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  1. A

    Not DIY advice. How often do pros work live?

    First off there is no question of me doing anything live. Or even near anything live. This is just a question triggered by observing they guys installing our solar. They did everything live, including installing a new RCBO in the garage consumer unit and connecting the new circuit. None of our...
  2. J

    How often do shepherd huts needs a condition report?

    Hi all, Not sure if anyone can help, but I was wondering how often do shepherd huts need a condition report? I have spoken to the hut supplier and they have provided me with report and specified that it needs to be done every 5 years. However, the electrician I use for other works and stated...
  3. OnlQQker

    How Often Do You Have Electrical Torque Screwdrivers Calibrated?

    Not that I've ever used one, but I have been known to mess around with torque wrench's and cylinder heads in my younger days! Torque wrenches do need calibrating because going to tight with an aluminium head after a gasket change can result in expensive mistakes. I guess this could be the...
  4. buzzlightyear

    how often do you change the test leads

    having been testing a lot of gear recently and using my megger 1720 never lost a bleep and recently why I was testing at the mains and was getting PEFC ok but not PSCC so my thoughts where faulty tester and send for repair ,but having received a new set of test leads separates as a back...
  5. Pete999

    What's up with the Screwfix Forum? often go there for a giggle

    Been down for about a week
  6. F

    Fluke 199C

    Hi, I'm facing a problem with my FLUKE 199C oscilloscope battery which becomes dead very often and the oscilloscope will not turn on anymore even when the power adapter is connected. Is there any way to make it run on the power adapter regardless of the battery condition.
  7. buzzlightyear

    how often do you

    how often do you change your screw drivers in years or not change them at all.
  8. B

    How often should PV panels and the inverters be checked or maintained

    I'm only asking out of curiosity I am not an electrician or PV specialist I'm just a consumer and I have panels on my roof and and inverter in the loft and something else in the consumer unit. (Noob) I know nothing about them The landlord got some government funding a few years back and put...
    • beachlover
    • Thread
    • checked every inverters maintained often panels years
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Solar Thermal Advice Forum
  9. M

    Quick Hi

    Not a sparky, I am a High Risk Health & Safety Consultant (ATEX and Explosives) and Certified Machinery Safety Expert (yes that is a thing!). I spend much of my life in high risk industrial environments where things tend to go bang with drastic consequences as well as being an EHS Auditor. I...
    • Mushii
    • Thread
    • anything don't often pictures quick things
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  10. kingeri

    4mm 32a Radial In Trunking

    Changed a CU today and noticed the kitchen sockets were wired in 4mm t&e surface mounted in trunking and on a 32A breaker. Now, the CCC for this is strictly only 30A (ref.method B). Would anyone be overly bothered about this? Common sense tells me that it is unlikely this cable will be asked to...
  11. Z

    The problem with learning by wrote and working without calculation

    Firstly I just want to say that working from tables and on site guides can be great for convenience, and this is good. But so often the very presence of these easy and convenient rules of thumb to comply with regulation may prevent a person from developing a deep technical understanding of why...
    • ZEDEZ
    • Thread
    • calculation doing electrical work learning often problem that's understand without working
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. Dan Brown

    cracked socket outlets and fcu

    Hi all I've come across a double gang socket outlet with a crack running from the earth upwards and one from the live downwards What could have caused this would excess amperage cause this Same goes for the switched FCU, it has a crack on the face where the fuse input is situated
  13. shanky887614

    gamers, how often do you play?

    i know some people might only play a couple hours a week etc . do you play one game or several? ive been playing ffxiv since 2013 and played over 1000hours (40 days) (logged by gpu driver software)
  14. B

    Scheme providers cash cow vs must have.

    Often wonder what many electricians commercial or domestic really think of being a member of one of the scheme providers. Are they really there to help provide a valuable service to practicing electricians ? Or are they just a pain in the backside that are always trying to find new ways to...
    • baldsparkies
    • Thread
    • often people providers really scheme schemes
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  15. E

    Insulation test, Meggering. Do they often fail?

    Recently while I was testing a newly constructed building, I found that insulation tests failed for some circuits. In a 3 phase panel; 1) Phase to earth insulation test shows the value around 1.2 M ohm. 2) In the same circuit Phase to neutral shows 0 ohm. But for most circuits, got the...
  16. J

    Audi battery intermittent drain

    Audi A6 – 2007 Since I bought the car 2.5 years ago at a main Audi dealership it’s had an intermittent battery drain which I’ve tried all sorts to trace. It’s getting steadily worse and none of the ‘standard’ techniques have traced it yet, mostly due to the intermittency of the fault. The...
  17. M

    European socket fitted in UK.

    Hi. Are there any requirements or contraindications to fit European socket in the wall within the ring circuit?
  18. HappyHippyDad

    How to get a weatherproof seal on conduit?

    Quite often I see conduit going into an adaptable box or conduit box 'outside'. This is fine if it is coming in from the bottom, you can just use a normal adaptor to go into the box, but often it comes in from the side and the adaptors are not IP rated. I just wondered if anyone here uses...
  19. D

    What i come across quite often ( As promised Tony i took a few pics)

    This is a control panel for a cutter machine apparently its been like this years with no cover and runs 4 x 400v motors ... the mechanical side is just as bad but believe this give the state of the machine the best reflection on this forum. . Now does that untidy domestic board look that bad...
  20. S

    the red cable in Spain - hilo de mando, is it a myth? Often absent.

    Hey, do other installers in Spain setup the red cable? it's mentioned in the reglamento: "Además, cada derivación individual incluirá el hilo de mando para posibilitar la aplicación de diferentes tarifas" in English: A auxilary cable will be installed for day night tarrif. "La sección...
    • sylvanrootham
    • Thread
    • cable not uk often red spain
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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