Hi all,
I'm a spark who is still classed as an improver because I'm just waiting for my portfolio to be signed off.
I recently moved to Bristol from Cornwall to find work because its almost impossible in Cornwall, I was hoping to get a job on the books but ended up being forced into subby...
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Hi all. Just been to look at a job that was recently done by another electrician, can't fault the work other than he has yet to provide the client with any certificates and no fly lead on the armoured cable supplying a sub mains board! It's a summerhouse being used as a gym/storage. It has a...
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So just spent an hour investigating a fault on a customer's lighting circuit (MCB tripping). He has lived there for over ten years. I asked him if anybody had done any work on the wiring recently, he said none of the electrics had been touched whilst he has lived there. Seemed to be a dead...
My wife has inherited a sixties house with it`s limited amount of wiring. To bring it up to modern standards I need to have plenty of extra wiring fitted. Basic info; The comparable house prices in the area are £400 k ish. It`s all got nice smooth plaster and ceilings. But the ground floor is...
was looking for a pair of rubber stretchers for work
i cant find them online at all.
when you terminate belden 3c cable e.g. 8770
you put a binding sleeve over the metal shielding of the cable before you crimp ferrule's on the end
managed to find the ferrule crimpers and the binding sleeves...
hi guys,
ive got my unit 308 next week. Its the practical part for finding faults.
does anyone who has already done this unit have any tips for possible faults that they must put on the boards for me to find?
thanks maggie
Hi. I've got a high earth leakage value on a main db supplying many 3phase cables. What's the best way to find the leakage values on each cable? Some of them can't be turned off. If I clamp around all 4 live conductors as they enter the db would this give me the earth leakage?
evening all
in the last month ive been made QS by the NICEIC at our company, i took on the role when my boss asked as i thought it would be a step-up and show that i can accept responsibility, i was asked to do it because i'm our best and most thorough and competent tester (my bosses words!)...
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