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  1. M

    Single Pole 50 Amp Circuit Serving for Electrical Dryer, Powers and Many Others

    Hi everyone. The title should sound crazy enough, but it's what happening in my 72-years old home we've purchased 2 years ago. I found the crazy wiring when I was just troubleshooting on a lighting which has been flickering, and finally completely failed recently. I recognized the lighting is...
  2. F

    EV installs for Octopus and others

    Hi I’ve had a few enquiries to install EVCP where the home owner has an option with their energy provider eg octopus of having one supplied installed for around £800.as an aside I’ve seen one of these installs - done by s funny - not the best and had used piercing connectors on the tails ...
  3. mak

    Some MFTs have PSC/PFC test combined, I wonder why others have it as a separate test

    For example kt63 calculates pfc/psc with Zs but it has no option to go for an L-N test. The calculation is also the same V/Zs or V/Ze. The kt63 plus on the other hand has this option.
  4. L

    Signing off others work

    Evening all. Is there a stigma of signing off someone else’s work? If you came out and tested and all was ok…are you happy to sign off? Anyone who strictly would not entertain this? I don’t have the test and inspect certs so am unable to do this but don’t want to run into a problem once...
  5. baldelectrician

    Is this the standard of workmanship others see all the time?

    Went to replace a cooker hood yesterday and found this whilst looking for the cooker hood isolator This had been left like this - and they had a certificate The one below was from a house where the agent paid for a refurb and they left a unit with tape instead of blanks
  6. J

    Help with electrical work experience in Tyne and Wear.

    Coming to the end of a level 2 2365 course, starting the level 3 in September and like many others, I'm looking for work experience in Tyne and Wear. So if you can put up with a volunteer for while give me a shout. I have own transport and own basic tools. Source URL: The Welcome Forum -...
    • Jtools
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    • course electrical electrical work experience level level 2 level 3 others work experience
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  7. H

    UK Lights going off when others switched on

    Hi. Hope I'm writing in the right place. Looking for some advice, before getting an electrician in. Warning a bit of a long story ahead. So we recently bought our very first house. An older building built in 1950s.At first everything seemed OK, and survey didn't pick up any problems with the...
  8. littlespark

    Head scratcher for trainees, and others

    I was asked to look at a storage heater that wasn't working. Set up is a combined double row MEM board with lighting and power on top row, and 3 way split row on the bottom for water heating, storage heaters and panel heaters, each with their own double pole mainswitch and neutral bars. A...
  9. Dan

    SATURDAY NIGHT TUNES THREAD (27/09) - Beatles theme? - others also acceptable mind

    This is the actual beatles youtube channel if you want to follow it. They've gone in hard closing other tunes down on YT and taking over their income from them if they have left them. As it's 50 years promo thing. It's not them getting rich out of it all mind. It's the record labels and...
  10. D

    1 day re-wire....

  11. M

    certsure and others plans

    Certsure, ECA and Electrical Safety First (ESF) have worked together to develop plans to raise standards across the industry. The trio are the driving force behind proposals to change the ways competence within the industry is measured. While the electrotechnical industry prides itself on a...
  12. P

    Why are some light fittings in my new home different to others?

    Hello all, I've just moved into a new flat. It's only about 6 years old, so a pretty new build. The hallway and 2 living area light fittings are standard B22 lights, but the 2 bedrooms have a weird fitting that looks more like the sort you plug a halogen bulb into, like a GU10 bulb, only they...
  13. B

    LED bulbs not blowing in one fitting but not in others

    Hi - I'd appreciate some advice please. I've just replaced all our G9 Halogen bulbs in the fittings in our living room to LED versions - 16 in total. The fittings are called Tugel (Dar Tugel 6 Arm Semi-Flush Ceiling Light - Satin Chrome - Lighting Direct -...
  14. S

    Aico vs FireAngel (and others)

    Usually install Aico smokes/heats but just noticed quite a large price difference with FireAngel. Any with experience of the latter - fitting, reliability etc?
  15. marconi

    Why does 13A plug and socket system have flat pins when most others are round?

    (A sad admission: as a lad I collected plugs by make and colour and displayed them on a shelf in my bedroom - I liked for example the style of the 'Rock' make. I had therapy and am now recovered but some interest remains. Who remembers makes such as Rock, WG, Nettle, Wylex, Empire...
  16. P

    Do others filter the potential time wasters?

    I am sure there are far more time wasters contacting me than a few years ago, or is it just me being grumpier in older age. I think I'm usually good at sussing out the time wasters and I would say that around a third of the people who contact me I don't even arrange to quote them as I believe...
  17. sevuk

    Implications of Bonding in flats when the others are not up to standard

    Flats, just thinking of the implications of bonding. This is in response to looking at a flat here for a refit. My background is wiring churches and have never really been involved in premises that involve multiple occupancy, but the principle is simple. Landlords area needs the services bonded...
  18. littlespark

    Are some telly's better at recieving digital signals than others?

    After several years with a sky dish, my parents asked me to do something with their old aerial setup. The aerial, high up on the gable was a perfect perch for the local pigeons to sit and make a mess on their doorstep. They have a Panasonic tv in the living room, connected with a sky+ box, and...
  19. B

    Cards

    What types of cards can you get e.g like CSCS card, are there any others that are useful? Thanks
  20. A

    Fluorescent fittings not working but others (halogen/tungsten) ok - confused

    I haven't done any testing yet - too dark and too knackered - but:- there has been no change to the circuitry since installation there are four separate circuits each having both fluorescent and halogen and/or tungsten. The fluorescents are switched separately from the other fittings this...
    • adpierce
    • Thread
    • confused fittings fluorescent not working other others switch working
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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