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    ELECSA Certification Scheme Elecsa Online Competency Test Advice

    Hi, hope this is in the right place, sorry if not, I haven't used this site in a long time! Just after a bit of advice, I've just paid for my Elecsa Part P registration and have been told that as I don't hold a testing and inspection qualification (yet, it's on the cards) that I will need to...
  2. D

    ffs. is there Really any need?!

    Online music videos get age ratings Online music videos get age ratings - BBC Newsbeat
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    Trunking

    Hi there I was after some advice, I recently moved in the short viewings I never noticed all the wiring was in trunking. I am unsure why the surveyor did no point it out. I am really worried about the bathroom it has trunking all above the shower going round sides an above is this safe? Many...
  4. S

    Help Needed Working Out Different Courses

    Hi all, I am very interested in a career change to becoming an electrician. As I have no prior knowledge, all the different courses offered via C&G have really confused me, and I was wondering if you guys could help me see through the mist. The NVQ Level 2 and 3 seem to be the most...
  5. uksparks

    What really grinds my gears...

    Hi, This is what really grinds my gears, sodding spreads who are incapable of putting boards in the right position then not even filling the gap! Not impressed! Just for the comedy factor....
  6. M

    Cable TV Setup

    Hi Guys Living in rural Lincolnshire i've not come across Cable TV before, and i'm looking for the full gen on it. So what cable do i need? is it distributed centrally? is it internet and TV? I'm a full scope NICEIC registered contractor and I've got a rewire to do in a town with CATV and the...
  7. dlt27

    Really strange RCD happenings

    Sorry this is a long one! I have been carrying out testing and Inspecting for about 10 years now, but haven't come across what I found at my Mum and Dads house. I rewired it about 12 months ago. It is an old stone house and was a nightmare to do.(It's a TT system fed off overheads and a split...
    • dlt27
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    • fault neutral rcd really strange thought tried tripped
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. uksparks

    As Peter Griffin says, you know what really grinds my gears...

    Hi, Went to a house to look at a board change, the son was standing there yo was in his 20's with a TLC catalogue out in his hand pointing and quoting things out of it telling me I need this and this etc... Im standing there thinking, hang on, am I doing the board change or you? Put the book...
  9. O

    Could this really happen?

    I'm a LBC fan and listen to it when its practical. On their website tonight is a poll asking your voting intentions for the next General Election. So its now 8.06pm and the figures are: 74.8% UKIP 7.3% Conservatives 6.8% Labour 5% Undecided 4.7% Green Party 1.4% Liberals Now that...
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    Cordless stuff, does it really compare to mains??!!

    Ok, so i have mains dewalt skill saw, hitachi 115mm grinder, makita multi tool. Am wondering - if i invest in 18v milwaukee stuff of all the above will i notice a real difference in power?! I'm particularly wondering about the grinder i suppose. Would it just lock up all the time if it was 18v...
    • Eddiesparks
    • Thread
    • batteries cordless mains milwaukee really stuff
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. Pete999

    Builders eh

    Wr were going to start a rewire this weekend, empty house nice, you would think, we could get all the wiring done before they start, you would think, well no not really just had a phone call, oh we've boarded the walls can you come and put your wires in? easy, you would think, well I think I'm...
  12. GMES

    I really have heard it all now

    I was chatting to a mate today who is also an electrician who as a customer who basicallyuses different contractors, basically who ever he can get to site the quickest to get his tyre shredder working when it breaks down. Now apparently there is a local electrical contractor out his way who...
  13. S

    House 3 phase really needed?

    Hi guys My 3 phase mains supply cable needs rplacing as its burnt out and very old. My question is do i really need to use 4 cables again as nothing in the house is 3 phase and the load is not split? There are 4 cables going into the top of the ' rcd' switch but only 2 coming out of the...
    • sam423
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    • 3 phase bottom cables house needed other phase really switch
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  14. N

    35a cooker circuit

    Hi guys, I previously wired a property and the cooker circuit consisted of a 6mm fed from d/b to cooker control unit then a 6mm down to a single socket, all protected by a 32a mcb... The problem is they've now got a ceramic hob which on maximum runs at 27a and along with my single oven 8a that...
    • nicsin02
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    • circuit cooker don't really
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  15. M

    Flexible drill bits and drilling stud walls

    Hello i was wondering how people go about drilling down a stud wall to install a socket at 450mm without makin as much damage as possible. i have been looking at flexible drill bits which sound great but have had bad reviews, does anyone know of any decent ones? As most new build floors are...
    • markthespark
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    • chipboard drill drilling flexible plates really walls
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. D

    Drill for core and sds

    I have just purchased a Bosch GBH 2-28 DV and was going to use this for core or to be fair my main sds, what other sds should i buy and should i keep this bosch for core or regular sds work. Also im going to buy a core set, is edge better than norton as its more expensive and lazer...
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    Megger Powersuite Professional registration

    Hello all apolagies for the question about this software i think im in the right place for it . I have recently purchased a megger pat4dv/3 for PAT testing equipment fully calibrated and safe to use and it came with the original powersuite professional software but no registration. The ever so...
  18. T

    8 way CU with 17 circuits

    What's your thoughts on EICR code? It's all lighting, 8 x 6a MCB's some MCBs have 4 or 5 1-1.5mms twisted into the top of them, nothing labeled up correctly as can't fit info for all circuits onto the board.. Circuits not actually overloaded just way to overcrowded in the board. Finding it...
  19. uksparks

    16A Fused Connection Unit

    Hi, General question here... does anyone know of any particular reason that there's no such thing as a 16A FCU.
  20. M

    110v 16A power outlets

    I got sent to a job today to move a 110v to above a newly buitl workbench which has is going to have 2 mitre saws when i got the there where 10 * 16A(5 doubles but each outlet has its own feed) outlets from 1* 5kw fixed transformer with only 2 legs coming directly from so then i thought it...
    • Maestro
    • Thread
    • 110v always outlets power protection really tranny
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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