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  1. JD6400

    Harmonics on a rotary milking parlour

    Hi all , I have not posted for a long time due to finding it almost impossible to use the site due to advertising. But it seems a little better now Sorry this is a long one ! I have a client that is having severe trouble on a dairy farm with his cow's appearing the sense stray voltage as they...
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    How can they justify the increase in your electricity bill !?

    Just had a email from E-on to say my yearly bill is going up £81 from £103 - £184. Now this has got me wondering how they can justify this --- Firstly it is for a spare feeder pillar in a field that uses 0 kWh per year , so the increase from 19p to 29p per kWh should not effect the end bill...
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    500kva substation earthing , any qualifications needed ?

    We have just taken on a new client who is extending their industrial park. Their previous electrician had been helping with the install all of a totally new feed and 500 kVA onsite substation by UKPN. I received a phone call from the client last night asking if I had tested off , or the...
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    Adapt and overcome

    Had to mole a new supply in for a cesspit , out of the farm yard straight under a raised vegetable patch and lawn back to the bungalow. Needed a service pit to come out in at the corner of the bungalow and the gate was not wide enough so out came the farm loader ?
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    Battery Reported content: Post in thread 'Electrician - Wanted - nationwide electricians (and roofers) for solar and battery installs'

    Post in thread 'Electrician - Wanted - nationwide electricians (and roofers) for solar and battery installs' by NicGoodwin has been reported by JD6400. Reason given: Content being reported:
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    Use of access equipment , do you own or hire?

    When it comes to access equipment , where do others source it from , and how do you price for it ? If you have your own cherry picker / platform , how do you charge it out and do you find it cost effective?
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    UK Pick n mix

    This one made me smile , obviously couldn't make up their minds as to which make they like best?
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    Engineer54 where did he go ?

    Did anyone ever find out what happened to E54 , I think it was around April / May , about 4 or 5 years ago he just stopped overnight ! If I remember correctly Tony sort of indicated he knew something but never let on ? I actually miss the cantankerous old sod!? He was working in China at the...
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    I Need Work Electricians wanted Aylesbury / Buckingham area

    Electricians wanted for varied work. Both local and ( optional ) stay away. Short term subbies with a view to long term. Flexible hours / days possible. New builds / barn conversions / high end stable yards / grain stores and other agricultural / testing and inspection / some commercial ...
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    Stolen live 3ph service head !!!

    Well it is a first for me! Sent one of the lads out this morning to connect a couple of welfare cabins on a site in the centre of the village where our office is , and he phoned up saying that all we have is a live service cable just sitting in the box !? This is the photo I received
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    Electrician Jobs Electrician / improver required mid to North Buck

    We are a small firm looking for anything from an improver through to a test engineer , to fill two spaces for subbies / long term . Own transport would be an advantage. Some stay away work , but not compulsory. Pay dependent on abilities . Main work consists of new builds , high end Equestrian...
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    Is this a single phase welder ?

    Hopefully the picture's have uploaded otherwise this thread will be a bit pointless ! I got called to this old oil set last week as it keeps blowing its 32 fuses , it was a replacement for an old oxford 2 phase one that had given up the ghost . Being a farmer install it had been wired like...
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    Scrap price for September 2015 ?

    Has anyone weighed in , within the last week or so ? I know the price has taken a severe battering as of late , but was wondering what it was like around the country ? It always surprises me how the price can differ so widely between yards !
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    Van security and chickens !

    We have been wrap in up a little 100kw field mount Pv job for one of our local clients in his free range chicken pens last week and whilst I was in the inverter shed they let them out for the day . This what I was greeted with as I rounded the corner of one of the solar tables ! The front...
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    Legal requirement for a EICR ?

    As far as I was aware , there is no legislation to make an EICR a legal requirement ? But in a conversation on another non sparking forum , I am being told it is a legal requirement for business properties . If this is the case , does anyone have a link to the said legislation as this other chap...
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    What size earth on a TT ?

    What do others think of this one !? On one of our last scam visits , we got talking about TT and he came out with the need to install 16mm from the rod !? 16mm ! I query ? Yep look in you on site guide , he says ! I have since phoned the technical help line on another matter and also raised...
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    Spot the mistake !

    I went to look at what supply we had to work with , for a new grain store that one of the local agricultural dealerships , who we work with is quoting for . Can you spot the mistake !?
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    Commercial hydroponic grow set up

    Have any other members been involved in hydroponics on a commercial scale ? This is a serious question and not linked to drug production in any way , so please do not drag the tread in to the gutter . It is for the production of barley grass for livestock fodder . But I would like to hear from...
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    Now Biff !

    I see Biff is now guest 55 , with a line through his name ? The last two members that have left are a loss to this forum , and will make the place worse for it !
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    What happened to Phil d

    It has no doubt already been discussed , but I have just noticed that phil d is now called guest111 or something like that and has a line through it !? I shall miss him if he has gone for good .

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