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    Working hours and working away

    Hey Everyone I run an electrical company with my business partner and we are moving forward farily rapidly at the moment. We currentyl have a mixture of subcontractor's and employees approx. 8. We would like to have everyone employed. I am looking for some advice on the following subjects...
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    Radio teleswitch info?

    hello just wondered how radio teleswitches worked? is the signal supposed to come out at exactly the same time every night? the reason i ask is because last night i never heard the usual clunk, so i tested the storage heaters and there was nothing and the night meter wasn't on but the daytime...
  3. M

    I want to learn how to configurate solar system power, pls help

    for help: I want to learn basic configuration of off-grid solar system. I know off-grid solar system consists of panels, inverters, batteries and charge controller. Could anyone help me with the calculation for the panel, and batteries? If I want to configurate for a 1.6kw off-grid system for...
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    Emergency lighting testing.

    Can someone let me know the price to charge for an emergency light test? Just been asked to do 4 large offices and need to give a price asap. Many thanks
  5. S

    Out of hours rate?

    We have been asked to look after/ maintain a large local solar farm by a national company involved in looking after a few of these farms by installed by the same company around the UK. This will involve occasional out of hours response to to any problems. Any suggestions of an reasonable out of...
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    How much would you charge for minimal work?

    I was called to a house that was being redecorated (just one bedroom at present). Client expressed concern over two dbl sockets hanging off surface boxes and a hole in the wall which appeared to be an old single socket that had been removed leaving the conductors exposed in connector blocks in...
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    Birmingham New Street?

    Is anyone working on this rail project at the moment. Ive got a start thursday night for 8 weeks working for Mace. Was told its 10pm till 6am but assuming its engineering hours but i would expect to be leaving at 4 and starting at 12 lol. Hope its not this new ******** of signing in at 10 and...
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    Pricing

    Hi guys, would like your opinion on a hourly rate I can work my jobs to. I have been a sparky game in various areas for next part of twenty years, but have decided to narrow my range to domestic, I have recently joined Elecsa and passed my assessment with no problems, but am looking what pricing...
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    Solar installs needed asap !!!!!!

    Hello, We are a solar PV installation team, consisting of 2 solar PV roofers and an electrician with a lot of solar panel installation experience. We have been installing two jobs a day for the last year with all different systems and with different types of roofs. We are quick, neat and work...
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    Delay on MCS Database

    Currently 5hr delay, probably longer as the week goes on. You'd have thought they would have got it sorted this time!
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    2 hours to swap a light fittring

    as title. this morning. one of these fancy crystal bauble things. about 36 danglies to hang on the bloody thing. impossible to thread them on once it's up, so put them all on, then had all the weight of it to wire up. instead of a centre fixing to the ceiling bracket, it had to have 4 pins, on...
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    2.5 hr PIR

    Easiest PIR today what was basicaly a BIG shed 8mX4m no water no gas no other earthing required 1 ring 3 sockets 1 radial socket 1 socket 1 light 2 lights DNO fuse removed TWe dropped from loft in PVC tubing 3way 3036 C.U old porcilain MEM one all 15a fuse wire 2.5hrs including the...
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    Emergency call outs - DOMESTIC - Small one man band companies

    Being pestered by a certain advertiser at the moment and something has come up in discussion about emergency call out. Now at the moment I don't provide this service but what I would like to try and establish is... Is there much of a requirement for this service in the Domestic Sector. I've...
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    Price work/basic rate employment law

    Basiclly im after some advice for a friend He has been employed for the past 4 years and been payed a basic rate, a new site has arisen within the company and he has been allocated to it, however the site is all based upon "price" work, am i right in thinking if he cannot achieve his basic rate...
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    What are your hours of work as a sparky?

    Hi, just wondered what your hours of work are in the spark game? I'm a HGV driver and on 4 shifts a week at min due to college and I still do 50+ hours most weeks average shift is 13 hours long so wondering how many hours and what time of day you work. I'm on afters and nights at the minute :(
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    I can help with leds

    Hi, I am new here and wanted to offer my help with anyone who needs any help or advice concerning Gu10 led's as I sell thousands of them every week. Feel free to pm or thread.
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    Keeping track of hours per job

    Is there any software or the like about that can log the amount of hours spent on a job? Using a diary at the moment and some non priced jobs don't get completed and invoiced with a large break in them, and totting up the amount of hours on the job through a diary is a bit of a pain - also very...
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    Help with pricing please

    Hi, just wondering what sort of figures people would be quoting to do the following (labour only). Want to make sure I'm in the right ballpark! Change existing CU Wire a new extension with the following: 6 Downlights in kitchen 6 Double sockets in kitchen Cooker Bathroom light Bathroom...
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    2391 exam in 3 hours need help with a question!!!

    sorry guys need to rack your brains again just want to make sure i get the right answer as im goin over my notes State the two conditions that need to be taken into account when comparing measured Zs value and the maximum values quoted in bs7671 PLEASE HELP IM SOO NERVOUS IM PULLING MY...
  20. Admin

    The most members online over 24 hours was 1,066, 3 Hours Ago at 12:22 PM

    The most members online over 24 hours was 1,066, 3 Hours Ago at 12:22 PM Well done to all, you just broke a record. :)

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