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  1. Markc

    Save & Generate website

    Is anyone using the services of Save & Generate website? They (apparently) have interested clients who log on to this website and give details of their property for the installation of a PV array. These details other than a name and address are then sent out to registered installers (And by...
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    Just a young man trying to find his way! HELP NEEDED!

    Hi everyone ive been trawling google and sparks forums for hours and found this about the most useful. The situation is im a time served electrician JIB card in hand from a large electrical contractors in the north west, having just come out of time i have not had my contract renewed due to the...
  3. R

    Lost trying to wire contactors and timers

    Ive got a 20amp 2 pole proteus din rail contactor Proteus - Products and proteus 16amp 1 mod din rail timer.... Proteus - Products Hoping to use for night day switching of a selection of flurorescent (7 x 70w )and downlights (12 x 50w)with a total load of about 6 amps/1482w. Thing is not...
  4. D

    Is it worth trying to go it alone?

    Although I'm not yet in a position to really consider it yet (see my previous post), I've been wondering, in this current climate is it really worth the gamble to set up on your own? I don't, as yet, know just how competitive it is out there. I'll be looking to work with a company initially...
  5. mattyevz

    trying to improve website

    hey peeps, iv designed my own website. Iv never done it before so its just pain and simple at the moment with alot designed using ms paint. Iv done it all for nothing thanks to get british businesses online.If you could give any opinons and what else i could add. Also how do you get it to rank...
  6. D

    Thinking of giving up trying to be a sparky.

    You know what, Last year on my employers advice they suggest if I want to get into the electrical employment sector i really need to consider going to college full time to get the skills and qualifications necessary to achieve my career goals.I had thought about it for years but financial...
  7. D

    night mare job

    Trying to locate a ring circuit in a house and so far i have found 3 rings within rings..!! ARGH!!!!! CHIMPS!!!! :eek: any body else had similar encounters!!
  8. C

    Trying to get an earthing arrangement from the DNO

    Just called EON to find out the earthing arrangement of a commercial premises (not obvious whether TNS or TNCS). The lady didn't have a clue what I was talking about and said they could put a PME in if I wanted. I've not had to call before so am I being daft here? It is EON who should know this...
  9. P

    newbiee trying to find work

    hi everyone i live in the middlesbrough area and am trying to find electrical work, i have full scope and want to work for myself really, i was considering myhammer or rated people any feed back would be great, or companies taking on staff, cheers
  10. I

    how to convert from rotation of dc motor to output voltage

    how can I change the rotation of the dc motor to the voltage? for example, when the dc motor is connected to the light, the light will light up. so my question, how can I get the output voltage on screen when dc motor rotates.?
  11. R

    Trying to get started

    Am in process of establishing myself as an electrician - long way to go yet. Background is in manufacturing, but it is dying a death in this country. My thoughts are to retrain and I know a fair bit about electricity, am used to complying with regulations and love problem solving etc. I am in my...
  12. N

    Work Experience??????

    Hi All, Not sure which forum to use to get advise so this will do.... Have completed C&G2330 2,3, on NVQ3, got CS card, shortly have Part P and 17th, done few installation jobs, rewires and fault finding repair stuff... having great difficulty finding work experience.. Have applied for loads...
  13. G

    1 way lighting with 2 way switch

    From the consumer unit i've ran a 3-core cable to the light, and then from the light to the switch which is a 2 way switch, where does the live and neutral go into l1,l2, common terminals? I know if the switch was 1st then the lives would go through common and L1 and the neutrals would go into...
  14. D

    Trying to find a relay

    Hi, I'm trying to source a relay to replace one on a PCB board. The relay in question is a Tianbo HJQ-13F-2Z but I can't find any UK suppliers online. Does anyone know of a supplier or an alternative relay I could use? The relay is rated at 10A 240VAC 30VDC. Thanks Dorian
  15. A

    Trying again - Do I need a fire alarm?

    Hi all, I tried this back in October but didn't really sort it at the time. I have two flats, they're going to be holiday lets. There is a common entrance stairway up to the first floor where there is a door each way into each flat. The question is, I'm obviously putting in interlinked smokes...
  16. K

    Trying to identify distributors fuse

    Hi, i'm trying to identify the rating of a distributors fuse. I have attached a picture of the said fuse. The markings on it state Schneider Type YN6 but give no indication of rating or short circuit capacity. It's been suggested that these are 400A. Anybody come across them?
  17. C

    Trying to find a certain type of plug.

    Hey guys Im not an Electrician but I couldn't really think of a better place to ask this. I am trying to find a certain type of plug, i have managed to find an image for it but i really can't find anywhere on the internet that sells them. Mainly because i don't have the actual name of the...
  18. D

    Help - new kid on the block trying to set up on own !

    good morning gents. Just found this gathering and i am in in the process of starting to go on my own. I currently work for a company who do electrical work for retail shops, so basicly all i do is minor works (ballast boy!) although I have done quite a lot of my own work doing up various houses...
  19. S

    dealing with customers

    evening all, having been self employed now for about 4 months ish, im finding many jobs that are not up to scratch bonding wise etc tt system today with Ra of 543 ohms, luckily all these jobs i have been allowed by the customer to bring upto standard. im finding it hard to explain things to...
  20. K

    Confused

    :confused: Am i right to presume that now we are working under the 17th edition, if we go into somebodys house and do even the smallest job, say like changing a socket face we have to make sure that the circuit is backed up by an rcd and the bonding is up to scratch; and if it isn't we cannot...

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