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    Did anyone see watchdog last night

    Watched watchdog last night. One of the many BBC investigations into how awful tradesmen are, although the company in question deserved it considering how much they charged the old lady for repairing the light switch. £436 to replace light pullcord switch BBC - Watchdog: 'Time is money' -...
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    Its bloody windy outside.

    I'm off to bed before the roof blows off. The binmen missed us again this week, well binmen if you are reading this don't bother coming now, cos the wind has emptied it for me this week.:cool:
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    Hello from Leeds!

    Hi All. I'm currently studying for the C&G 2330 in Leeds. I'm 28 and I've been unemployed for longer than I care to admit. Saw this course and jumped at the change. Really enjoying it. I'm looking forward to being qualified in a few years so I can actually get out there and WORK WORK...
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    Should I do the 2330 via night school??

    Hi all i have done a course with trade qualified and have 2382, 2377, part p etc. I have no exp, and cant find work. Would it be worth me forking out for the 2330 via night school? i want to be fully qualified and am scared i will forget what i have learnt if i dont carry out any work? thanks
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    Average hourly rate for night work?

    Hey guys, Got some night work....client cannot shut down during day hours.....Fault finding, small amount of installations..... Could nt price job really as it is a bit of a can of worms senerio....Had PIR so faults and issues have been spotted so have a idea of whats going on as in circuits...
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    sockets tripping at night

    Hi all Got a call about a fault. The problem is that the downstairs ring keeps tripping at around half 10 every night. My ??, is there some sort of part that kicks in on the freezer at nights??? Seeems odd that it happens at the same time every night. thanks any info would be great
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    night mare job

    Trying to locate a ring circuit in a house and so far i have found 3 rings within rings..!! ARGH!!!!! CHIMPS!!!! :eek: any body else had similar encounters!!
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    night storage heaters

    got a job to replace a house full of night storage heaters, could someone please enlighten me as to which paperwork to fill in and how to go about live testing them? ta in advance
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    Night Storage AGAIN

    I was doing so well avoiding these now it seems like they are haunting me:( However how could I say no when customer wants 4 dimplex heater fitted to exising circuit:) my problem now is finding the lowest price at present Im looking at around £1200 for the 4 does anyone know of a supplier...
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    Night Storage Heaters

    Hi Folks Never dealt with these before and try to avoid them, however Ive got a job to next week and the customer has just rung me to say his heater in the living room is not working. I would like to appear like I know what I am doing so can I have any hints and tips for what to look for...
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    RCD Nuisance tripping. HELP!

    Help!. I changed the CU in my house to dual RCD split board, as many of you know. All tests were fine and everything has been working perfectly in the 2 or 3 weeks since the installation. Now for the last 2 nights the RCD on one side of the board is tripping in the dead of the night. It...
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    hows work

    hows work for everyone these days im afraid to see mines got worse but nothing else around
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    crabtree starbreaker

    as anyone fitted a crabtree starbreaker dual RCD fusebord and had to try and tempoarly bodge it because the cuircuits havan't held in, i had it today when the sockets kept tripping out and i coud'nt be bothered to find the fault that day. I went to go change it around so it would work on the...
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    Help no heating

    Hi im sorry to just drop in like this but i am desperate for some advice about my problem meter. We have electric storage heaters and an electric boiler, yesterday morning we noticed we had no hot water and no heat from either storage heaters in bedrooms or lounge. Phone electrician who...
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    rcd probs

    recently went to a client house to investigate a trip main switch rcd. on getting the the client had already reset and everything was working just fine , 4 week later and go another call saying this time it had tripped through the night whilst everyone was sleeping . now ive tested rcd on both...
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    night store probems

    been to look at a night store today it wont turn off at all .looked at input stat and it is constantly in closed position so it looks to be the stat but in the rer in a item looks like i resister about 30mm long looks to be across live and neutral question is what is it and what purpose does it...
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    Night storage

    I have a customer who would like 2 x 1.7Kw n/s heaters fitted. He is on eco 20/20 and unwilling to switch to a radio teleswitch n/s supply. I have four spare ways in the consumer unit, 2 of witch i would like to use for the heaters. Can anybody reccomend a sutable timer to controll the heaters...
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    screwfix-got my free drill last night!

    screwfix....spend £400 online on anything and recieve free hitachi 18v drill and torch plus case, charger and 3 batteries! i have personally used these in the past and easily compare with any other brand! a year ago, these cost about £200+ and its easy to pay another £100 for the twist head...
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    RCD's and storage heaters

    Are there any known issues with RCD's and storage heaters? I've done an inspection on my own house, the storage heaters are on their own board, its a TNCS system. The only problem is that when they were installed the wires were tucked under the joists rather than through a hole in the middle...

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