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Had a phone call from a landlord this morning. Asking me to come and look at some lights in one of his flats. Said cables had been damaged by water from leak in above flat. Lights are still working but water is dripping from ceiling rose. Told him straight away to isolate circuit. Usual...
- Electricalserv
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- Apr 2, 2011
- landlords
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Australia
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What is a Landlords Safety check?

Some Managing Agents have asked me to do a 'Landlords safety check' on a rented property. I said I could do a PIR for them no problem, £20 per circuit - £100 for the house. "It was only £50 last year" Well, how long was he there? Around 2 hours was the reply. There is no way a PIR could be...
- alanl
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- Mar 12, 2011
- check landlords safety
- Replies: 23
- Forum: Australia
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Shower shocker

Hello All Was asked by a mate to take a look at his shower in a flat that he rents. He is in the shower for around 10 mins the the 4OA mcb trips and gets a strong smell of burning. I opened up the 45A DP pullcord everything was ok there all connections tight. It had what appeared to be a...
- James Sutton
- Thread
- Mar 1, 2011
- cable landlords shower supply
- Replies: 30
- Forum: Australia
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Shocking Landlords

BBC News - One million rented homes in England are 'unsafe' Literally...
- Concept
- Thread
- Feb 5, 2011
- landlords
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Electrician Talk
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Landlords Certificate

My Brother wants to rent out his house and needs a landlords certificate. Do I need to be registered to part P to do a periodic inspection for him. I am an electrician with 25 years experience 17th edition qualified but work for a company only doing industrial work although I used to do...
- delindevon
- Thread
- Jan 26, 2011
- certificate landlords
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Periodic Inspection Reporting & Certification
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Landlords electrical safety certificate

Can anyone tell me exactly what is a landlords electrical safety certificate, is it just a pir on the fixed wiring or pat testing on all the appliances or both. is there a certain type of certificate dedicated for this.Have you got to be a member of a scheme provider such as napit or niceic. who...
- PMS
- Thread
- Jan 15, 2011
- certificate electric electrical electrical safety landlords safety
- Replies: 55
- Forum: Periodic Inspection Reporting & Certification
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landlords

"the electrics are not working will you take a look on christmas eve and sort them please" umm this does not look like my definition of safe routing of cables :D the rest of the place is a tip. what he wanted me to do in half an hour i just don`t know but it was not happening any time...
- Phil
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- Dec 24, 2010
- landlords
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Electrician Forum
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How would you setup the earths on this kind of install?

Hi, I'm installing complete systems for a small development of 11 flats and would like to know what the recommended way to setup the earthing arrangement. This is what I'm doing and what we have: In the hallway on the ground floor there is a newly installed Lucy head (I think thats what you...
- fd3typer2
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- Dec 6, 2010
- copper earth install landlords meter setup
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations
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Landlords override switch

Ive been having a look at this wiring diagram and i understand the function of the overide switch but i am not sure about how the emergency key switch is wired in this diagram. Is the diagram wrong? surely the neutral should not be wired into the switch but the line at the light instead...
- mag8485
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- Jul 29, 2010
- diagram keyswitch landlords light neutral override switch
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Australia
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My New Website.....1st Attempt!

Hi all. Just published a new website for my new business. This is the first time I’ve designed a website, so was wondering what you guys thought of it? Any comments and hints would be much appreciated. Still having trouble getting Google to find it. Had a few customers say that they...
- BigSi
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- Jul 17, 2010
- bsi landlords new website
- Replies: 25
- Forum: Business Related
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Periodics for Landlords

Hi All, I have a friend who is a landlord, and he in turn has plenty of landlord friends. I'm trying to get on side with him to get first option on various electrical works that need doing. Anyway, my question is regarding periodics, and which competent person scheme to be a member of. I'm...
- Steve D
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- May 14, 2010
- landlords
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Periodic Inspection Reporting & Certification
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AM2 Landlords Over-ride?

Hey there... Another quick question on the AM2 if anyone knows? On the Lanyards override circuit, Do I take 1 feed from the common on my first switch to the common on Lanyards switch and then take another feed from the common on the other switch to L2 on my Lanyards? Would this be the correct...
- Sheffieldstar
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- Nov 30, 2009
- am2 common landlords override switch
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Electrician Courses : Electrical Quals
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Landlords Certificate?

Hi is a landlords electrical safety cert. the same thing as a PIR ? and if not do you still need 2391 ? thanks
- johntom
- Thread
- Apr 23, 2009
- certificate landlords
- Replies: 18
- Forum: Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations

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