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  1. leep82

    RCD tripping, problems identifying fault

    I received a phone call from a friend the other night telling me his socket werent working and whenever he tried to reset the MCB the RCD would trip immediately. As i couldn't get to him that night i asked him to unplug anything in the affected sockets and then try to reset the MCB, hoping that...
    • leep82
    • Thread
    • fault identifying other problems rcd rcd tripping reset tripping
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. Dave

    How to check the integrity of insulation?

    I recently bought a house and started to rewire it. A sparks mate came and helped with a few bits and I got him capping the chases. He put a nail through a cable in one chase, then told me he may have done it in a couple of other places, he's not sure! I had a plasterer going round behind me...
    • Dave
    • Thread
    • cables check insulation integrity other sparks through
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. D

    high r1+r2 on lighting circuit

    Hi all, Strange one today that i've never seen before - hoping someone else may have seen this... Wiring an additional outside bulkhead today - couldn't easily get to the last fitting to take a switch wire from there so split the switch wire as close as i could to the fitting and wired in a...
    • daveb
    • Thread
    • before circuit lighting lighting circuit other r1+r2 tester thing
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. B

    Buying a new car or van in 2017

    If your in the market for a new vehicle look carefully as the car tax bands are changing in April. (Don't think any new standard cars built now have high tax brackets and most are free so the treasury cannot cope) March is expected to be the busiest car buying month this year. See New 2017 road...
  5. Pat H

    Using a cavity wall gap for cables

    Looking at a job that needs cables running up to a loft space. Had originally planned a cable route from CCU through wall into garage (part of side extension) along top of garage inside wall then up through the bedroom above into the loft space. All surface mount clipped direct. A good few...
  6. M

    Pendant light with no colour coded wires

    Hi.....I'm new to the forum so go easy please :-) I had to get my ceiling replastered and my pendant light was removed, however there's no colour coding other than the earth. I've a single wire and 2 others tied together so I'm not sure what's neutral and what's live. I've stripped back some...
    • md77
    • Thread
    • colour light other pendant photos tester what's wires
    • Replies: 73
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  7. Dan

    German Market Lorry Incident

    Live: Berlin lorry attack kills 12 at Christmas market - BBC News - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-38370364 Terrible news. RIP. Thoughts go out to their families and friends.
  8. FatAlan

    Gloves and other PPE

    Anyone recommend / use any particular make of glove. I'm thinking of light weight type gloves that may have some paracticality with fiddly wiring etc... if such a thing exists?
  9. R

    Cable Routing help required.

    Hi all. This is my first post for advice, so please take it easy on me. I am a recently qualified electrician on a completely new career change and have soon realised that qualifications mean nothing at all compared to the experience that no doubt you guys have built up over the years. I am...
    • Richlizard
    • Thread
    • cable chimney other required socket
    • Replies: 50
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. A

    Newbie needing advice

    Hi all, I have just moved into a house and changed a socket to a new one with USB slots so now I'm quite proud of myself. There is a light switch (2 gang 2 way - I think) one Light switch controls upstairs hall and the other switch controls downstairs hall - upstairs and downstairs are both...
    • alexs92
    • Thread
    • advice attach intermediate newbie other switch terminals
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  11. haptism

    Install designs

    When you design an installation and install it, is it a requirement to forward a copy of all the calculations (for cable calcs for example) to the client ? If so, is there a generic name for such a document and should it include anything other than cable calcs? If so anyone have any templates ...
  12. E

    Home Test Rig for Domestic Installer. Apols in advance for the length of this one...

    As I lack practical experience and recently failed to impress NICEIC into Registering me, I thought I could build my own test rig then test the hell out of it and try to develop fault-finding skills before paying for another assessment. My rig is deliberately non-logical - eg I have a switch on...
    • ennaress
    • Thread
    • domestic domestic installer electricians vans experience home installer length other practical small still test van vehicle
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations
  13. Pete999

    Pete's Videos You have to watch this Bloke

  14. Soulsurfer

    Strange flickering low energy lamp reported ?

    Hey so just been to see a dad from the little daughters school class who asked me to have a look at his upstairs landing light pendant as his mrs said it's flickering the lamp when on a few mins and then goes right out altogether ! She then needs to switch off and on to get it on again, sounded...
  15. Leesparkykent

    Recomendations on a tone tester/generator

    As the title says really. My two apprentices run in 148 cat5e cables and used a permanent marker that turned out not to be so permanent :D.....Looking for a decent tone tester/generator so they can sift through the bundle of cables and re-mark them....In their own time of course to teach them a...
  16. M

    EAL 4337 & 4338 MOCK EXAM PAPERS

    Hi all, Ive recently attended an EAL 4337 & 4338 combined course in Chadderton Oldham, I passed my practical with out to much issue, however I have now failed both Initial and periodic exams TWICE by just a couple of marks (this happened today) now not wanting to apportion blame but the other...
  17. Arktosik

    Band 1 and band 2 separation

    Hi Is it agree to put power cable and data cat6 on the same cable tray .One side power cable in trunking other side cat6. it's 15 cm separation between them.what separator should be use? Thanks for help
  18. Last plumber

    From the other side

    Hello, Heating engineer joining forum, thought I'd test the water and say hi !
  19. Dan

    Update: Recent Downtime

    Hi guys and gals, Just a quick one to let you know about the recent downtime. We have some hard disk related issues with the SSD. We have a new server built and it's being customised, and we'll swap the data to it once it's secure. You shouldn't see any downtime during that process, but you...
  20. Dan

    Workwear - dickies or some other brand?

    What brands do you use? Is dickies the main make when it comes to workwear?

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