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    Website One.com

    Hi all I currently have a Vistaprint website which is okay but seems to be viewed by everywhere around the world except for local traffic. I am considering starting again with a different source & One.com seem to offering a good package has anyone used them (especially as first year is free !) ...
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    Require Training

    Hi all I am new to this forum and looking for some advice..I am currently doing the 2357 city&guild and I am close to completing the 17th edition but the trouble is I need a bit of hands on training.. I am willing to work for free jus to get a bit of training can anyone advice me what to do.. It...
  3. D

    This seems very dangerous...

    Went to a house today fault finding, RCD tripping.... Faulty RCD but thats not the issue. I noticed that there didnt actually appear to be a main earth. The supply upstream of the meter and teleswitch (now out of use) is a pyro that is a single core 10mm with a strap on the sheath that...
  4. M

    power to garage/shed/outbuilding

    Hi All Quick question on the rgs, I know im getting old and loosing the plot, but does it say anywhere in the regs that power to a garage/shed/outbuilding must come from the CU of the main builiding (or spliting the tails and supplying via own cu). If it doesnt then theoretically you could...
  5. P

    AMEC trade test

    Hi Lads, Anyone here sat a trade test for AMEC? I've got one this month and was after a heads up on the questions they ask. Im COMPEX trained and work on a gas site at the moment so I'm not worried but I hate doing anything blind. Thanks in advance. Paul
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    Megger 1552

    I have a used megger 1552 for sale I've never used as I got a better deal after, it seems in perfect working order. It needs calibrating and new test leads but I'm only looking for £150 + postage
  7. methley

    PVGIS seems pretty accurate

    I made a prediction of my two systems using an online PVGIS calculator. The first is a simple south facing 2.88kWp system. The second is a hybrid S, E & W 3.76 kWp system made by combining the results of three PVGIS estimates. I think you'll agree the real-world performance is a pretty good...
  8. F

    app for payment on i phone

    it was on here last week and ive forgot what the app was called were you can take credit card payments of customers using your i phone or i pad cheers
  9. L

    Seems a little stupid

    Hi guys just a quick one to see what you guys think, completed my apprenticeship earlier this year, NVQ 3 AM2 etc, but a few of us didn't quite understand why we still had to do the full 17th edition course which we had to pay for when we had spent 3-4 years being trained to 17th edition...
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    Time to introduce myself!...it seems

    Hi guys, I've been part of the forum for apparently 784 days and I believe its time to introduce myself. My name is Dee and I have been an electrician for a couple of decades, mainly agency work and private, various qualifications including 2391, 17th, JIB etc., I have got a lot of...
  11. J

    Washing machine motor insulation testing

    Hi all i'm a little stuck been asked by my folks to have a look at their washing machine as they all think if it has a plug on it i know the whole workings, design, and how to repair it. My problem is there seems to be a short on the motor when running i know its not the pump or element as have...
  12. S

    PIRform

    Morning all. I think its about time i dragged myself into the modern world of computerised certificates. Looking around etc, i have noticed a system by a company called PIRform, recommended and developed with the ECA. I have downloaded the trial version and it all seems very easy to do...
  13. O

    A universal socket

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18266022 There you go on the BBC website apparently they are being used in China
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    Result ! ..............SMA \ Sanyo Solar PV setup seems to be performing well

    Please to state that my stated 2.88kwp system managed to peak over 3kw the other day for a few mins under normal weather cons ..... hopefully to be a more common sight in the coming weeks...... Happy days............
  15. K

    found this on Gumtree Mcr, seems a bargain......

    Electric Drill plus box of drill bits in Withington, Manchester | Other Home & Garden Stuff for Sale | Gumtree.com
  16. N

    Customer payments

    Have been toying with the idea of getting and using a sim card payment machine and wanted to know if anyone else using yet and of any downsides of it. Poor cashflow is the main killer to a lot of small companies, more so in a slow time of year. I know banks keep saying cheques are going (can't...
  17. D

    Where to wire in 3 phase gen meter?

    Hi all i just want to check if everything is ok with my 1st 50kw solar install. I have run a submains from an existing main consumer unit which is supplied with a 300mm swa cable so no problems there with volt drop. The sub board i put in is supplied with 16mm swa on a 50a mcb 10 meters away...
  18. A

    Any work in Afganistan

    Trying to see if anyone has information on any jobs in the Middle east Any info would be great Cheers
  19. S

    Big price reductions on their way it seems from the big boys !!

    Solar electricity prices from Tesco Renewable Energy Perhapd this shows either their determination to price smaller guys out of the market or everyone was making too much per install anyway. Extremely suspicious of this sort of thing now for systems to be installed post Dec 12th ! and there's...
  20. La Poste

    Fly builders operating limited companies

    I don't know where to put this thread so I shall put it here. My Electric boss has been ripped off three times in the last year and at the moment I am wiring up a very large garage for my friend. My friend has had extensive building work done with a lot of problems not yet fixed by the builder...

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