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  1. telectrix

    part p jobby assessment thing

    Hello, fellow sparkies. I’m a fully qualified electricianhaving done a 5 week course , got my Part P and everything. Got my NICEICdomestic installer inspection in 2 weeks. Going to rewire my parents house forthe inspector to see. It’s a prefab, all concrete, built about 1950 and iswired in that...
  2. L

    Director dissolving company then setting up new company doing same thing

    Hi all is there anything you can do to stop a company from dissolving then starting up again? the company in question owes me a few £K, but I have had information today they are trying to go into liquidation. i know this company has a history of setting companies, building up a debt then...
    • LED Lighting
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    • company director doing new setting thing
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Business Related
  3. D

    whats the worst thing you have seen electrically

    went to a house split into 2 the lady had bought it "years before but plugged the kettle into the socket in the living room as she sometimes got a shoch of the kettle in the fitchen also the dimmer switch vibrated when you touched it the cause when they rewired and did the downstairs up they...
    • dingledong
    • Thread
    • electric electrical thing whats worst
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. C

    New PV Installation - Memory Card Type Thing

    I've just moved into a new build house with a PV installation, the sales office have given me a credit card sized, but thicker plastic card with a detachable small memory card type thing. They have said it should go into a computer and contains my mcs certificate but it's too fat to fit in a...
  5. D

    Fluke 1654B

    Hi Does any on use one of these, Bought on but and down loaded the manual but there more whistle and bells than need. lol cheers Dave
    • davek
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    • continuity fluke manual megger thing
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. F

    Total load on distribution board

    Hi im looking for someone to help me understand the total load that can be pull from a dis board. Ie: I have 3phase dis board on a 250amp breaker. The board is filled with mcbs of mixed ratings. However if I add the rating of each MCB together it far exceeds the 250amp breaker on the board...
  7. T

    New ISO bar boards

    So has anyone installed one of the new gen Schneider Iso Bar boards? Ime in the process of making a training board for the apprentices so I ordered a 18 way TPN Iso Bar Board which is the standard board we use on site. Anyways I had 1/2 hour spare earlier so thought I would just mount the Main...
    • Tiny Spark
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    • boards cover earth new thing
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Electrician Talk
  8. the pict

    Cooker switch from ???

    Doing a refurb/extension at the moment, client obviously has had a go at the electrics himself although he claims it was a bloke who bailed on him, 4 radial 13A outlets 2 in the same room, kitchen done as a radial in 2.5 with no provision for white goods, hood or kitchen extract, any way he has...
    • the pict
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    • accessories bottom cooker kitchen sockets switch thing
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Electrician Talk
  9. A

    Such a thing as a terminal block splitter?

    Amateur question here (and I may have picked the incorrect subforum too) I want to attach a single common ground to 12 separate buttons, with individual wires rather than daisy-chaining them. I'm wondering what the best tool for this would be. In my mind I have pictured a terminal block, but...
  10. A

    the matt alright thing that was on tv tonight

    the rubbish chargers----- what a load of tosh reporting the plugtop exploding in flames the socket would have been rcd anyway the ----er guy with the laptop saying he went to hospital he didn,t receive a shock! he his heart checked yet he didnt get an electric shock! ok the chargers were...
  11. D

    twisty thing

    hi guys having a total brain fart here. I need the twisty lock things that keep the garden shed door shut. no idea what they're called, and ebay doesn't understand 'twisty shed lock thing' help!
  12. C

    Best thing I ever done

    I did a course 7 years ago to make me a spark in 2 months and soon realized what a bad mistake it was my first day on sight I was like a headless chicken!!!! I came away thinking I know nothing so I found an electrician with 30 years experience and started again learnt all I could spent the next...
  13. F

    Anyone willing to critique our business website?

    Hi all. Had our website revamped a few months ago and since then quite a few changes have been made and also quite a few planned (& in progress) Just wondering if anyone could give me some constructive feedback on it. One of the thing I don't think is communicated very well is the fact that we...
    • Fox Electrical
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    • anyone bsi business thing website willing
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Business Related
  14. P

    Dp rcbo

    Hello does anyone know if there is such a thing as a Double Pole 63A 100mA RCBO. Thanks
  15. M

    again with the old / new / inactive thing :)

    Hi I'm Kev, Wrong side of forty, been a sparky amongst other things from leaving school I run Mandrake electrical & Property maintenance in Lancashire, Ive been a member for ages and posted a few things but obviously not enough to satisfy tom the anti spam bot security guy. Note to self, its...
    • mandrake
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    • again new old thing
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  16. J

    right thing re cooker and hob

    Went to a job yesturday. 6.6kw 4 ring hob and 4.2kw cooker were both supplied on same 6mm on 32a breaker!! Both still using the 1mm flex pre-wired to them. Running in another 6mm was not really a option as tenant didnt want trunking! So kept the original 6mm and put that into supply side of...
  17. T

    How do you pay mates/ subsides

    Hello guys, I recently needed a hand , so advertised for a mate on here, and he's been working for me for about a week now. We obviously agreed payment and I have paid him, but I wondered if you guys had any sort of template you use as a receipt, stating such things as "I'm liable for my own...
    • tombrooker84
    • Thread
    • bsi employed happy mates needs pay thing
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Business Related
  18. I

    Walk in sun-shower

    Right bit of a strange one here a customer has brought a 2nd hand walk in sun-shower well i think thats what thay are called (walk in sunbed) so thats 4 panels so its 60 tubes in total im thinking your looking at 32 - 40 amp supply with 6mm to 10mm cable rcd the normal stuff but coming from the...
  19. K

    Testing at 250v

    Hi just a quick question. I've seen a few times people say test insulation resistance 250v first to make sure there isn't any points missed in loft or where ever. This seem to me a sensible thing to do. Is it 100% safe to test all ways l-n l-e n-e. I thought it was as its not far of...
  20. B

    Help with socket alteration..

    Hello, let me start by saying I have very little experience in dealing with electrics and I don't plan to mess about with any cables etc, just looking for advice to plan ahead. I wanted to install a new eco friendly heating panel that needs to be hard wired, I have a double socket I was hoping...
    • barcaloco
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    • alteration double earth single socket thing
    • Replies: 47
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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