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    Megger GS38 probe tips

    Does anyone know where I can find the test lead probe tips? Megger sell a pack of 20 £26.40! This seems a little expensive to me but maybe I'm just tight??
    • Dannyboy1412
    • Thread
    • false found megger probe probes though tips
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Lighting and Sockets on same feed in House extension

    Hello all, has anyone come across lighting and sockets on same feed, basically a house has been extended, and from the CU it goes out in 2.5mm2 and in the loft it looks like junction boxes have been used to feed the lights in 1.5mm2 instead of laying on a separate feed for lighting. How rough is...
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    why a 'GREG' though??

    Hello all, Im a new member,my name is Terry,im 32,been sparking since 1998. For my first post id just like to ask a daft question that iv been pondering over for years,not sure if its just a north west thing or all over but why do some sparks refer to plug-in ceiling roses as 'Gregs'?? weve had...
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    ELECSA Certification Scheme yippe elecsa assesment passed

    yippeee just finished my elecsa assessment now passed with flying colours wasnt half as bad or taxing as i thought :smilewinkgrin:
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    building control fee for electrical work even though its my job

    Hi all I'm in the middle of a arguement with local building control over my 2 storey extension on my own house, last year it was started and when i applied for building regs etc i told the B.I bloke that i'll be doing the electrical work as its mfull time job in the day. Told him i could'nt use...
  6. B

    testing the water.. 50mtrs 10mm t&e

    I might have 50mtrs of 10mm T&E for sale brand new still sealed, depending on price, I may keep hold of it for future use. £75 collected, £100 posted? offers.....:bucktooth:
  7. W

    Routing Cable back though boxes

    Is this allowed? I'm planning on running the cable (Single) vertical down to a cooker socket using oval conduit, and have the ring main sockets cable go down into the same box, then run them horizontally to two double sockets using 20mm round conduit, then the from the 2nd box, the cable will...
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    help with testing

    Hi all Wondering if anyone can help, I'm just about to do my testing exam at college and not very confident with the full testing procedure, wondering if anyone could wright out or suggest a good way of remembering the full test procedure from start to finish. Any help would be...
    • unders13
    • Thread
    • continuity procedure testing tests though
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. D

    Electronics/circuit make up etc

    New be on this, please bear with me - I appreciate this site is mainly for Sparkies, but I wondered if anyone is on here who likes getting the soldering iron out making up circuits, for instance - Shed alarm, Site alarm, Solar panel, put together a Wind Turbine that works, useful on the...
  10. Rockingit

    Gas fitter jailed for accidental death

    I realise that the plumbers forum will be full of this, and justifiably so, but from a skilled trade to another, this is a hard and cold lesson for us all: if it's not done properly, it can kill. BBC News - Gas fitter Andrew Hartley jailed over Zoe Anderson's death
  11. Top Cat

    Wylex old style breakers

    Anyone know what the breaking capacity of an old style plug in MCB on a Wylex board. The breakers are 6 and 16 Amp. Am i right in putting them down as BS3871? Cheers.
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    Todays botched Installation

    So today I was installing an extractor fan close to a 2nd DB in a house which was extended about 2 years ago. This is the nice new shiney CU (and yes there is an EIC for this!) and given I'd viewed the EIC prior to starting, checked the EFLI for the circuit I wanted to add to and I must say I...
    • Octopus
    • Thread
    • attach breaker installation registered though
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Confused about ECS Card.

    Hello everybody, I am 22 and I'm not long out of college (I passed in 2011) I have recently had to look for a new job due to redundancy and everywhere that i'm looking in around my area is asking for either an ECS or CSCS card, I have looked into an ECS card as this is what my old company...
    • NewElectrician
    • Thread
    • assessment card confused course currently ecs ecs card fuse though training
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Just cruised though 'whodunnit thread'

    Aren't we all ****in smug about that?
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    domestic bathroom

    I dont really work in the domestic field so was just wanting to know a few things before starting a job, bathroom downlighters, can these be mains voltage as long as RCD protected is that correct and also a fan isolator can this be situated up the the loft space, or does it have to be...
    • Sparky_Ben
    • Thread
    • aus bathroom domestic downlighters isolator though
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Australia
  16. S

    I DO find this rather amusing at this time....typical though

    ........especially the timescales :>) £30 million announced for community green schemes and public sector energy efficiency - Department of Energy and Climate Change
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    rcd in kitchen

    hi all just want to check that i am right have been ask to check over another sparks work in a first floor flat all he has done is added 3 new sockets in the kitchen the only thing is it is a old ccu with rewireble fuse and no rcd as the cables are buried in the wall it needs to be on a rcd. one...
    • andrewcann
    • Thread
    • aus buried cables check kitchen rcd sockets though
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Australia
  18. B

    shower test cert query

    hi all just a quick question what type of cert should be issued for the straight forward replacement of a shower.
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    Underfloor Heating Repair or repair kit?

    Hi Folks, I've had a quick search for a thread on this but there are so many queries on UFH. I've been asked to repair some UFH where a carpenter has sliced through it with his stanley knife. I've never worked with UFH before but what i have been told is that this stuff is called elements e...
    • Geoffers
    • Thread
    • aus elements heating kit repair stuff though underfloor underfloor heating
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Australia
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    C3 on EICR....

    Evening all. I have a thought that I'd like to discuss. Using the current PIR certs, the absence of brown indicator sleeving on the blue S/W of a twin & earth cable used as a switch cable for a light for example, currently warrants a code 4 as it doesn't comply with BS 7671. Code 4's, are...

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