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  1. Rockingit

    Trying to find a 63A/80A 2P or 4P 2N/C contactor

    Having not a lot of luck in my search for the above - I can find N/O ones by the bucket, but not N/C. The icing on the cake would be a 2p 63A with 2 x N/O and 2 x N/C. Any suggestions or links? Before anyone asks, the reason that I need n/c is because this system is going to be static for...
  2. i=p/u

    back too the books instead of trying to keep up with yous.

    i can do all calcs for designing a circuit as in Ib,In ,It etc. heres my wonder. how can you work out whats the max distance you can run a circuit without being caught on VD and max Zs. easy way maybe im missing. i know IxR=V and you can just keep rechecking till you get within values. or...
  3. M

    Man electrocuted while trying to steal electrical cable

    Silly fool gulfnews : Man electrocuted while stealing live electrical cable in Oman
  4. P

    E-Petition JIB members, Unite Union members

    For those of you in the JIB (joint industry board) and members of the unite union this news is probably old news as you will have had the letters already. But for those of you who didnt know a number of the countries biggest construction firms are trying to re write the rule book on employee`s...
  5. robd

    Trying to source....Class 2 (double insulated) chrome triple spotlight...

    Afternoon all. Am searching fruitlessly for a triple spotlight fitting in chrome that's double insulated as circuit has no earth...have tried wholesalers and internet without any luck so far :icon9: I found one with endon through CEF that said double insulated in the catalogue but on ringing...
  6. Paul.M

    It's the Plasterers Fault This Time!

    Over the past 2 weeks I've had a plumber drilling into a 4mm rmf, Tuesday a home owner putting a picture nail into a 2.5mm rmf and this evening a plasterer putting a 4 inch fixing screw into a sw feed/sw live! Whoops :):):). He tried to cover it up but was found out when the elderly couple...
  7. 1

    Extractor fan and loft switches

    From another (non electrical) forum, someone has posted a thread about changing a knackered pull-cord switch in the bathroom that he cannot seem to get working. As an apprentice electrician I've been trying to get my head around it and I can't quite figure it out, especially without seeing it...
  8. J

    Trying to get nic registered part p cert

    Just got made redundant from a local council electrical contractor so thought I would become self employed with the redundancy. As I understand the Nic Eic want to have a choice of 10 completed jobs to view for the assessment. How can I do this if I am not part p registered . I was thinking they...
  9. T

    Door salesman trying to sell me £500 solar panels?

    A guy knocked my door yesterday, the guy had an Irish accent and reminded me a lot of Jedi Jim from the apprentice with the way he spoke. I found that to be ironic at the time so I actually bothered to listen to him. He was trying to sell me this idea of having solar panels installed onto my...
  10. B

    Trying to work out JIB grading ECS card.

    Hello,i know that this has been asked before by other members,but i am trying to work out what possible grading would be put on the JIB card i am going to apply for.I should be doing my ECS assesment within the next few weeks. I did a full apprentiship around 20 years ago and worked in the trade...
  11. FatBob

    Using MCB's in parallel to give local isolation

    This installation has a very old DNO metal fuse box with a hinged lid, which may or may not open in one piece. The DNO's meter feeds 2 x 63A MCB's in a 2 slot CU. Can I feed a Henley block with both line connections from the 2x63A MCB's, thus using it as a local isolation switch? The...
  12. S

    anyone interested in mabye trying to start up together in glasgow

    subby here trying to set up domestic business anyone interested in this
  13. B

    multiple door bells

    Hi all I have a customer who want 3 door bells which are the standard ding dong electro magnet type.I have raised the voltage to compensate but can only get 2 to work. the trany is a 12Vdc 1A does any one know if the trany ampage is the disiding factor as the resistance to each bell is 5.25...
  14. B

    Trying to find a 63A 4 pole TPN RCBO

    Hi. I need a 4 pole RCBO (TPN) 63A 30mA in a 4 unit device. Anyone know of one? Manufacturer doesn't matter as long as it will fit in a 4 unit enclosure. Thanks
  15. R

    I have a question from my home work can you help

    hi this is the question. A small engineering workshop is to be wired in a single-core cable drawn in a steel conduit and trunking. Why is this an appropriate choice? Thanks Rudeboy500:confused:
  16. P

    Trunking advice

    Hi all, I am trying to find a particular make of plastic trunking. It is 50mm x 50mm in size and has a rounded profile. I don't know if it is still made or who made it. The curved profile on the lid and the way the tunking itself curves in is quite distinctive. Any ideas? I need to get some...
  17. F

    LABC - are they trying it on?

    Hi all. My first post. I've been asked by a work colleague to contact our local LABC regarding the following; She is selling her house, but needs some work signing off which was done a few years ago by her husband. They turned one of the bedrooms into a bathroom, and fitted a new pull...
  18. R

    Trying to get advice for my son re. BS 7671-2008 Update

    Hiya Lads (and Ladettes) My son doesn't have access to the internet at the moment and has asked me to find out (good ole Mum) if he can sit an examination for the BS 7671-2008 Update without having to do a course first. He is studying books at home and can't really afford to do a course. Is...
  19. chrish_1977

    Customer getting in my face

    Hi all, i hope this is in the right section (if not i do apologise and will not do it again). I need some help with a very problem customer, I have carried out a c/u change and issued a EIC, then 2 weeks later I get a phone call blaming me for the boiler not working, called to the address and...
  20. M

    In reponse to Scotsparky's 'boring jobs' post - How about frustrating jobs then?

    Surely the most frustrating job, has to be the cameraman's on a **** set???

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