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  1. egg67

    Things That Go Missing

    :gru2::mkungfu::mtongue::mdancing::bananas:Once I was just a member, then I had a nice thing by my name which said Alarm, cctv member , one day I asked if I could have one for the pub and got it, still got the pub one but lost the alarm one, is it because I smell or ugly? Or is it just because...
  2. Dan

    Aurora - Ever Been Lucky Enough To See It?

    This is on my list. Still haven't seen it yet it's been on my list for years. Anybody been lucky enough to see one of them, if so where and how? I've seen a couple of cruises where they say if you don't see it after a couple of weeks you get your money back.
  3. Pete999

    Cps &iet

    Don't know if I'm being over critical, with the onset of the 17th IET Regulations the term Competent Person (CP), has been dropped in favour of Skilled Person (SP), yet we still call the schemes NICEIC etc CP Schemes. Should it not be SP Schemes?
  4. Pete999

    5/8th Conduit

    I was helping out on a rewire a few months ago, just for pin money you understand, unocupied large country house the buyer had" loads a money" to quote STAVROS. Any how would I like to start the lighting on the ground floor? ripped all the old floor covering up, to my surprise lots of flooring...
  5. Mattsparks

    EIC Ltd Are they still trading?

    Every single phone is 'no such number'. Anyone know please?
  6. S

    TRAINEE QUESTION: Three phase motor system, non-standard wiring colours in flex?

    Hi. Just a question from a slightly confused trainee about core colours on a three phase appliance. I was diagnosing a fault on a three-phase saw today (found it - dead isolating transformer) and found that the incoming cable (4 cores) were coloured and connected as such: L1 Brown L2 Black...
  7. D

    fuse box tripping

    hy there for some strange reason all last night my fuse box kept tripping out for no reason everything plugged in is normal nothing added or overloaded but my trip flicks back off after few mins so theres still a problem , i have everything off in the house and it still wont stay on any ideas...
  8. J

    Fluke 1652 how to silence it

    Does anyone know how to silence it so there's no bleeps as it does my head in, old tester you could choose?
  9. G

    Newbie - am I still a Trainee ?

    Hello, I've recently completed a set of C&G courses at Ableskills, but I'm a little unsure of my status on this Forum - am I a Trainee or a New Electrician ? City & Guilds 2393, Building Regs (Domestic Electrical Installer) City & Guilds 2382, Wiring Regs (17th Edn) City & Guilds 2377...
  10. L

    And i thought domestic was dirty...

    Previous house basher for 4 years and qualified in that area. Started my new job this week and i am wiring up a flour mill. ITS HUGE, we have a production mill factory with about 4 new motors and 6 sensors wiring back to a plc unit. I have to say i am enjoying the work and seem to be getting on...
  11. michaelw6

    Probably an old one- Tysoft easy cert coupon still active?

    Im ready to purchase this software just looking to see if any one knows of an active coupon to use as i need to buy about £500 worth. searched forum but all old posts. thanks guys. Mike
  12. Hellmooth

    Best combi drill

    Looking to get a new combi drill around the £300 range, so many options it's hard to decide what's the best, have a dewalt at the moment but it's a cheaper version and useless, I like the look of the xr range though. Had a Bosch which was decent and have heard good things about Milwaukee. Seen...
  13. B

    Still Waiting for the Knighthood

    Well its that time of year again when I await the announcement of the award of my Knighthood but yet again it appears that after over 40 years of Services to Earning a Living in the Building & Maintenance Sector I just didn't make the grade :-( Had I been able to earn my Annual Salery over a...
  14. D

    Kitchen Light will not switch off only started happening recently

    sorry if this has been posted in the incorrect place. was at a friends house and since wedensday he has been unable to turn off the kitchen light. i checked the light and all the connections are fine. at the switch I'm getting 230v between live and cpc and 230v between neutral and cpc both...
  15. S

    Messed up but can it still be done

    Hi I have just done first fix wiring in a extension and wanted to put in a two way lighting circuit, the walls have now been plastered and I have noticed that I have used an old 2c + bare earth cable between the two switches :oops:. can 2 way switching still be done. I was thinking about using...
  16. W

    Help needed central heating system

    Hi my name is Wendy and I am new to here, I hope you will have patience with me as this could be a long story, I had an ideal logic heat 15 boiler installed just under 2 yrs ago, about 2 month ago it stopped working,(df code showing) I phoned Ideal and they had never heard of me, apparently...
  17. H

    RCD tripping after moving MCB

    Hi all...advice needed. I have just replaced a MCB on my girlfriends board...as it was faulty and tripping intermittently. Whilst doing that I decided to 'tidy' up the board as it's a bit of a mishmash with labels and such. Whilst labeling....I went through the whole house finding what MCB fed...
  18. gordy ere

    best meter for EICR

    Hello Im new to the forum, got some money to spend looking for new tester for EICR REPORT . Would like any tips .
  19. S

    Led Lamp still dim when 2 way + intermediate switches are off

    Landing light is not fully switching off when operating the 3 switches on the landing/hallway. A small voltage (less than 40v) is present between the switched live and neutral. After trying a new lamp it worked fine. Any ideas anyone??
  20. N

    Street lighting fault

    I'm going round in circles with this fault. We have 12 street lighting lamp posts at our factory, 150W son lamps in each. They were on a 20A MCB and yesterday started tripping. They are basically wired from a 20A MCB (2.5mm), through a relay, out of the relay in 6mm armoured and then outside...

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