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Outside lights - SWA junction boxes
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Working abroad - travel insurance?
Good thought, that! I'll have to have a ring in the morning. Cheers!- DiscoDave
- Post #3
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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Working abroad - travel insurance?
In just over a week I'm heading to the Falklands for a month, just got on to looking at travel insurance, every company I can find covers manual work on the ground only - as in one step up a ladder and you're not covered. Just wondered if anyone had any experience or recommendations for decent...- DiscoDave
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- abroad electrical work insurance not uk travel working
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- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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On Site Card Payments by Customers -Options
i've had a number of times people who just don't fancy paying, one excuse was "the wife doesn't let me have any real money" i asked does she let you have plastic?? the answer yes, and he was so impressed at the idea of me taking a card payment that it was all done and dusted before he realised...- DiscoDave
- Post #8
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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Printing Large Drawings
Kall kwick have bracnches all over the place, i get mine done at a local indipendant place, they do pay per print or you can pay up front £100 at a time and just email your drawings through, and collect later on.- DiscoDave
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- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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On Site Card Payments by Customers -Options
We use a GPRS hand held terminal from barkley card. Pay a monthly fee and a very small percentage on ech transaction. We tried apps, and payment gateways on phone and iPad but people were suspicious. If it says Barkley card on it it's reassuring. I have a man on the inside if anyone...- DiscoDave
- Post #5
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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price guide
you have to accept that you will not win every job, but that you must price to do a good job using materials of a quality that you are happy to endorse, (ie you will be dealing with faulty/waranty issues) Personally I have a costs list for materials, eg socket, back box, plugs and screws = £5...- DiscoDave
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- Forum: Business Related
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Non payment and notification
i have this in my terms and conditions, but also state that in order to comply with building regulations notification needs to be made with in 21 days of completion and in order to do so full payment must be made. on the off chance that it comes back to haunt me i will explain that the job as a...- DiscoDave
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- Forum: Business Related
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My first Consumer unit change
If you isolate the consumer unit by it's main switch, there is then no load on the system, so removing the main incomer fuse should not pose any difficulties. Be careful once you've got it out, because there is then a rather large unfused lump of brass at the bottom of the fuse socket that is... -
Lutron testing
The Graphic Eye is essentially a fancy (but very nice) light switch, treat it as a dimmer - ie disconnect it completely from the circuit, and connect the circuits through with connector strip. admittedly there will be a few more legs to the circuit than on a normally dimmed circuit, but I...- DiscoDave
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- Forum: Periodic Inspection Reporting & Certification
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consumer unit changes
very often the person from the council has a very limited understanding of what constitutes a dangerous condition and what constitutes a non compliance condition. generally going to the far end of a fart is used as a substitute for experience and practical knowledge. Although I issue an...- DiscoDave
- Post #7
- Forum: Industrial Electricians' Talk
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power tools off ebay
As said check feed back etc etc, if possible go and look at it first.- DiscoDave
- Post #5
- Forum: Electrical Tools and Products
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Hilti Vs Pulsar - compatibility?
I've just bought a hilti gx100, and being northern and from yorkshire i'm already after saving a few quid. does any one know if the gas and or nails from the paslode spit pulsa nail gun is compatible with the hilti? or failing that anyone with a pulsa fancy poping a strip of nails in the...- DiscoDave
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- hilti pat pat testing
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- Forum: Electrical Tools and Products
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TV in bathroom!!
was just going to hunt about for a link, fitted one last year!- DiscoDave
- Post #8
- Forum: Industrial Electricians' Talk
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hilti
where are you, phone number? can't pm you as you only have one post.- DiscoDave
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- Forum: For Sale and Wanted Forum
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