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What price do sparkys on here charge to fit down lighters?
My usual price tends to be £35 per down light plus the price of the light, I've just...
a customer has some undercupboard lights (12) and they are all cracking and won't hold a bulb anymore (those small screw in ones) so they want new...
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Re-called to a job today.
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Motor overloads tripping on a 3ph. water pressure boost pump, but intermittently, not every...
Dont understand instructions clearly, another forum member has just forwarded me the instructions and still confused?
When taking Ze reading the...
I was fixing an intruder alarm and the customer said when you are finished that can you have a look at the electrics for my central heating as the...
im looking for a little extra advice as i keep getting told different things.
what im looking at doing is putting up 3/4 outside security lights...
Has anyone got a Metrel 3125 Eurotest combo multi function tester.
Been given one at work to use on 2391 course and has no destructions and the...
A customers gas meter is in the kitchen approximately 12m away from the Met which is located in the hall.
The suppliers wont change the gas...
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Got a 22kw compressor to wire in but the bugger has no where for me to gland off my SWA? Just a flexi grommet to poke it...
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can you please tell me what this type of switch is called as im looking for a replacement in the screwfix catalogue and cant find one...
Hey people sorry for the noobie question !!
i have just completed my level 3 electrical installation course (still waiting for the certificate to...
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just pricing up a job to convert offices into flats. Not looked at putting in electrical heating before. Any recommendations on storage...
Got a couple of thread update emails last night, went to view them this morning but they appear to have vanished.
Did the dialogue get heated...
been asked to replace brass sockets and light switches to crome in a 3 bed house had a little look sat and when i removed 1 socket face seen there...
I noticed an external contractor installing some SY in our factory the other day, and he wasnt using the traditional SY glands but what seemed to...
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I'm in the process of ordering a popcorn machie from the USA. Here is the link to the site-
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I have completed my domestic installers course and now need to register!
I have read the sticky 'who are you registered with' and had...
Anyone done the above exam? If so what questions crop up? I only need to know cos i am delivering the course soon, and i have had no success...
Hi I have a job to do in a school the room used to be a music room now they want it to be a ITC suite what are the regs with these rooms as I...
Did a job today where I had a 6mm T&E on a 32amp retrofit MCB (re used old circuit) going into a RCD spur (13amp) then a 2.5mm going off to a...
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Just after a rough idea of how much it would cost to sort out a 3 bed end terrace, either full rewire and new board or at the very least...
Evening chaps, hope alls well. I am looking for some help in tracking down a niglon mcb. Got a job to do installing a new circuit and the previous...
I'm working out a plan a house rewire where the supply comes into the garage. The trouble is that I dont want to just clip cables to the wall...
hi ,my name is lee mcgrath,43 years old,looking for work,i am from leeds,i have 10 years domestic experience,2330 parts 2 and 3,and 17th edition...
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as this was a newone to me i thought id run it by everyone here.
called to a job today to quote for new stairs lighting wiring (old...
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i was helping out a fellow spark today as i often do and he often helps me when needed. We were doing a CU change on a...
I picked up a reference to this supplier on these here Forums as an excellent advancement in Home Automation Products....... LightwaveRF - Take...
Has anyone got any good tips/ methods for removing plastic screw covers from face plates without damaging the caps, or is it best to destroy them...
Anyone tell me the BS number for the old ABB 2 pole RCBOs that fit the older wylex CUs.
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I am just new in this field, I am currently working on a ship. Now, my problem I am having an earth fault on our...
Hi all i am looking for a bit of advice on the rates of pay for a foreman and electricans in the newcastle area.The project is a new build bus...
Just carried out a periodic on a childrens nursery (built 1994 not tested since), all tested ok but there are no RCD's. Extension leads laying...
Elecricians wanted in stoke-on-trent, north wales and Aldershot please email me at [email protected] with details of experience immediate start.
Please take some time to read through this. It is written by Widdler's father. I found it on a governement website.. It certainly speaks my mind...
HI - can I just check something please? Where is the best place to put an earthing rod ? Would it be directly outside the front or back door, or...
Have just registered for above scheme and a a question has arisen.
The fact I am registering now suggests I have not been registered until now...
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dose anyone know the next to test dates for the 2391 exam
thanks chris
I know we bond pipe work with earth clamps and 4.0mm earth cable. But does anyone know why some people coil up the earth conductor, making it look...
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just going to start week 2 of course!!!!
passed 17th edition and pat testing last week
week 2 2392
really good course and i am...
Hi, I am looking to have some rewiring done in my house and want to know if it is possible to have a permanent step down light system in my...
Anyone ever came across these 19 strand 25mm tails? Bought some from city's and my god it's lovely to shape and terminate into fuseboards, also...
Can you get a dummy head (or cover) to fit a dusk to dawn photocell, for day light testing?
Have a few to test, and was wondering if there was a...
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quick question , have an outbuilding which has no extrenuous conductive parts (water,gas,steel frame construction) the supply is TN-C-S...
Last week it was discussed how nobody is taking ownership of enforcing Part P. Just thought I'd quote this except from the "Electrician's guide...
Hi, not as interesting as the heating engineer/plumbing thread, sorry but.
i've recently installed a new CCU for my dear old mother, however on a...
Has anyone ever come across them?
Initially, I was convinced that someone had wired the lighting in this house in SINGLES twisted perfectly...
Hello i am a fully qualified electrician.I am wanting to work overseas on the oil rigs, i have my compexed booked in 3 weeks time the i will...
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I have 48 x 6mm cables to entery the side of a building covered in metal clading. anyone have any suggestion of products to use to...
Went down to help a friend today put some sockets in his office,small ring main with 8 twins on it.All wired in and do all the dead tests IR R1 R2...
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