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  1. D

    Review your van! (and help me choose!)

    As above really! I'm in the market for my own van and need help deciding what to go with. I currently drive Transits and Sprinters quite often for another job, but I think the fuel burn would be unreasonably high for me to have something that large myself. Bit of a ---- up between the smaller...
  2. C

    2394 Pass

    Just found out yesterday that I passed the 2394!!Only took the city and guilds 3 and a bit months to let me know tho loll!!!! Well happy considering the first 5 ???s were pretty vague!!the practical and online test were pretty easy and if any 1 sitting the exam i wouldn't really worry 2 much...
  3. P

    views on working for british gas

    hi all, have been offered a job at british gas as a sparky, anyone have any experience working for them? it is working on their breakdown insurance side? any views? ta Peanutty
  4. methley

    PVGIS seems pretty accurate

    I made a prediction of my two systems using an online PVGIS calculator. The first is a simple south facing 2.88kWp system. The second is a hybrid S, E & W 3.76 kWp system made by combining the results of three PVGIS estimates. I think you'll agree the real-world performance is a pretty good...
  5. M

    PASS Training & Development???

    Has anyone used the aforementioned company, particularly the one based in Stockton?
  6. E

    Tails from meter to CU - pretty long...

    Caveat: I am at college doing 2330 and shortly to do 2356, not a Electrical Trainee 'pretending to look at my own CU to get an answer off you lot" - seriously! So... I look at my CU in rented flat (very nice landlord - happens to be my dad!) after putting in an unfused spur and doing the ring polarity and...
  7. C

    Hand dryer

    Hi guys, wondered if anyone could be so kind as to recommend a decent hand dryer suitable for domestic use? Customer currently has 3 small ones fitted in his property but they are pretty useless, ie insufficient drying time making them pointless. Looking for something reasonably fast without...
  8. C

    Help with wiring standalone PIR

    Hello, new ish to the forums. You were very helpful last time i needed some advice I have a 360deg PIR that needs to control a floodlight approx a meter away from the sensor itself. And a switch to isolate it. (not an override) Can someone explain in Lehman terms how to wire this practically...
  9. N

    Square D Load Centre RCBO ????

    Could somebody confirm that the RCBO that fit a Square D Load Centre is the QOE? Thank you all!
  10. T

    Advice please looking for a pretty version of this light, recessed triple downlight

    Hi - I wonder if anyone maybe able to help. In my lounge at the moment I have 2 ceiling roses. Each has a chandelier type light on it. I want to change these and bring the room up to date and do the same in my hallway and top landing. I keep seeing in magazines recessed triple lights that...
  11. S

    poole dorset install jobs start asap start asap

    £500 per day 2 man teams required imediate start tel 07866 777 474 Mark
  12. M

    voltage/ power logger

    Has anyone got any views on power loggers? A few jobs have come up where the ability to compare the long term current demand and voltage levels would be an advantage. I have been looking at the Electrocorder EC6-VA, three phase voltage and current logger. Does anyone use one of these or know...
  13. C

    Pretty Sure This is Wrong...............

    Saw a DB in a new build flat today (before tenant moved in). Was a standard dual RCD board, but the circuit supplying the fridge was not on either RCD Was run in twin and earth in plasterboard walls same as other circuits, not in swa or surface Now I can see WHY they did this - to preserve...
  14. J

    MFT 1720 Faulty already

    Just bought a megger 1720 for the company , today was the second day of using to test a domestic property for some reason the auto continuity test has stopped working, I've checked to see if i could get an insulation reading with the leads shorted , the reading bounces all over the place. I've...
  15. C

    U/F Heating. Cable Exit?

    Has anyone any ideas regarding the neatest way to bring the u/f cable & thermostat cable out from a tiled floor finish? :cool3:
  16. L

    Inspire Me! With your thoughts and ideas! :)

    Hiya, Ritey, i'm 23 year old (not too old hey!) I've bin an electrician for about 4 years now, on and off, in the kitchen as a chef, back as an electrician, back in the kitchen, you get the picture. So my experience is about a years worth of industrial rest commericial but mostly domestic...
  17. robd

    TT board change some pointers please

    Evening all. Got an upcoming board change in a rural house, TT about 7 or 8 ways I'm guessing. A couple of questions if I may.... ...will probably go split load, can I go conventional dual RCD 30mA?...or do I need to go 100mA time delay etc? Don't don much out in the sticks, am pretty much...
  18. R

    Advice for rosemary roof

    Hi all we have managed to avoid doing an install on a roof covered in rosemary tiles.. so far, but Monday we have our first, anyone got any tips?
  19. C

    Nice looking / pretty smoke alarms

    Just doing up a property with high spec finish, has been re-plastered everywhere and nice spots etc - can anyone recommend smokes / heat detectors that don't look like they were £5 from B&Q? Ideally something small or not noticeable at all? If you've put 12 spotlights in a kitchen I can't...
  20. W

    socket sinkers ???

    Hi all Thinking of buying a set for socket sinking, chap i used to work for had one, anyone have any ideas on which one is the best one the market, got a job starting next week, with loads of sockets ! Cheers Paul

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