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  1. R

    New member here.

    Hi all, I joined up a while ago and really enjoy reading through the forum and building my knowledge as an electrician as there's some super clever sparks on here with some great info and advice! I've finally got round to introducing myself. I started my time as a carpenter for 5 years and...
  2. D

    Quick question about 12v parking buzzers

    Hi, just joined to get the definitive answer to this conundrum. The parking speaker in my car is really quiet, so I bought a 12v DC buzzer from Maplin to replace it. The Maplin buzzer doesn't work when connected to the car, but works if powered direct fom the battery. The voltage at the...
    • dimsparks
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    • 12v buzzer original parking question quick rating really speaker
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  3. Pete999

    Pete's Videos Barnaby is back

    Is this something good at last fro KLEIN?
  4. D

    WiFi light switch wiring help required

    Hi, I am hoping someone can help point me in the right direction. I have purchased a 2 gang WiFi light switch but I am struggling to wire it up correctly. I can only get one set of lights working. I have a feeling it's not possible. Please can you take a gander at the attached pics and let me...
    • Don_1981
    • Thread
    • attach instructions light light switch really required switch wifi wiring wiring help
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. jaydub

    Insurance

    Whilst I am in my last couple of months before I fully qualify as an electrician I will be self-employed and doing electrician mate work for various people. What do I do about insurance? I was looking at trade direct insurance and they seem like a good company, does anyone have any experience...
  6. D

    #Eureka - or - understanding Zs/Ze/R1+R2

    Not sure if I post in here or elsewhere (no access to the trainee section as yet, just waiting for details to be confirmed and access granted). But I had a eureka moment at around 2:30am this morning, woke up and completely understood the relationship between Zs, Ze, R1+R2, why we do R1+R2/4 to...
    • Desiderata
    • Thread
    • don't really understanding
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. rolyberkin

    Bodge Job!

    Just fitted four new fire rated down lights to be faced with this, made my day..............not! So two of the six have been fitted below joists which have obviously been hacked out by the previous sparks, give me strength.
  8. sparksburnout

    Right, I'm going to be a really grumpy B*****d now

    So, whats with the Snow falling, and the Santa hat at the top??? It's only half way through November. I am surprised I havn't seen any daft sod with Xmas decorations up yet, guess it won't be long. The supermarkets have already started, can we keep XMAS until it actually IS Xmas??? There should...
  9. U

    Scariest Games on xbox 1 Recomendations

    Just a quick post to see if any members like playing these scare crap out of you games I do personally lights out job headphones on. Im really old school though and some of the best for me were Aliens and the Dead space games lol some really jump out of skin gameplay in those. But can anyone...
  10. J

    Apprenticeship Assesment day

    Morning everyone. I have an apprenticeship assesment day for a really great electrical company. There is a practical, literacy, and maths tests. I am 31 now and really want this. I was wondering if anyone knows where I can get hold of some mock tests perhaps? Aswell as an idea of what might be...
    • John Fisher
    • Thread
    • apprenticeship assesment assessment really tests
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. grumpyjohn01

    Interesting cable system

    Did some work on a sheltered housing style flat from the 80's today. It was wired in a type of 'cable' I don't think I've seen before, comprising a flat flexible thick rubber 'conduit' with 3 separate tunnels each containing a PVC single core of very high quality, the sizes of the conductors...
  12. A

    Lived in house rewire tips

    Hi guys, Just wondering if any of you have any tips on lived in house re wires? Got one coming up and just looking for some tips and tricks to get the job done as quick as poss without annoying the occupier. Been told the kitchen was re wired a few years ago and don't need to do, obviously I...
  13. GMES

    Mafia 111 and Gears of war 4

    Anyone playing either, I bought both on release and can't take to mafia 3 at all, there's a couple of neat little touches to it but I actually preferred Mafia 2 , anything mafia really should include the Italians. As for Gears of war, Only just started it but looks ok, jury is still out. So...
  14. B

    Rcd trips after installing rcd

    Dear all, Really shattered today. It is old house. Fusebox vey old type. I replaced it with a new consumer with rcd. However rcd keeps tripping for all the sockets circuits. Upstairs lights fine. Downstairs generall fine but rcd tripps when I turn on kitchen lights. I disconnect earth for all...
    • bluesky
    • Thread
    • after circuits consumer installing lights rcd really trips wiring
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  15. A

    Becoming self employed - is it really that easy?

    Morning all. Woke up and realised I've just about had enough of being cards in. I'm working for a great company and I get payed a decent wage but I can't stop thinking how easy it looks going it alone. I get quite a few emails and phone calls from recruitment agencies asking me to do contract...
    • ant_daley
    • Thread
    • becoming being employed going really self self employed times working
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. S

    2357 portfolio HELP!

    Has anyone done NVQ 2357 portfolio with Ableskills? I'm just starting my portfolio bridge units 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 and 318 but really struggling how to start. It's really hard to understand the concepts of how they put their wording. My assessor doesn't explain it really well :(...
    • sp4rky.
    • Thread
    • cover help! portfolio really reference
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  17. FatAlan

    Greetings from a Surrey wanabe.

    Hi folks. Been lurking on here for a couple of weeks now and really enjoy the informative posts and banter. I'm just about to start one of these intensive courses with Access Training at Edenbridge in Kent which I'm doing over a number of weekends so will keep you updated. Bit of background on...
  18. HappyHippyDad

    Honest Views On Volt Drop?

    I have just been asked to provide power to a large garage/workshop for a friend. The workshop is approx 55m away from the main CU and there will be a further run of approx 15m for the lights from sub board to end point of lighting circuit. It will be on a 32A MCB in the main CU. measured voltage...
  19. F

    Fastlux 300C Flory Starters - Very fast but do they really cold start?

    Has anyone come across the Fastlux 300C starter? It's that every fast instant start electronic starter unlike the usual slow start electronic ones. It's supposed to work by heating the cathodes very fast and then providing a starting pulse at the right moment on the sine wave. The issue is...
  20. B

    New member really simple question

    Hi Guys, I've just joined as i'm sure you can see. I've got what i hope is a really simple question regarding a dpdt switch. Can I wire it up to be used as a spst switch? I've made a record player and i've hooked up a dpdt switch which works fine, it's just off when the switch is in the "on"...
    • bluehawaii90
    • Thread
    • member new new member question really simple
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum

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