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  1. T

    Anyone else bother double-certing?

    So if you fit a new consumer unit for a landlord you need to supply an EICR as that's the only thing the letting agent understands/accepts - technically though you should do an installation cert too, as that forms the customers proof you did the work and guarantee, and would be a scheme...
  2. GBDamo

    Bonding bother.

    The present small job is in a unit, one of 40, in a single story Victorian mill. The construction is cast pillars and beams in a roughly 6 meter grid I cannot find any evidence of the steel being bonded, the site is huge and it seems unreasonable to spend days sorting this for a few sockets...
  3. cliffed

    Ls Lr why isn’t some dont bother

    Just your thoughts on this one,helping a sparky out on a real nice ufh system wireless stats & heatmiser wireless control box. i asked you got all the cables in from boiler to junction boxes.,3core to each one mate. why is it they don’t look @the diagram,it shows a volt free contact,to the...
  4. naylorpd

    OWL Intuition - worth the bother?

    I have a three phase supply in my house in Azerbaijan. The incoming cable from the meter is 4x35mm SWA with a 120A DNO breaker, CU is a Schneider Acti 9 and I have earth rods buried in the garden. I did all the electrical work myself apart from first fix cables in the house, in about 2014...
  5. buzzlightyear

    i am in a bit of bother

    customer rings up I am in a bit of bother ,just returned from being away and the rcbo will not set . ok be their in a jiffy ,ok what's off, ground floor sockets ,ok let me have a look ,have you had any work done ,yes says the customer the boiler ,me looking at the f/spur hang of the wall . which...
  6. C

    Ducting reducer or not bother?

    Could do with bit of advice, running a 6mm SWA from consumer unit to shed, where I exit the house will be through the slab foundations straight underground. To do this ill need a long SDS drill bit. My issue is I would like to use twin walled 40mm underground ducting however I cannot make a...
  7. D

    Torque screw driver anyone bother ?

    Ok tin hat on for a minute... I have never ever bothered to acquire or use a torque rated screw driver I have been offered a second hand wiha one by a mate for £20 as he is buggering off to Spain to work Are they worth using ?
  8. buzzlightyear

    why do i bother doing jobs for people

    my neighbour ring me up and asks me to go and sort her electrics has she said that the fuse has gone .telling me the over the sink the cabinet lights stopped working so I tuned up after making appointment with her now the house she has been in, approx. 20year a new house when she moved in . now...
  9. T

    Why bother to register

    Hi guys OK so here's my post I've been an electrician for some time and have worked both employed and self employed as most of you probably have.. I been with elecsa when they first started out and stroma. But as times moved on I don't want to do large installs.. I'm content with socket...
  10. Joshua

    Why bother getting a gold card when they're giving away black ones.

    I think I've given up on our industry now. More dumbing down from the JIB.
  11. buzzlightyear

    why bother in the first place

    this was fitted by a traveling circus ,fitted by two clowns .was fitted around December , call out to a fault on the ground floor ring .no test cert .nothing .and a new alarm fitted by a electrical firm .love the way the tails have been put in by both parties.
  12. telectrix

    wonder why we bother sometimes

    as title. see photo. wet-pants had a diagram showing the exact position of my downlights.so where does he run his wet works? had to reposition all 4 lights. the cables in the pic are in the alternative hole. lucky i didn't drill his pipe.
  13. L

    NICEIC Certification Scheme filing a complaint with NICEIC - is it worth the bother?

    As part of a renovation to my home I'm having some electrical work done. It's been organised through the builder so he contracts with the sparkie and I contract with the builder. The sparkie is NICEIC registered and has just done the testing prior to issuing the certificate. He's made the...
  14. Gavin John Hyde

    Anybody bother to join trustmark scheme?

    I know the schemes/scams depending on your outlook offer the Trustmark scheme as a add on. Has anybody actually seen any benefit from having this extra or is it just money down the drain? You might get one or two people who see it and think you are a demigod as a result and might be...
  15. Spoon

    "Why do we bother" rant ...................

    Ok. A friend on mine had some sockets in her house with swapped polarity. Her hubby Googled for an electrician. They have come and spend 2 days fixing the problem. Hubby (or DC) would not tell his missus who he had got or what they were doing. Yesterday the 'electricians' were round, fixing the...
  16. D

    Stroma Certification Scheme Stroma Worry - Don't bother, they're sound and normal and not just after you for your money!

    Just had my Stroma assessment. I just wanted to put all the guys minds at ease that are awaiting theirs. Went ok and I was pooing myself to say the least. (Who enjoys being interviewed about their job and knowledge) Had a guy called Gary who was very chilled and eased my nerves. Got a couple...
  17. M

    Why do we Bother

    Just been to a job to do some minor works and found the usual " boards just been changed" blah with no main earth, meter tails in separate holes in metal board plus a few other horrors. I Check out the page from the test cert and pictures of board. Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk
  18. O

    Why do we BOTHER!

    So a well respected local bathroom company takes over £20K off a local couple to refit 2 x bathrooms. The well respected local bathroom company subcontract the sparking and from what I can see they: 1. Installed a new circuit to accomodate a couple of sockets, in the adjacent bedroom and under...
  19. B

    Why bother with Part P ?

    Had a call from a customer who wanted a couple of extra sockets installed in her kitchen. Explained to her over the phone that these would need RCD protecting,etc and she informed me that she had a new consumer unit installed 18 months ago when a disabled bathroom was installed downstairs. Went...
  20. G

    NICEIC Certification Scheme niceic registration

    looking to register with niceic got everything in place just need to pay fee and go through examination , been trading ltd company since last year feb , looking for advice on what the examination involves what questions asked etc im in south lanarkshire area

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