Vans with "Testing ans inspection" on them.

[DoBBY]

*AND

Hold on! don't we inspect before we test? Should be Inspection and testing, yet many people have it the otherway round on their van/advertisement

 

[IQ Electrical]

*AND

Hold on! don't we inspect before we test? Should be Inspection and testing, yet many people have it the otherway round on their van/advertisement

Try to ignore the glaring error DoBBY, let's pray they don't use the van sign as a prompt

 

[RexT]

Hi DoBBY,

Yes you are right. There are a lot of vans with stuff written on them which if looked at correctly does seem wrong.
I guess it is more of a marketing thing and a business getting / grabbing exercise that is behind it.
Unfortunately it is the customers (the public?) that don't really know and go for what they think is right.
There are a lot of good guys on this forum who probably lose out because they are honest and state what they do, not what is nonsense.
Best wishes,
Rex

 

[DurhamSparky]

Part P qualified always makes me giggle on Adverts / Vans!! oh and 17th Edition Electrician!!! hehehehe!

 

[Paul.M]

Part P qualified always makes me giggle on Adverts / Vans!! oh and 17th Edition Electrician!!! hehehehe!

If I was.self employed I'd put 18th edition advertising that I'm one stage better ha ha. I bet most people would believe it.

 

[Kamikaze]

I don't see why not...lol, as long as you don’t specify what the 18th edition is all about.

 

[Dayo]

i saw Gas Safe on a van, which we all know its not, it can catch fire and blow up buildings

 

[alex trician]

On the subject I saw the olde NICEIC which the graphics were for INSTALLION contractors. Were these the horses for the cowboys

 

[tlangdon12]

Someone once told me that when pairs of food items were listed, e.g. Fish & Chips, Ham & Eggs, Steak & Chips, etc., it was always the item with the most protien that was listed first; never the other way around. I've yet to find an example that breaks this rule! I wonder if there is the same logic operating with "Testing & Inspection" - it's because the testing is the 'bigger' job it gets listed first.

 

[DurhamSparky]

i find 3 out of the 4 pages on a basic pir are inspection rather than testing!!

 

[Dayo]

jellied eels?

 

[DoBBY]

Someone once told me that when pairs of food items were listed, e.g. Fish & Chips, Ham & Eggs, Steak & Chips, etc., it was always the item with the most protien that was listed first; never the other way around. I've yet to find an example that breaks this rule! I wonder if there is the same logic operating with "Testing & Inspection" - it's because the testing is the 'bigger' job it gets listed first.

Was that your van I seen lolol, its wrong mate you inspect before you test

 

[ecclescake]

Potato and meat pie but everyone asks for meat and potato.

 

[ecclescake]

Was that your van I seen lolol, its wrong mate you inspect before you test

If it said testing then inspection it would wrong but since its testing AND inspection it just means both.

 

[DoBBY]

If it said testing then inspection it would wrong but since its testing AND inspection it just means both.

On your van then? I laughed when I seen the van scoot past me, I looked twice

 

[Adam W]

Someone once told me that when pairs of food items were listed, e.g. Fish & Chips, Ham & Eggs, Steak & Chips, etc., it was always the item with the most protien that was listed first; never the other way around. I've yet to find an example that breaks this rule! I wonder if there is the same logic operating with "Testing & Inspection" - it's because the testing is the 'bigger' job it gets listed first.

I reckon it's something to do with the more appealing, more valuable item first - the chips are the side dish to fill you up and are as cheap as, well, chips but what goes with them (eg the fish, ham & egg, pie etc) defines the dish.
In the same way anyone can have a look at an installation but you need an expensive tester and sufficient knowlege of how to work the thing to do the tests.
Nobody wants to pay just to have somebody to have a quick look at something - they want figures, certificates, intelligent sounding beeps etc.

That said when I worked in a pub I'd get chavs coming in and asking if we did chips.
Then if we had "anything to go with the chips".
Thinking they meant salt & vinegar, ketchup, even cheese (which we charged extra for) I'd say yes.
Turns out they wanted their chips garnished with something more like a steak or some scampi.
I suspect this may have been more to do with trying to play down the 'main event' to influence the price.
Bloody chavs.

 

[telectrix]

my van says " RAG/BONE " does that mean that rags have got more appeal than bones? os should i changew it to "ANY OLD IRON"

 

[malcolmsanford]

my van says " RAG/BONE " does that mean that rags have got more appeal than bones? os should i changew it to "ANY OLD IRON"[/QUOTE]

See your a Harry Champion fan then Tel

 

[VoltzElectrical]

This thread is well funny and informative.

 

[telectrix]

who's harry champion? my lady calls me steptoe!

 

[nickblake]

who's harry champion? my lady calls me steptoe!

why's that then are you a " dirty little old man " could be worse could be compo

 

[telectrix]

less of the old!!! LOL. when compo died, i inherited his suit.

 

[Kamikaze]

who's harry champion? my lady calls me steptoe!

So which one are you then, Albert or Harold?

 

[malcolmsanford]

who's harry champion? my lady calls me steptoe!

Might be a little on the modern side for you Tel


Harry Champion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[telectrix]

So which one are you then, Albert or Harold?

bit in between, mate. older than harold, younger than albert, but at least i'm still living. was going to take hercules to the races but he says it's a shocking idea.

 

[Kamikaze]

That would be the first time a horse would start from a kneeling position…..pml

 

[cus]

Yoy contacted me a couple weeks ago with regards to looking for work .. I need someone to do periodic test & inspection also pat testing on following locations if interested.
[FONT=&quot]Urmston Not between 20 June- 4th July[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sharston Not between 30 May – 20 June[/FONT]
Blackburn [FONT=&quot]Not between [/FONT] 05th Sept-19th Sept
[FONT=&quot]Crewe Not between [/FONT] 10 Oct-24th Oct[FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Warrington Not between 18th April - 2 May[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Blackpool[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Birkenhead Not between 28TH March – 11th April[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Buckley[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Stockport Not between 16-23 May[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Warrington[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Bangor Not between [/FONT] 29th Aug-12 Sept[FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Telford[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Colwyn Bay Not between [/FONT] 19th Sept-03 Oct[FONT=&quot][/FONT]
Lewes [FONT=&quot]Not between 20 June- 4th July[/FONT]

 

[Knobhead]

Sure you weren’t looking at Inspection & Testing on the front of the van trough the rear view mirror of your van.

 

[telectrix]

Yoy contacted me a couple weeks ago with regards to looking for work .. I need someone to do periodic test & inspection also pat testing on following locations if interested.
[FONT=&quot]Urmston Not between 20 June- 4th July[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sharston Not between 30 May – 20 June[/FONT]
Blackburn [FONT=&quot]Not between [/FONT] 05th Sept-19th Sept
[FONT=&quot]Crewe Not between [/FONT] 10 Oct-24th Oct[FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Warrington Not between 18th April - 2 May[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Blackpool[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Birkenhead Not between 28TH March – 11th April[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Buckley[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Stockport Not between 16-23 May[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Warrington[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Bangor Not between [/FONT] 29th Aug-12 Sept[FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Telford[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Colwyn Bay Not between [/FONT] 19th Sept-03 Oct[FONT=&quot][/FONT]
Lewes [FONT=&quot]Not between 20 June- 4th July[/FONT]

warrington, buckley, stockport are within my reach. have megger 1552 and seaward pat tester.

 

[Risteard]

Have to agree that "Testing and Inspection" always annoys me. It shows a lack of understanding. It is Inspection and Testing not only because inspection precedes testing but also because it is far more important. Inspection can show you problems that any amount of buttons pressed never could.

Just like I hate job ads looking for "testers" when it should be inspectors (or even Electricians - it's not as if inspection and testing can or should be completely separated from installation work).