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    Solar Pv Slate Roof Tiles?

    Hi lads Looking for some solar pv slate roof tiles for a project coming up and i havent been able to find a great deal online or through current wholesalers? There seems to be a limited variety on the market, yet the US seems to have masses available. What are the best ones to look at? Price...
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    dti Guide - PV 3rd Edition.

    It seems that this is a draft of the next dti Guide (3rd Edition) for Pv Installation. http://microgenerationcertification.org/admin/documents/Guide%20v3.8%20DFC.pdf
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    Had a pir done on a rented house

    Got a spark to do a pir on a house I'm putting up for rent. A few of his codes has surprised me. No rcds protecting the fuse boards is down as a code 1. Now the shower is on an rcd on it's own but the installation was wired o the 16th ed so surely code 1 is a bit ott? It's a tncs system
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    Need help with what course to take, seems so many!?

    Hello I want to be attending College from September. The college offers a wide range of courses, "C&G 2330", "2391", "City & Guilds 17th Edition BS7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations" I want to take the course that is going to give me the best opportunities in my career. But I need...
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    One string suddenly seems to have reduced output

    On my newly commissioned system - 16x Sanyo HIT240 and SMA 4000TL - all has been going well, even to the extent of seeing over 4kW on the inverter dispay a couple of times yesterday and this morning. This afternoon, in good sunlight, I notice one of the strings will never get above 1.8A (about...
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    Seems peculiar to me...

    One of the things I've got for tomorrow is to advise on the likely costs of dealing with urgent items identified on a recent PIR done by another electrician on a church hall. Haven't seen the premises yet, but have been sent the PIR. This identifies 'No mains earthing' and 'No equipotential...
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    help the trainee

    hi, hey, i have a light fitting to change in a attic the cable seems a little short to where i want to mount the fitting, the cable feeding the light fitting seems to be flex, am i ok to add normal t&e on to the flex in a junction box?? thanks
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    Zs fault

    Another question i remember from my exam - and i did answer it but want to check if i got it right!! what to do in the case of a Zs fault - :p
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    Possitioning sockets on Party Wall (advice required)

    Hi, was wondering what guys thought to this? im about to carry out first fixing a extension, its a terraced house, if you look out the back door the neighbours either side have extensions which extend out 5m, the builder has started a extension which basically bricks up 5 meters out and uses...
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    LV Incoming mains calculations for 66 Flats

    I have been asked to calculate the size of HV transformer needed for a resort of 66 small 1 bed flats, they will be 2nd homes in the sun. Each room has a maximum load of 50Amps 66 rooms X 50 Amps = 3,300 Amps Not everyone will use every electrical appliance all the time, so we can reduce...
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    Sizing bonding for subboard

    After a couple of bonding conductor questions I had I've started a new post for this so it's more specific. I have a TN-C-S installation, at least 70mm line and neutral at the incomer, feeding a main distribution board which feeds 8 x 3 phase boards around a site. We are installing a 16mm SWA...
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    Easycert cable installation legend

    Is it possible to have the lengeng printing on the Domestic EICs in EasyCert? I see that its prints out when doing a 3 signature EIC but not on the Domestic version. I'm printing the BS7671 certs and not over printing. Bit pointless entering this when filling out the cert if there's nothing to...
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    Domestic retrainer...advice needed please

    Hi all i have retrained as a domestic spark,with trade qualified, but am feeling like i have been had.. cant find any work, all my qualifications are just fast track pieces of paper. is there any hope for people like me? i have offered to work for free, but starting up on my own seems the...
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    Fluke T5 1000 Problems ??

    A mate has offered me a Fluke T5 1000. Currently have it on loan to test it out, just have a couple of questions... When set to Ohms/Continuity the display shows what looks like 0L, is that normal or should it be displaying 00? Finally, when set to current it starts off displaying 0.0 but...
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    Xpelair Premier Lo Volt

    Hi, I have a problem with the above bathroom fan. The tranny seems to be knackered, is it possible to just by one of these, or do I need to buy the whole kit? Cheers Nick
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    Seems keeping cool causes problems

    Just back from covering 2 emergencies, both elderly people. One was a tripped rcd, cause down to a desktop fan that had been running all day, motor had gone to heaven:D The second was five miles in the opposite direction, another rcd fault and another desk top fan. Hows that for coincidence...
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    Megger powersuite problem?

    hi does anyone know how to adjust the margins for printing certificates in this program onto a4 landscape paper. basically when im printing say a nic test cert there seems to be a centimetre of missing info on the right of the page, eg the rcd test x5 column has been chopped off the end...
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    Cordless drill performance

    My Makita 12v combi drill, which is probably around 5 years old, seems to have less power than it used to. When the batts are fully charged they give 14.08 volts, but when the drill trigger is pressed, rather than spinning right up to speed, the motor seems to gradualy build up to full speed...
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    AM2 near...

    Hi there, my name is Marcus. I have my AM2 refresher course on the 5th and 6th of February. I then have my AM2 on the following Monday, which of course, is the 9th of February. I feel resonably confident although I am generally not a very confident person overall which of course is a down...
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    megger 1552

    Hello all, I am after some advice, I have just bought a megger 1552 tester. I was "practicing" with it today as I am a novice when it come to inspection and testing. I found the instruction manual a bit naff. I was trying to do a Zs/earth fault loop impedance on a radial circuit and the meter...

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