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    What percentage of Sparks voted Brexit?

    The best part of leaving is we can choose the skills of the people we let in. Not just anyone from Europe, we could choose people with the skills we need from outside Europe that under the current rule we can't. The real interesting thing about the vote is that most people didn't believe...
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    What percentage of Sparks voted Brexit?

    I voted out and would do again in a heartbeat. We should make our own rules but they main reason is immigration. We do NOT have a housing crises we have a population crises. Unrestricted immigration is the cause of our housing crises and other associated problems like pollution and traffic...
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    When is TNS really PME and vice versa?

    The thing is the DNO call it pme. We call it tncs. As far as we are concerned as Westwood said, if it it tns as it enters a property that is what we should treat it as. There is a difference between tncs (tera neutral combined seperate) and pme (protective multiple earthing). You can have tns...
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    When is TNS really PME and vice versa?

    I can't remember the last time I had a tns that had a ze that would be too high for a tncs. A dno jointer once told me that at every joint that they attend to due to a fault is then pmed. He said in effect nearly all their supplies is now pme (except tt systems).
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    Outdoor Junction Box with wire from back

    Rear entry hole IP65 Adaptable Box 80 x 80 x 52mm - https://www.NoLinkingToThis/p/ip65-adaptable-box-80-x-80-x-52mm/14556
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    Euro 5 or Euro 6 Van

    I'd you are planning going into London (or any other major cities that are bringing in similar rules to London) then go for euro 6. Ad blues is about 14 quid every 3 or 4 thousand miles
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    Hire purchase or lease?

    I bought a new Van in jaunaury. I spoke to my accountant about the most efficient way to buy a van and she said the best way is buy outright. The next best way is bank loan followed by hp. Leasing came last due to the fact you have nothing at the end of it. Also leasing companies stick you...
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    Stepping on another electricians toes?

    Be very careful. I have had this sort of thing. Firstly only issue an eicr for work that has been completed and tell them to check that is OK with building control if they are involved. Also do not give them much credit. Get a 25% deposit before you start. Tell them your payment terms and get...
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    Other trades:- Give us sparkies a break

    Plasterers can be right ----s. I get so fed up with them that I liven up cables where I can. They hate it but they are very very careful when they know it's live. If they hit a live cable it ruins their trowels. There is one plasterer who is terrible for mucking about with cables, I have been...
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    Whats the oldest type of wiring sytem you have had to work on/repair/replace

    A couple of years ago I had the joy of trying to get lights back on in a place wired in VIR cable, wired in singles with no conduit.. The fault was a loose connection at a switch but the owner had taken a light fitting down. I fixed the switch ok (the insulation was quite good - no cracking) but...
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    Whats the oldest type of wiring sytem you have had to work on/repair/replace

    A couple of years ago I had the joy of trying to get lights back on in a place wired in VIR cable, wired in singles with no conduit.. The fault was a loose connection at a switch but the owner had taken a light fitting down. I fixed the switch ok (the insulation was quite good - no cracking) but...
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    Re-test notice dilemma

    When I put in a new circuit or circuits but am not testing the whole installation I put on a retest test sticker and label the circuit or circuits it applies to. For example, yesterday I put power into a shed. On the retest I put shed only.
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    New Home - Advise Needed

    I live just outside London and the DNO (the electrical supply company) don't do anything chargeable for less than a grand. So to move all the stuff before your consumer unit (fuseboard), thats the big black cable coming out of the floor, the box attached to it and the meter would cost at least a...
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    Reccommendation for work trousers

    Snickers are the ones my wholesalers wants 60 quid for. If they last well I might try a pair
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    Reccommendation for work trousers

    I have been wearing scruffs work trousers. They have the additional 'flappy' pockets and knee pads holders where the knee pad slots in from the top. The problem is the scruffs trousers dont last very well. On one pair the stitching for a pocket has come apart and also the knee pad pocket wears...

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