I was asked today if i would do the testing for someone (ie no qualifications did the work off their own skills) CU Change, adding a few sockets and Lights fixed (before i get any more questions on that, thats all i know)
I said there was 3rd Party but not many people do that and seem unwilling...
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Hipe I'm ok to post this here can anyone tell me of trade skills 4 u is the right way forward for myself to get the qualification needed to becoming an electrician.
Decided to look into going with Stroma, had a look online and decided to fill out the application, I thought it would just be basic details to allow someone to call me and have a chat etc.........I filled it out and all I got was an invoice asking me to pay £288 before anything could proceed! Is...
Determine the actual voltage drop, in volt, if the combined resistance of the line and neutral conductors, at 20 degrees C is 0.45 ohms and the load current is 20A.
I have a faulty switch on a BGA rework station:
I don't really need the switch, because I always use the mains switch anyway. How would I rewire it so that the faulty switch is taken out and it is always on? Which wires would I connect together?
LEFT OF PIC: FAULTY SWITCH
TOP OF PIC: WIRE TO...
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Basically I've been informed by someone that i need my part P....
Im apprentice trained fully qualified electrician with a gold JIB card, NVQ 3, AM2 17th edition etc etc... and have been working mainly in industrial installations for the last 5 years.
I was always under the impressions...
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i cant really go into it to much as a bit top secret, but am going into something with someone who has developed something where it needs an Inveryer connecting up that's grid tied a G83 etc so it cuts off and what not etc and so on la de da, anyway, so he wants me took hook this Inverter...
Putting tails into a 400a ct chamber installed by EDF one of the blokes I'm working with decides to cross thread this. Because of the nature of the item I don't want to start playing around with it he's on about rethreading but I'm not keen on this idea. So need to get a replacement but when I...
Hi everyone, I'm really desperate for some advice as I'm concerned about the state of the wiring in the house, as I know very little about electrics.
Apologies in advance, this is a long post but I need to explain how bad it is.
Ok, so I'm from the UK but my parents emigrated to Bulgaria a...
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Much unclear this sponsor thing for the ECS trainee card is.
I have done all required for the ECS adult trainee card.
I have done and passed my H&S exam. I am currently on my last "second" year of my level 3 in electrical installations.
Having been around to a few construction...
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I went to where my mum works today to sort out an intermittent tripping RCD, whilst there....
Background Information
4 floor grade 2 listed building comprising of basement which houses kitchen, store room and lounge type room.
1st, 2nd and 3rd floor are all meeting / treatment rooms.
Only...
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so basically the motor on my saccardo cut off saw has just stopped.
how should i go ahead and diagnose such a motor?
i have had a little fiddle with it taking the motor off the cut off saw. Connected it to power, when i press the trip switch it has on it, it makes a noise but dose not...
Hi there!,i am recently moved to London. I am preparing my 17th edition exam and i have a NVQ level 3 in electrotechnical instalations. I have many questions that i would like some to answer to me. I change we can practice Spanish becouse i am native speaker! we can take contact face to face or...
Just a minor gripe...In the mire on an emergency this week,and had to visit CEF as no-one else had a 240v 16a appliance inlet...on the counter is a variety box of twist-nuts. "New product,fella..." well,it's not..."BS numbered,tested and approved.." the sales minion chirps, "And who uses these...
Been to look at an extension earlier and told by the client on arrival it's already been wired by someone else but he's been taken ill , the extension is very large and the first fix looks very rough I'm not sure I want to put my name against it just incase as some walls have been boarded ...
I had to take a switch off the wall and when I came to replace it the screw will no longer bite, it appears the thread in yellow bit shown in the picture has warn down. If anyone could let me know what they are called so I can replace it I will be very thankful.
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