Just a thought from a old meter installer.. we were always told never!! Use a customers plug as your responsibility is upto the meter/isolator anything after that belongs to the property owner. A polarity tester can range from a simple voltage checker to test lamps (2 leads with a lamp or light...
I work for a certain housing association and we're given specific time slots depending on the size of property maximum of three properties a day, as said previously this is repetitive work so we're pretty sure it's all ok unless the tnt "used to be a sparks" and we find stuff that shouldn't be...
I only do the odd bit of chasing so bought myself a Erbaur chasing maching from Screwfix and a cheap dust extractor off fleabay the chaser was £99.99 and hoover was £50 never looked back, even came with cutting discs. Had it a few years now and never had a problem.
I know they aren't purely electrical but what about Screwfix/Electrifix. Always have what you want or need or can get it in 24 hours, and the other side has anything else you might need at decent reasonable prices, and you can order on line and collect or have delivered.
Balls I've got...
im a old fart been in the trade 15 years and always been told that because i can do it i dont need the qualification (piece of paper) but now im back in the job market alls i get are questions like "have you got this certificate?" i am booked on the next EAL course in my area as its cheaper and...
just out of interest, i used to be area supervisor for a company installing electric meters and was always told to ask for certificates but being an electrician i always argued the point at meetings(always ignored), the reason i always got was "if you dont have a certificate how do you know the...
i deal with alot of holiday let companies down here in deepest darkest cornwall, i started with a letter through their letter boxes stating that pat testing was required in all commercial premises, pretty much none of them knew what PAT testing was and rang to find out, alot of letting agents...
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