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  1. S

    Any Advice Or Ideas Please

    Good Day, First post, great forum, great ideas. I am looking in pursuing my next step as an Electrician to an Electrical Engineer. I am told I can register as an Engineering Technician (Eng Tech) with my current qualification and experience (5 years LV, ELV Fire & Security). A am told (By...
  2. A

    Free shop business ideas?

    Hi I have been given an opportunity that is too good to miss! its on a busy road, about 10min from town center really but theres not much around it other than HOUSES and pizza shop.. It is a fairly average size shop with a working kitchen, and a flat upstairs been offered it for 300 / month...
  3. D

    all ideas welcome

    i am doing a job and the people that have ordered the materials have made a mess of it. i have got 4 x 3phase DB's, the isolators in these will take up to a 35mm cable, 50mm at a push. i have got 2 x 50mm feeds, a 70mm feed and a 95mm feed going to these. any ideas on the best possible way to...
  4. S

    recently passed my trade test what to do next ??

    hi there i am 21 and i passed my trade test in may there and have been out of work since July, i was just wondering if anyone out there could give me any ideas of what to do next ? i have been applying for jobs with no luck so far. i thinking of trying to get some money together to sit my...
  5. J

    Major fault fire damage , any ideas ?

    Wondering if I could put this incident to you and anyone could determine a fault scenario which would cause such damage . A colleague was rewiring one half of a semi detached house. 3 phase cable head comes into the house which he is working , the neighbours mains come from the top of the fused...
  6. jason121

    Solar fixings

    I have two enquiries for solar on commercial buildings, one has concrete beams instead of the normal steel does anyone have any ideas the other a school with PVC flat roof. Spec from architect thin film panels mounted at 3 degrees direct to flat roof I welcome some ideas many thanks in advance
  7. S

    ideas please

    hi guys/n girls had a call today from a local farmer, "ive fitted a new flood light and connected it to the an origional feed", "but it dont work". (apparently he did some electrics in the navy) ME:-ok its either a faulty light, or the feed, ie damaged cable fuse triped etc. FARMER:-"i checked...
  8. S

    Photography booth in a Car workshop lighting???

    Hi, I got asked to do a job recently to install some lighting in a booth in a car workshop, where they are going to be taking photos of cars for magazine shoots and for customers to get good shots of their cars. <br>I have had a few ideas using daylight tubes, track lighting or hps lamps like...
    • Stemc12
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    • car electrical work going ideas lamps light lighting workshop
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. S

    Solar thermal and solar PV matching panels ideas please!!!

    I am trying to source either matching pv and thermal panels or combined panels, any ideas, recommendations? TIA!
  10. S

    Any ideas for lights?

    Hi guys. I've been asked to replace some fluorescent lights in a school hall. Currently they have 12 fittings which are 5ft twins. These fittings are an old Marlin type which have a rectangular prismatic diffuser that clips onto the main body. The width is 315mm. I want to replace with...
  11. R

    Mystery cable - ideas?

    Got some mystery wiring to figure out - here's the problem (bear with me!): There's a fairly tatty 3-phase board supplying the workshop where I work. Took the cover off (isolated!) to see a bit of a spaghetti situation, but all in all not too bad. Old colours, spiderwebs and the like. What...
  12. J

    Any ideas?

    Hello people, i had an enquiry last night when i was in my local boozer. Here, goes it......There is a heater in the outdoor smoking shelter which was installed last year by another spark. At the moment it is controlled by a switch that can be operated by anyone and is positioned below the...
  13. J

    Any Ideas to boost business?????

    I set my company up in may and all been going well but in the last few weeks i just cant get any work iv spent a mint on advertising through the paper and leaflet drops what do you all find the best way to get consistent work in particular how did you get in with the likes of kitchen fitters...
  14. D

    any ideas

    i have to drain a tribune water cylinder . the normal drain outlet on cylinders you can put a hose pipe straight on but the tribune is about an inch, ant ideas how to get from that to my garden hose
    • dingledong
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    • aus ideas
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Australia
  15. M

    LED building floodlighting ideas???

    Hi all i am looking for some help i have picked up a job recently from a friend to renew the outdoor lighting on his restuarant building, he like the idea i put foward of the LED lighting but what i want to know is with the colour changable floodlights that you can buy with a remote are these...
  16. S

    Any ideas what this type of roof tile is actually called?

    Hi All, Relatively new to the forum but have been reading lots of your posts regarding the state of the industry and supplier issues with interest!!! I need to order a roofing system for the roof as shown below, but are struggling to identify the type of tile. Any ideas?:53::53::53: Many...
  17. F

    Astro dimmers

    Hi first post so take it east on me :-) I replaced 4 500w din rail dimmers with astro 1000w dimmers because they loads were to close to the limits of the 500w dimmers since I've put them in the dimmers turn themselves on at random periods, any ideas ? The system is wired in twin brown out to the...
  18. I

    Sharp 185W - NU185R1H - replacement any ideas?

    Following a stock let down, I now need to rapidly source 32 panels that are similar dimensions to the NU185R1H panels that's 1318x996 for 2 jobs I can find 230-250W panels but they are all too big. Anyone know of any others that will go? Any suppliers out there with stock for around the end of...
  19. B

    Freezer compartment fine, fridge warm. Any ideas?

    Hi, I've got a fridge freezer and the freezer section is as cold as the Arctic but the fridge section doesn't get cold at all even though it's at the coldest setting. I thought the temperature of both was controlled by the same system so this wouldn't be possible but I'm no expert. Does anyone...
    • Barns
    • Thread
    • aus freezer fridge ideas
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Australia
  20. Rockingit

    Terminating SWA - but not straight into the box - clever ideas?

    Hi all, I've got a new build project just confirmed today, and already hit the first head-scratcher. It's a timber frame building (or will be!) and the main incoming to the house is via SWA from an adjacent pump room which is acting as a central hub for various sub-mains and where the income...

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