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    Just thought I would throw this one out there - OFFSHORE work

    Chaps, Been thinking about a career either offshore or in the wind industry for some time. It is in fact, the reason I took up any interest in electrics at all if im honest. However, my current job role is all well and good, for now, but before i bang my head on the ever approaching glass...
    • wade88
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    • access electrical work offshore out thought you'll
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. J

    Strange voltage readings

    Been to look at lights today that was not working properly. After investigation I think the problem is in a switch which seems to have a feed from the downstairs lights and what I thought would be the loop to the next lighseems to have a voltage from the upstairs lights. When I put my tester...
    • Jjm
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    • lights neutral readings strange thought upstairs voltage volts
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. I

    cooker outlet plate and socket

    hi guys after a little advice, customer having new cooker, he has told me that they have a 6mm 32amp cooker circuit and CCU (incorporating socket). which feeds a double socket below the counter. the old cooker and ignitor for the hob plugged via plug top into the double socket. The new cooker...
  4. H

    Dodgy copies of BGB selling on Amazon UK

    Just to warn people... I recently left a bag on a train that contained amongst other things, my copy of the BGB. Obviously extremely ****ed off to lose such a valuable book, I was somewhat please to find that I could get a replacement from Amazon for only £32. Book arrived in 3 days, from NEW...
    • Heisenberg
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    • amazon cheap copies dodgy getting people priced selling thought
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. I

    seperate shower CU

    sorry this may seem obvious. All of the shower manufacturers stipulate the main swith must be rated > 80Amps for connection of their showers in their instructions, so when you fit a seperate Shower C.U. due to the old board either being full or a wylex 3036 does this mean that the rating of the...
  6. P

    JIB Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) JIB told me I wasn't a spark.....?

    Phoned the j I b up and told them my quals 2330 level 3 2392 2391 17th edition They told me I was a level 1 trainee.....
    • p11jor
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    • apprenticeship card certification electrician jib jib card level scheme spark thought
    • Replies: 70
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. P

    IR testing - results creep up!

    Hi all Why is it that on some circuit IR testing, the results shoot up to say 250 M ohms but then creep up towards a much higher value? I know that the results are OK, I just thought it may be some damp somewhere causing the problem possibly. Do you wait for them to stop creeping up or take a...
  8. P

    insulation resistance testing question

    If some of the circuits of a shower block for a big site have been tested for insulation resistance during constuction. what is the possible effect that insulation resistance testing the whole installation when completed have on values obtain on completion compared with for those circuits when...
    • paulthemagpie
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    • answers insulation insulation resistance insulation resistance testing question resistance tested testing thought
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. D

    NIC certification software

    Hi All, have just purchased the NIC certification software and also purchased some certificate numbers, i thought this was going to be so much easier than doing the paper version, but how wrong was i, according to the software i have downloaded my cert numbers but i cant find them no where and...
    • dc2265
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    • becsa certificate certification competent cps numbers person scheme software thought where
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. M

    2391 v 2394

    I qualified under the 15th edition an passed my C&G236 Pt 1 and 2, AM1 and AM2. I have upgraded to 17th edition and am Part P with NAPIT. All is good.............. NAPIT have said I need to do the 2391 to bring my test inspect upto date, and I agree as only just come back into the electricians...
  11. J

    Just a thought...

    Good afternoon people, I've had a thought (i dont have many), my friend has recently had his loft insulated for free, this is normal practice in my area at the moment due to a goverment scheme. The contractor has laid insulation which is 12 inch or 300 mm thick, surely i would be correct in...
  12. S

    Food for Thought

    Yes another EICR question about landlords Everyone knows about my fight to get RCDs and EICRs monitory. But here is a question to see if it is already a legal requirement for EICRs! I know there is no law stating that EICRs must be carried out but there is a law stating the electrical...
  13. G

    if you thought last nights question was bad

    Just got home, installed a spur at a school today, spurred off a socket blah blah, did usual test and now i am filling out a meiwc on easycert, it was a c type 32a 61009, puts the Zs down as 0.92 and waheey its flagged up, max Zs for this device is 0.72 Do i just mention it on cert and thats...
  14. telectrix

    and i thought i was having a bad day!

    seen on way back home from a job yesterday. fire engine arrived about 5 minutes later.
  15. S

    just a thought!

    if a socket outlet is rated at 13amps why do weputit on 32amps MCB
  16. B

    Wylex Solar Mini-CU

    Decided to use a Wylex solar mini-CU today as an experiment from TLC. I have been making my own up to date from eg MK bits and a din rail meter. Overall I thought it was good: - The box is small and neat , smaller than the MK ones I have been using but enough room inside. - It comes already...
  17. B

    how a fault was explained to me (word for word //)

    I have a septic tank which is worked by a pump on a ballcock type of basis. There is electricity geting to the device because I touched the top of the balllcock arm and got a shock. The weighton the ballcock device which sets the electric pump going when the tank is full has disapeard and I...
    • bugsy
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    • aus explained fault maybe thought
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Australia
  18. S

    Is a 1.5mm twin + cpc ring main ok for two 2kW panel heaters??????

    I have been asked to carry out intial testing and inspection of a large, new commercial project and have came across a ring main wired in twin + cpc 1.5mm cable, which serves two 2kW panel heaters. The cables are clipped direct for part of the run and for the remainder they are within an...
    • super*spark
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    • aus cable circuit cpc heaters main panel ring ring main thought twin
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Australia
  19. B

    Wiring large industrial DBs

    got quite a few large scale industrial DBs to connect up in the coming weeks. Have done a good few in my time and like to keep them as tidy as possible. i usually use the square cable tie bases to tie the cables to the inside of the DBs but thought I would ask you guys if you have any tips to...
    • brizospark
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    • aus boards cables industrial large space thought wiring
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Australia
  20. 1

    Fed up with working in the dark?

    If you do Domestic only and after some decent lighting then I can highly recommend the tripod units offered by Screwfix. For 22 quid I must say they're the mutts nuts. So much so I went and bought a second unit on the following day. They stand approx four feet high, balance nicely over...
    • 1shortcircuit
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    • better currently electrical work lighting thought thread working
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Electrical Tools and Products

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