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  1. polo1

    Never seen these before....

    Doing an EICR and came across this Square D board. Must be one of the earliest RCBOs, unless you know different????
  2. J

    Voltage indicators

    Who uses and what are your main causes for false reading? I find they don't pick up voltage when cables are in cold conditions, any ideas why?
  3. uksparks

    Air Tools For Sale

    Hi, I have owned all these from new and looked after them as best you can whilst using them, they have all had very little use. I was going to use them to do a car up, but it never happened, so they have just been used for the odd little job. The ratchets have been used perhaps 3 times, the die...
  4. Leesparkykent

    Best 600x600 led fitting?

    Wondering what others fit for quality and price? Just fitted over 100 ansell and had 7 failures straight out the box.
  5. Soulsurfer

    IR testing storage heater elements

    Anybody IR test elements to check decent ?
  6. D

    Short circuits from tails to meatal cased CU's

    Following on from http://www.electriciansforums.co.uk/electrical-forum-general-electrical-forum/106222-watch-out-im-fitting-plastic-db.html I wonder how many of us have ever seen a fault from tails to a metal cased CU, I haven't in 35 years. Whether a TT and a live case....or a TN and a real...
  7. G

    Screwfix vouchers.

    After losing, and requesting a new electricfix card, I also received 60 pounds worth of vouchers to be used over the month. No minimum spend resulting in me getting a box of 100 wagos for £1.85. Might be worth requesting a new card...
  8. Z

    I'm qualified but never registered, need advice on getting registered

    Hi all - this is my first post so go easy! Firstly I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who contributes here, I've found many-a-solution to problems by searching, and I hope to get to the point where I can be the one contributing, but for now I'm desperately in need of some advice from those...
  9. Doomed

    Never trust the SSE electricians again

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCaqkPMxgmY Apparently he was sacked a few days later
  10. B

    cable outside zone. is it a big deal? EICR code?

    A 10mm cable supplying shower is chased down the bathroom wall (in correct zone) and is then chased from celing height down the wall in the kitchen below. The cable pops out of the kitchen wall below contertop level making the rest of the journed to the CU on the surface but cannot be seen...
  11. N

    ryefield 3phase 6way 400amp board

    This ryefield 3phase 6way 400amp board was bought for a job but never used and has been sitting in my front room ever since. It never been used and has no holes in it. Cost £687 when new selling for £375 If you need anymore info please call 07860163937 Many thanks nick please fine link below...
  12. P

    Sparky a cowboy only test 10% never hear of it help! caravan condition reporting

    Hi I have started testing on a large caravan site i did a condition report and full inspection and testing on one caravan took me 3 hours. The previous contractor (Niceic domestic installer ) does 10 caravans total of two people in 4-5 hours including certificates My client has now asked me...
  13. N

    Computer Software

    Hi all, I'm currently a small company with myself, an apprentice, and another electrician and currently i write down all apprentice, electrician and job hours in a book. As work is getting pretty manic i'm in the process of taking on another electrician and a electricians mate and so was...
  14. H

    HW valve stays on all the time, never switches off (Vaillant ecoTEC 637/VR65/VRT360)

    Hi I'm having issues with my hot water valve which remains on all day until the vrt360 goes on standby at night. Quick breakdown of my setup as follows: Vaillant ecoTEC 637 system boiler w/eBUS VR65 Control Center via eBUS VRT360 Controller via eBUS 2-port valve for HW wired to VR65 using...
  15. NDG Elecs

    Crabtree Starbreaker configuration split load.

    Hi Folks, Just a quickie, that you may know instantly. Are split load 16th edition 5+5 Starbreaker boards changeable to 4+6. Need an extra way on the RCD side if possible and not too familiar with these boards. They are the plug-in type breakers. Had a look on electrium but no joy thus far...
  16. G

    hi can you please delete my account and all my details please admin

    Hi can you please delete my account and all my details please admin as I feel I have given to many of my details away signing up to trainee forum as my college tutor advised me to have the account deleted and all details removed from forum thankyou
  17. G

    Job interview question

    Hi everyone, I have completed 2365 L3 couple of months ago and now finally arranged an interview with a big company. Please could anyone tell me what sort of questions should I expect? Thank you.
  18. Darkwood

    Callouts you should never have been called to!

    Just been called out to a customer saying the hot water is luke warm at best and been like that a week now, so after asking a few questions over phone to save a trip I decided I needed to go out and check it out... It was a simple set-up on inspection supply to a mechanical 2hr boost timer only...
  19. S

    Dewalt laser level

    Hi, i am going to buy the dewalt laser level dw088k, can anyone suggest a tripod to stand it on. Cheers
  20. R

    Do I need to take my AM2 to become Registered for an ECS Card ?

    Hello I have taken and passed my 236 Pts one and two in Electrical Installations (17th edition) I have also taken my 2391 in Electrical Inspection and Testing (passed) I have also taken my Level 3 Certificate for the 16th Edition of the IEE wiring regulations for Electrical Installations (238...

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