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  1. telectrix

    In Praise of the 5 week wonder

    Oh, he is a 5 week wonder now all he does is blunder with 2.5 and 1.5 he still don't know which is live the RCD is having a freak coz. half his wiring's got a leak the high Zs and the low IR soon got him running to his car he'll ask the forum they will help but their responses make him yelp red...
  2. T

    No wonder kids cant these days.....

    Yeah we have all heard (and many said ime sure) Kids cant do ..... these days. A while back I was talking to a college lecturer who said 90% of the kids they get these days cant do basic maths or even use a calculator. Now I found this odd, not so much that they cant do maths but they cant use...
  3. T

    No wonder there is problems....

    Been looking at outside lights for home and the first thing that pops up on google is this: How to install an outdoor light from Homebase Helping to Make Your House a Home Cracking instructions there. My personal fave quotes being: "None of these jobs are particularly difficult but you will...
  4. B

    Anyone seen this light switch before ?

    Don't think much thought went into the actual position of the switch !
  5. O

    Wonder when we will get this email!!

    Got this today, courtsey of my listing on the Plumbers Forum "Dear Murdoch, Just a quickie. We wanted to updated you with regards to what we've done with Google to help businesses both large and small in the UK. Over the past few months we've been working with Google to ensure we have...
  6. C

    New Zealand 5 Week Wonder Card!

    Just completed my week 2 and already looking forward to my Electrical Trainee card,I believe it replaces the JIB card :yawn:
  7. D

    My system really kicked in on 22nd March 2012 - I wonder..... ?

    As title, my system really started to generate on and after this day last year with ease I wonder if this will happen this year and with the same performance increase ?? Naturally this was/is the approx date of the Spring Soistice ( ie. 20th March ) which is no real surprise why the above...
  8. A

    Storage heater not working... Wonder Why!!!

    Hi all, thought I would share this one, Got called to a job today where an elderly gentleman's storage heaters weren't working at all, so I get to the job and do what I usually do with storage heaters and check the safety cut out on the thermostat, all ok??? Mmmm ok next switch burnt out...
  9. S

    Makes me wonder how your part p regestered

    I have been looking at threads on here for some time and i panic to think some people are actually registered electricians and asking the most silly questions on here. Some of the questions regarding testing, or 17th questions and your actually trading.... it makes me think that part p...
  10. M

    JIB Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) techinican jib card enquiry

    hi to all does many of you have a jib technician card and if so are they worth while.i see on jib website they require City & Guilds of London Institute Electrical Installation Work Part III as a requirement does any1 know what course this is thanks mk
  11. Amp David

    I wonder what the quality of this would be like

    Full House Rewire Including Consumer Unit. | eBay
  12. B

    Makes you wonder?

    There have been so many movies, series, & programmes about Zombies and the un-dead. But could it ever happen......could it even become a reality? Could a parasite, or a virus, or even a genetic mutation cause the right ‘conditions’ for a Zombie to exist..................or are they already here...
  13. S

    Never mind a 5 day wonder, what about a 2 hour one!

    I get some hilarious calls at work, from members of the public who want info about the courses we run. Taxi driver from Halifax, enquires about our basic electrical course. This is a 4 day overview, including safe isolation practice, and is aimed at Maintenance engineers, who need to replace...
  14. A

    solar pv instalation course 2399

    anyone recommend this course........and anyone in the solar pv industry. just booked onto course and cant find much on tinternet on current and future demand for work, juslookng for some feedbk thanx ant
  15. D

    Motor tripping supply..........I wonder why!!!!

    Joinery mill call out to shed with everything coated in fine dust a smell of burning and a sheepish lad saying smoke came from motor then a bang. this is what i found when i removed motor endplate. Safe to say ive never seen everything yet, what your seeing is fine sawdust pulled through the...
  16. telectrix

    Makes You Wonder. ( copied from email, but no apologies )

    This makes you wonder what will be left for our kids - NOT A LOT!!!!! OH BRITAIN , where did we go wrong ? We're "broke" and can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless etc. Are you aware of the following? The British Government provides the following financial...
  17. M

    I wonder I wonder

    Just had to pop in to screwfix and as I was waiting for my item I noticed a gentleman who had bought a pack of ten 15mm x 3m plumbers PVC tube and a drum of 1.5mm PVC/PVC cable. Couldn't help but wonder what he had planned
  18. R

    No wonder main fuses are pulled!

    Have a CU to swap so thought we'd go down the route of getting the DNO out to fit an isolator. Now wish we hadn't. The DNO is EDF and they will come out to disconnect the supply only. We will have to fit the isolator. The issue is, that worst case we have a 4 hour slot between being...
  19. O

    No wonder I am constantly banging on about DNOs

    Whent to a job this morning checked out the supplies before starting the job and found there was no earth connection I noticed the cut out was fairly new so I asked the customer what the script was he said he got electrical work 5 years ago and the spark said you dont have a proper earth contact...
  20. H

    And we wonder why the future of our industry in bleak

    2 third year JTL apprentices and I spotted them doing this!! And people wonder why the industry is going down hill!!

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