing them too cheap...
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    Opinions please - leaking service head

    Thanks all for the replies. Perhaps I've always been lucky in the past when I've advised customers to contact their electricity provider with similar issues and they've always had them corrected. Maybe it's just luck of the draw who turns up, but might also be cost cutting. I'm replacing the...
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    Opinions please - leaking service head

    I went to a customers house to give a quote for a new consumer unit, and noticed the leak from incoming supplier. I advised the customer to contact her electricity provider who would resolve it, and hopefully upgrade the earth. Lady emailed me today to say UK power netwroks came and gave it...
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