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  1. Pete999

    Pete's Videos no need to worry anymore folks, you heard it here first

  2. nazyv

    Electrician Jobs NEED HELP WITH KITCHEN PRICING FOR FIRST TIME

    A friend of a friend is ripping out old kitchen units and replacing for new, they require an additional 4 sockets in the kitchen. After I confirm the kitchen has its own ring and the relevant checks the job will be splitting the ring at one socket and chasing down from that socket and then...
  3. H

    first post on forum happy to be here

    hey everyone i was told about this forum by a college tutor so here i am
  4. Soulsurfer

    NICEIC Certification Scheme NICEIC Assessment first timer.

    Hey all, prob been asked lots before but is anyone NICEIC registered and can make head or tail of half the documents they require ? Seems pretty extensive and even saw that they may need a letterhead with company name on or similar too ? I don't have anything like that as I compile estimates...
  5. Flux

    First post

    Hi all, New to the forum, hope to get some help along the way and share advice etc. Thanks Adam
  6. D

    Am I qualified still?

    Hi, I served my JIB apprenticeship in the 1980s and managed to get C&G parts 1,2 and C course 15th edition. I moved on in my career but did go back to college and updated to 16th edition. I've not worked as an electrician since 2000 and wonder whether I'm still qualified? I'm thinking of...
    • Darren page
    • Thread
    • edition first qualified still update
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  7. M

    New member first post. load on dimmer leds flickering.

    hi guys. I e just
  8. S

    Random but my dad just showed me his first certificate.

    I was just shown this from my dad and found it quite Ammusing. When I first started to learn the trade and materials required, I can remember a lot of patience from the spark i served and the constant mistakes I made regarding getting stuff.
    • Sam cook
    • Thread
    • attach certificate first random
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. Soulsurfer

    Fire rated LED downlight vs non fire rated low profile ?

    Hi all I am trying to get some new LED's such as the Elite / Aurora E8's etc.. from local wholesalers to fit into a top floor apartment which has been constructed with each floor and on top floor ( the apartment ) in the metal deck and poured concrete slab into it system, supplier reckons that...
  10. Pete999

    First Aid

    Just wondering if anyone has any funny stories regarding first aid training. I was asked to dothe course at my old department about 10 years before I retired. I did the course with St Johns Ambulance service, lasted about 5 days with the exams / demos on the last day, you know the sort of thing...
  11. P

    French wiring book showing Type AC 40a breaker with N and L wired opposite

    Hi all. I've just had my house in France upgraded to single phase. I've bought a consumer unit as i only want a basic set up (minimal electric is used in my house!) and am going to put it in myself. I have a book which teaches you how to wire up. The consumer unit comes pre-packed with one...
  12. M

    Typical earnings in First Year

    Hi, I am currently employed full time. However i have been self employed before for several years and i used to work as a labourer for 5+ years. I am considering going back to being self employed and on top of my other business in IT, i was thinking of becoming a fully qualified Sparky...
    • mestizomad
    • Thread
    • doing employed first hours income years
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Business Related
  13. A

    Electrician Jobs Kitchen, first fix, under wall units! Liverpool 8

    Hello Kitchen Electricals On the off chance someone is available at relatively short notice, there is a kitchen job to work on. The house and the job is modest and is all about getting ahead of the kitchen fitters as it has dawned on the householder that electrics are not included in the...
    • Aurai
    • Thread
    • electrician first first fix kitchen lighting liverpool sockets thank under units wall
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Electricians Jobs
  14. jaydub

    Start Up Costs

    Hi everyone, this may have been posted before so sorry if that is the case, but... Thinking of starting up by myself and I'm trying to calculate the average costs involved in starting up, followed by the on-going annual costs. I will be setting up as a sole trader and do not wish to grow the...
  15. N

    Does a Rewire of Bathroom Have to Have Extractor Fan Installed for Regs?

    Hello, I recently had house re-wired which included bathroom. While the wiring for an extractor fan / isolation switch for one has been installed no actual extractor fan has been. I was wondering whether this is required to for the Electrician to sign-off/for regulations? (My builder...
    • Novice12
    • Thread
    • bathroom builder extractor extractor fan fan first installed regs rewire trying
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. D

    #Chuffed - first downstairs ring done

    Evening all, Bursting with pride - yesterday managed to finish off and test my first from scratch ring final circuit, felt like a bloody test when it came to doing the testing but it passed with (almost) flying colours - only thing I had to change was a double socket front as it was a bit duff...
    • Desiderata
    • Thread
    • doing downstairs first neutral ring socket tests
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. P

    Ring main tripped struggling to find cause

    32amp ring main tripped mcb and rcd overnight. Rcd will reset but not all the time, mcb will not reset. Unplugged everything in house and mcb still trips, but rcd ok now. 32amp ring main covers whole house and struggling to locate fault. I'm newly qualified and probably missing something obvious...
  18. D

    Career change at 40 !

    Evening all, Second post of the night, first was over at the Trainee Forum side to request access. So here I am, took a three month sabbatical at the beginning of this year from my previous position. Decided I'd like to retrain as a sparks, so paid for a course and currently divide my working...
    • Desiderata
    • Thread
    • career career change change currently first learning working
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  19. G

    Consumer unit change testing

    hi all I've got my first consumer unit change to do as I'm using this as my first nic assessment. My question is when doing my ir test the whole house is on led downlights about 30 of then plus under kitchen 12v led and a lot of sub sockets, will all,of theses need to be disconnected to do...
    • Ghost2011
    • Thread
    • assessment change consumer consumer unit don't earth first testing unit
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  20. A

    Interlocking conveyors and motors

    I'm going to be learning to interlock conveyors so that one cant start without the preceding one running. For safety purposes. I'm working with a guy that does this all the time and we wont be doing this until next Saturday but he isn't the best at explaining stuff. He knows his stuff and is a...

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