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  1. T

    whats the best enclosure

    pic showsa trench in between old and new doorway under stairs.i want to run some twin and earth between the opening to sockets either side. using this job to join elecsa so wondered what i could get away with? am i looking at galv conduit? could i put a wooden board over the top? pvc conduit or...
  2. B

    whats the bset av sender

    Slightly dropped in the mire, The managing director of one companies we work for asked us to install new sky plus cables, quite straight forward ( well you'd think so ) Hard plaster finish to all ceilings , marble floors on first floor , no cable risers etc etc so we need to install a video...
  3. S

    whats the situation

    whats the situation out there guys, whos busy and whos not whos found other alternative ways of getting enquiries and how are you fed up with the publicity too? afterall you have spent putting in time and money into the solar industry with your company like most of us have. thoughts please. i...
  4. D

    RCD wont trip... tehn trips.....then wont reset... Whats going on please?

    Hi all. I'm getting abit confused. Help would be appreciated. Was called to a customer who had lights dimming and kettle not working. Arrived and found TT sytem with in line Voltage operated Earth Leakage device between cutout and fuse box. The device was found to be faulty, large voltage...
  5. S

    whats going on in our industry?....i am shocked!

    being a sparky since 1980, and always busy [a bit quiet now that's why i joined this forum] been reading some of the posts in the work wanted and inspection/testing forums...i am shocked at whats going on in our industry, and cant believe what i am reading! you have some postings in the work...
  6. M

    Testers whats the best one

    What testers are better than others who has had what problems, I had a dial log multi function last year all it did was eat batteries..... PS don t forget your sun cream today.....
  7. A

    whats the best way to wire a long run to the outside of a building

    Right any advice would be very much apreciated, i have an install for a friend, they have a farm the stables being 30 meters away from the house which contains the meter & Cu a new CU would be installed then from that its another 25 meters to the point where SWA can be run underground, so i need...
  8. R

    whats a suitable distrubution system?

    hi guys, if i had a main bulding (sort of sub station) and then approx 7 other buildings to be power from here all with like either 100a or 200a depending on what the ywill be used for then what would be a suitable distubution system between the main distrubution panel and each of the...
  9. O

    Whats with the calls in the middle of the night

    Guys for the last 2 nights my house phone has been called at 04:30 and 02:05 the first time I got number witheld then the second time I got the number and looked it up today it appears that they have hacked into some poor companies phone system or useing software to mimic a legit number and then...
  10. Z

    Whats you Most Money for Smallest Job?

    As title says... Whats most youve been payed for the smallest job you've done?
  11. O

    Customers whats going on ?

    I do small electrical repairs and alarm upgrades I gave a guy a quote and he bit my hand off saying he had a company in and they wanted a lot of money plus they would not do it without him signing a maintenance contract for at least 5 years so me thinks I should have charged more anyway my main...
  12. JD6400

    Whats the scrap prices in your area ?

    I have got to get around to doing another scrap run soon as it did not get done before Christmas because of the price drop ! The trouble is finding the best price , I find if you phone around they can vary by as much as ££££s per ton for bright within a 10 - 20 mile radius ? And how one yard...
  13. K

    Whats your ride?

    hi all just wondering what vans you all have, im in the market for another vehicle at the moment i have a vw caddy maxi life but aint working out for me with the windows cant stack my tools above them! whats good and whats worth avoiding?
  14. i=p/u

    bit of you knowledge and love for the tools

    looking at laserlevels here and was wondering if anyone has bought the new dewalt laser level? and anywhere you seen at good price at moment?? think the new 1 is 88k
  15. G

    Whats the next big thing in Renewables

    HI all, What do you guys think the next thing will be with renewables, or what other areas are there thats worth it now, Heat Pumps,Biomass?? looking at something else other than PV now that seems dead, i assume that if you have the quality management system in place its pretty much the same...
  16. P

    OK whats been up dated?

    Forum closed down this afternoon for a while for an up date. I was lost without it, I had to watch day time tv. Never again.
  17. M

    whats the correct method of connecting broken - cutcable in a ring main socket please

    Hi, i have a fault on my lounge ring main, it works fine but failed the tests, i have discovered a cable passing through the back of one of the sockets has been cut which was part of the ring, what i need to know is how should this be correctly reconnected, there is enough cable to crimp or run...
  18. G

    whats best inverter?

    I am fitting 15 x znshine panels on south west roof 260w voc at stc 60v and isc 5.67 whats best inverter was looking at fronius 3.6 tl but i think voltage would be too high on one string any help please gordon
  19. G

    whats best inverter?

    Next week im fitting 16x sharp 245watt poly panels am looking at a fronius ig 3.6 tl anyone git any recomendations for a good inverter?
  20. A

    LEDs... whats up here?

    Hi Guys I retrofitted some nice 7w LED gu10s this morning. fine. Turn them off later today - nope. Still on and probably as bright as before. Simple existing switch with no voltage on the load side when open and earth active at the switch. And no two way circuit. Really dont see how...

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