Recent content by Jdinduntocher

This is the same information I looked at when advising the customer I printed the relevant information and gave her a copy. As an electrician you can only do so much, some people know best and will not listen it is down to them it's their property

There were thousands of houses wired in this type of cable in the late 70s early eighties before they withdrew it. The use of class 2 fittings throughout was standard, the problem arises when house owner puts metal fittings on themselves as electricians would point this out. So these houses were...

Need immigrants to pay taxes as there are not enough younger members to service the ageing population so they say you are living to long and getting pensions that we as a country cannot afford, according to elite the solution is a growing working age population to pay for it. Covid saved the...

Although it seems this way it is largely employers that use this as a way to top up low paid jobs they tell employees to claim DWP then spread their hours over the week , no holiday pay, no Ni contributions win win for employers

If possible check out niceic the wire Amendment 2 live testing for a full explanation google it it's interesting

Sorry I am not making myself clear the niceic are suggesting that we need to go through all the dead testing first including R1 +R2 . Zs can be calculated. Next they suggest we pull back from live tests and in the case of rcbos we only do the 1× test to prove compliance. They state there has...

I had a similar thing happen with an induction hob guys house had a dual rcd board oven worked fine but as soon as the induction hob turned on it tripped advised him to return it to b&q changed the hob over wired up done the same thing I contacted manufacturers they said they have had issues...

That is what I was thinking, I have just watched an podcast from the niceic the wire they are saying this is how testing should be done do most tests dead. Then test the rcbos at the consumer unit at 1 times test and that's it add r1 + r2 that's you satisfied regulations

This may be simple t is this but as an older spark is it new to me. When trying to do loop impedance test on radial circuits the rcbo trips off before I get a reading solution please thanks

Just went to look at a friend of my sons house who are having a kitchen installed kitchen fitters have installed sockets and are in the process of fitting a oven and induction hob.point is they have done a course in kitchen Electrics? And everything is fed off the old cooker cable with...

It was just an example, not actual quote

Can I mention once again that there should not be regulation numbers on a condition report it should be written for the client to understand. No one expects the client should look up 18th edition to see what's up. Write "no RCD protection on ring. Bathroom light does not comply with regulations...

Give the guy a break he is looking for guidance not abuse. The EICR is a document written as a report on what the inspector observes at the time, it is what his opinion is of the installation. It is easy to look at photos and criticise ,the user is only exposed to live parts if they actually...

When I was an apprentice 30 years ago one of my first jobs was to bend 32 mm galvanised conduit round concrete beams in an underground carpark. The bender lay flat on a table and had a huge screw which look a bit like a corkscrew,it took two of us to turn this and gradually it would form a 90...

Thanks for all members help I have had my robin test meters re calibrated as suggested by galvanist. £90 for the three meters,which I think will do until I have done a few weeks work and earned some money.the test company seem happy enough and are eager for me to start so happy days. Thanks...