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  1. 7029 dave

    Fuse?

    Nice bodge going on.
  2. L

    Hmmmm not sure that's right?...

    Evening folks, couldn't change this sparks mind! It was an old boy, I started questioning it but rather than cause a scene I just pacified him and walked away, not my name on the cert! Working in a pub with him and asked what he was testing, turns out it was Zs of lighting circuits by having his...
  3. C

    Working away rates

    Been offered 2 trips to the continent with a firm I subby to installing and commissioning some plant that's been shipped over from a local factory that's closing, all the travel, food and digs are been covered by the client and I've been told to name my price for going over, I've got an idea of...
    • CockneyReject
    • Thread
    • electrical work going hours rates that's travel working
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Business Related
  4. P

    Cooker installation woes

    Probably in the wrong forum but I cant seem to post elsewhere. I'm installing a new high-end Siemens cookers in my kitchen - a regular oven and a combination one. I've got separate spurs for each back to the fuse box via isolation switches. The oven comes with a mains cable that plugs into...
    • Peterkins
    • Thread
    • cable cooker fitted installation needs probably that's
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. S

    Wanted GN3

    Anybody looking to sell a copy of guidance note 3 at all cheers
  6. B

    Positive pressure fan installation

    Evening everyone, I have just received a job through to install a positive pressure fan in a council owned tenanted property, I would be interested to see what sort of prices people are charging, only that the price I quoted was accepted but with the usual comments from the Q.S. "A little...
    • Bsharp
    • Thread
    • fan installation materials positive pressure price prices that's
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. H

    Help with EICR code!

    Hi, just wondered what your thoughts are on this, 3 bed town house Whole house ring final, mixture of 2.5 / 1.0 & 2.5 / 1.5 twin and earth cables, End to ends = 0.78, 0.78, 1.6. R1r2 = 0.61 (spur). ZS = 0.66! BS7671 recommends a max of 100 square meters which using 2.5/1.5 = an r1r2 of...
  8. ses

    Accountant chiswick

    Anybody know a good accountant around the chiswick area for a ltd small company Im still using my one from the midlands at present paying £1200 plus vat a year is this the going rate
    • ses
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    • accountant registered that's
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Business Related
  9. imago

    So that's how you get the DNO to upgrade cables!

    Stone built (140 ish years old) end of terrace house with an old two wire onto ceramic doughnuts overhead supply. The DNO inspector came out to look at it and they're replacing everything from the head to the pole FOC. What caused such a remarkable event? I'm sure we all know how they like to...
  10. B

    Testing a property forsale

    I've been asked to carry out a test for my sister in law, they need it so that they can sell the house. Am I right in assuming that I just need to carry out an EICR? Do they require anything more than this? I'm NIC DI approved but this doesn't cover EICR's so didn't know if I would have to be...
  11. uksparks

    NICEIC Certification Scheme NICEIC Three Part Certificate

    Hi, Just wondered if anyone on here is using the NICEIC online certification software as I have a question. I have just been asked to test a new install and was looking to see if I could do a three part certificate but cannot seem to find a way of doing it as it only lets me sign it as a...
  12. M

    authorised person EICR

    who authorises issue of the EICR, client or contractor. thanks.
  13. C

    New PV Installation - Memory Card Type Thing

    I've just moved into a new build house with a PV installation, the sales office have given me a credit card sized, but thicker plastic card with a detachable small memory card type thing. They have said it should go into a computer and contains my mcs certificate but it's too fat to fit in a...
  14. M

    Voltage drop calculation

    Hello everyone just want a little help how you would calculate the volt drop if 230 single phase heater circuit line & neutral conductors combined resistance of 0.68 Temperature at 20 degrees and load current of 16A? show calculations got this in my 2395 today wanna make sure I used the...
    • Missing-spark
    • Thread
    • calculation calculations length method that's voltage voltage drop volts
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  15. i=p/u

    Faulty ps3

    Not sure if anyone has had problems with ps3 but il ask anyway , turns green, yellow and then flashes red... Anyone any experience or know of symptoms like this....
  16. J

    old city and guilds help

    hi im trying to find the name of the centre in the north east of england where I passed my electrical city and guilds, Im applying for a copy of my certificate but can't remember the name of the centre or the examining board. Its a long shot but did anyone here study at a government training...
    • jhn12
    • Thread
    • center centre city and guilds guilds old that's
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. paddyc3112

    What scheme do I join?

    Can anybody help me out on which scheme is best to join and how much they are to join? Also, I'd like to know how much it costs per certificate too. Any light shed on this would be good, thanks.
  18. G

    unidentified circuit

    did a cu upgrade on a house the other day but could not identify 1 16a radial circuit. The old board was not labelled and the owners were no help. I searched high and low for it and the house was also full of junk which didn't help. What do others do in this situation ?
  19. P

    Mains Gas earthing

    Have a friend that's currently working on a church complex, building 1 is fed via a 3ph head with the gas meter being located within this building, building 2 is totally seperate and has its own 100amp single phase head and meter. The problem being building 2's gas supply is from building 1...
  20. S

    shed sockets

    i want to run an armoured cable from the db to 2 sheds at the back of the garden, approx 30m away. are there any rules or regs i need to know about?

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