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    Battery Residual current drain from a leisure battery

    Hi Guys. I have a problem that's driving me nuts. I have a '96 lwb transit camper and am in Spain at the moment. I bought a 50W solar panel and new leisure battery, 96aH I think, both brand new. I also bought a new 15W regulator to control it all. I'm no electrician but I know enough to wire...
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    Battery Battery Won't charge

    Hello, I've just joined your forum in the hope of getting the solution to an irritating problem. I have an old Peljob 3 tonne digger. It has a 96Amph battery. Whenever I try to charge the battery the battery charger quickly goes to showing 100% full. It does this with two different chargers...
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    PA Testing

    Hi just done the PA Testing course and was wondering what's the average price per item ?
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    Solar PV wages

    Hello, I was Approched by a company about 6 months ago to install all there solar and help price as a sub contractor, I used to fit solar a few years ago in a previous company but never had anything to do with pricing or anything like that, I put myself though the courses put my apprentice...
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    Battery Advice needed please...12v battery charger and solar panel with charge controller....

    Hi guys, thanks for letting me join, id like to ask someone who is in the know with electrics, its not "auto electrics" but its 12v (on a caravan) ..... so i guess auto electrician us best place for this rather than DIY? .... Sorry if its not! I have just bought a 40w solar panel to charge a...
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    Battery Changing a battery in a remote control leads to.....

    Evening all, About 6/7/8?? months ago I was called to see a elderly client (who I had previously done one or two small jobs for) who's electric awning would not open. It turned out to be the battery in the remote control!! I had to make 2 journeys out to him and buy the 'odd' battery off the...
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    Battery Charging 48v 14ah battery bank ???

    Hi guys i have owned a electric scooter for a while it has a battery bank on it that is made up of 4x 12v 14ah sealed lead acid batterys. i would presume this would make it a 48v 14ah battery The bike has sat in my shed for few years and i am now wanting to sell it. so the other day i...
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    Changing consumer unit old for new, what to charge?

    Hi, I am changing 2 old consumer units to 1 new 17th edition one. I have all equipment just need to know labour costs. Im from northern ireland if that makes a difference?
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    Fault finding for prospective clients

    Had a call today from a prospective client who runs the maintenance for a small block of flats. They want a price for a EICR for the communal power. This bit is straight forward. In addition he explained that there are 2 x outside lights which are faulty (cause unknown). Also a light in the...
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    iphone is08

    Seems theres a website WITH FALSE INFO SO DONT TRY IT claiming that once you upgrade with is08 you can charge your iphone in a microwave for 1.5 mins Its called wave technology and someone has already tried it with bad results see...
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    Battery Auxillary battery

    HI've got a motorbike which has a split charge system to power a very small 1.3Ah sealed lead battery. This is used to power emergency lighting when the engine isn't ruining. The battery is now dead, I'm not sure if it's through being completely discharged and not recharged for a while (when...
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    How much do you charge for a electrical conditioning report?

    Hi there I'm not sure that I'm in the right place but here goes? I've recently been asked by a landlord to complete several condition reports on his properties of all various sizes some empty and some have people living in them. As I have always worked for someone I'm not sure what price to...
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    Battery solar to trickle charge battery

    hi all , im planning a little garden project in my porch in which I need to use a water pump and air pump . I was hoping to use solar powered pumps but feel that on gloomy northern days I would not be able to generate enough power to be reliable . so I thought I could possibly use a...
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    Solar Thermal Maintenance Visits - What do you charge?

    We're getting a lot of requests to carry out maintenance visits on Solar Thermal systems - interestingly they are mostly Worcester Bosch systems and all are with soldered joints, and every single one has at least 3 other elements not compliant with current standards above and beyond the solder...
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    what do you charge?

    Was just wondering what people charge for pat testing and how they apply the charges. Most companies I do work for expect 3 stickers on a laptop, 1 on the laptop itself, 1 on the transformer lead, and 1 on the kettle lead, thus being 3 appliances. Personally I only charge it as a single item and...
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    Consultancy and Supervision for New Build / Work for Architects

    This can be nice work, but what do you charge? I have been involved in projects that become quite long and drawn out as clients and (especially) architects, some of whom think they know it all but are ignorant idiots (the architects that is), get to understand what is possible and how it...
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    Dewalt radio ?

    I know makita radios rule sites but it's time for me to get one all my tools are dewalt so would be handy to get the dewalt radio . Anyone got any reviews on them ?
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    What to charge?

    Hi Guys I have been approached by a local letting agents and asked if I would be interested in doing electrical maintenance for them on the rental properties that the manage. However having spent the last 12 years in France, I have no idea on what I should be charging. I would appreciate if...
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    Caravan eicr's

    Hi all, I appreciate this has probably been discussed and length previously but would like some advice on pricing of eicr's on static caravans, I'm only talking about the caravan installation itself (including hook up lead) the whole site it also to be inspected but this is a seperate job...
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    Call Out, What Would You Charge?

    Bank holiday weekend and I get a call Saturday morning from the head of security for the conference hall/s of the Royal Armories asking if I could be on standby for any call outs! By the way I know the guy, worked in his home and other family members so he called me first kind of thing. If I...

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