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    PAT testing for Blind People!!!!!

    A bizarre title I know but as anyone knows when you hit a certain age your eyesight for reading starts to get worse and you end up needing reading glasses. All those times you took the pee out of four eyed children at primary school come back to haunt you. Anyway I pitch up for any eye test...
    • Vitesse
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    • pat pat testing people testing
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. J

    Scary what some people try to do..

    Hi, I felt compelled to join this forum having read a diy'er putting power to his shed. I'm not an electrician but I do have lots of experience in electronics and electrical installations, I also have various city and guilds plus 16th Edition so I can be considered competent. However putting...
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    Initial Verification & Periodics 2394 and 2395

    This was City and Guilds 2391 (Closed Book Course, impressive to all the persons who have done and passed it) this changed to 2394 Initial Verification and 2395 for Periodics Most places do it at the same time as they are basically the same course but with two different tests and paper work. So...
  4. A

    NICEIC Certification Scheme Bogus NICEIC companies

    Hi Guys Could you give your views on bogus companies falsifying the NICEIC logo whilst working in London recently I noted many companies displaying the NICEIC Logo but were not registered contractors, IN FACT they used approved contractors and think it ok to display the logo ON THEIR BEHALF...
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    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
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    • often people providers really scheme schemes
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. F

    job sites

    anyone herd or no what these web sites are called were the customer puts on the work they need doing and a price there prepared to pay and the apparently sparks quote etc new one on me
  7. M

    Rated people pricing different trades

    Rated people £500 job costs £4.30 +vat to quote in general maintenance (not electrical) section . £500 job costs £14.70 +vat to quote in lighting and power section. Seems a tad unfair lol?
    • midgetman
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    • different people pricing rated trade trades
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. S

    What software setup are people using on there testing?

    Hi guys just wondered what you guys are using setup wise for testing, i have been using easycert but not sure I'm that keen on it to be honest, had a play with Certifi and i like the EICR layout and the fact you can add in images to reports? Thoughts? Cheers
  9. J

    Hi people new to the forum

    Hi from Sweden and looking to learn.
    • jonrice
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    • new people the forum
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  10. F

    Led lighting

    Beginning to see and here lots of issues regarding led lighting in the commercial world . Now I no most people see the pay back on these LEDs and are not considering all the problems that they are causing struggling to maintain similar lumen output etc people sitting at there pcs now complaining...
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    Some People Just Don`t Learn

    Got called to a HMO job a few years ago, where a Indian builder had completed the job before BC had surveyed the building....needless to say they they pull it to pieces, no fire alarm, em lighting, fire doors, electrical or gas certs etc...so all was ripped out and redone at a cost. Today the...
  12. M

    NICEIC Certification Scheme Joining NICEIC

    Hi guys, I've recently taken the plunge to start out on my own and enjoy the world of being my own boss. I have recently registered with NIC and have my assessment in the next 6 weeks. I want to do my best and make sure I'm very prepared for any unusual (if any) questions I may be asked. I have...
  13. T

    Help with a letter to company I do work for

    Hi All I do a work for a company that manly do new kitchens. I have been doing it for a year or so now I want to write a letter to let the company know, that when I have finished my work it is safe and tested to regulation. my worry is that the tilers come in and don't put some sockets back...
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    Why is it people wait until it's winter and snowing...

    before they decide the outside light needs fixed? ''O it hasn't worked for about 4 months but we need it now because the steps are slippery''. Didn't even offer a coffee.
    • gutterball
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    • people until winter
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Electrician Talk
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    why do most people put you down

    Hi guys, Recently when im studying at college and on my work days as a mate, i constantly hear the same old moaning from electricians saying 'if i could pick something else back in ur time it sure wouldnt be this' ..i always hear this from them and to be honest it really can discourage...
  16. HappyHippyDad

    Comparing sites and the type of people that use them.

    Evening all... :smile5: I do find it interesting looking at other electricians sites and comparing them. I've spent 2 or 3 years on this one and it is by far the one I use the most (approx 90%). The type of questions asked are very similar amongst the different sites but the way they get...
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    inspiring young people

    Is there any electrician or apprentice electrician out there who would be willing to come into one of our schools to chat to a small group of students about their job? A lot of the kids we work with are so not interested in school and would love to hear about a job where they could be practical...
    • lquinn
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    • interested people pir their young
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  18. P

    British gas TT earthing and rcds

    I have done a few of these jobs for the same client. Install a 315a fused TPN isolator in their new heating centres. All the others I have done UKPN have bought in a PME supply so I have just mounted the fused isolator with tails into the CT chamber ready for me to do the follow up at a later...
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    Lighting circuit, no earth.

    Went to a little job before to replace 2 light fittings - both were metal, and on further inspection i saw the lighting circuit had no cpc. I told the customer it wouldn't be right to fit them - he didn't like that... a selection of things he said: " These regulations you speak about aren't...
    • golfpaul
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    • circuit earth fittings lighting lighting circuit no earth people
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Why don,t people understand the basics?

    A recent post got me to start thinking about a lack of basic knowledge these days,the post in question involved a welder an RCD and an mcb.The gist of it was that the op was wiring a welder that specified both an RCD and MCB,however while he could get an MCB of the correct rating the RCD,s were...
    • Guest111
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    • people understand
    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Electrician Talk

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