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SYinSY, tbh the course is fairly well taught ( mine personally was anyway) the 3rd yr is hard with 2 written exams and an AM2, which is a full practical assessment. It's hard but it's really worth doing it the right way as you will come out much more prepared for the real world, because you will...

I did my apprenticeship through JTL, you will end up with all the relevant c&g, your am2 and 17th. My course was 1 day a week release from work. all for free! I thought the cut off point for JTL was 19 and you must be employed though. Are you sure they will take you ? If you can do it...

Mikita or Bosch all the way, my 36v Bosch is a beast ! A few lads have had the dewalts and non would buy them again. I read quite a few reviews when I bought mine, and the Bosch came out on top

I use a volt stick very much like you use your neon , as a secondary. Each to their own, so long as you at least prove its dead somehow !

Steps I don't want to play devils advocate here but neon screwdrivers will light up at about 50v, my volts tick is rated between 200 and a 1000v. If your ok letting your body make the circuit then fine, but it only takes shorted resister and your gonners ! Find a lake and chuck it in lol

Volts sticks are non contact for a start and you don't put any mechanical strain on them when using them. As a secondary 'sanity' thing I guess there alright though :)

Don't use a neon screwdriver, they are Absolute rubbish and unreliable, if your going to put your life in the hands of your test equipment get the best you can afford, absolute minimum would be a good set of voltage testers. I can't believe people use neon screwdrivers, I thought they were in...

That's really helpful John, thank you. it's a 3 phase tns system. It's a modern installation - 5 yrs. There are a few air handling units and other pieces of large 3ph&n commercial equipment. At the main section board there is surge protection . The building is a Community centre / daycare...

No, I carried out the test at least 5-6 times. I took the readings from the fluke in the end, I was just wondering if electronic noise actually has any effect on anything ? Is it frequency related?

When testing recently a symbol on my megger mft came on, after looking through the legend, it was the electronic noise symbol. I know it's caused by electrical equipment i.e motors. my question is, does it have any affect on the installation. All it says in the megger book is that more...

Do you not think being an electrician should encompass all aspects of installation and maintenance, I'm not saying you should know everything but you should have to prove you can do at least the job to a good standard and not just the basic requirement. That's why I think a governing body would...

I have no idea how it can be done in a day, a decent size house takes me 4-5 days, that's all clipped and chased. I'm not saying it can't be done. But you guys must be ridiculously fast. And you can't be clean !

How on earth could someone who is electrically competent struggle with a domestic of any kind ? I don't mean this as an insult in anyway, but domestic work is about as easy as it gets (barring the hard graft of chasing and routing). For example, it would be much easier for a spark that does...

To learn all that you need to know in 6months is impossible, and a total waste of money. I still see things on a regular basis that I haven't come across before. We have been doing some pir's on some fairly big scales recently , and some of the basic major mistakes we come across make me think...

People like myself that did a formal apprenticeship over 4 to 5 years until I achieved the am2 and all the nvq's/ c&g you can shake a stick at, do feel pretty let down that anybody can claim to be a qualified electrician these days, but I understand that people have to start out and learn...

Hang on a moment, I don't think its quite as cut and dry as that. Im not claiming to be an expert on part M but ... just to adress your point - sockets at work top height comply with part M due to them being above 450mm and below 1200m - so if your complying with part M they cant be at any old...

Yeah move all your general sockets up to 450mm and switches to 1200mm. you can have socket outlets that are dedicated to one fixed appliance ( i.e a tv or projector) at what ever height you want though,

That's not true , if your rewiring a house you have to comply with building regs (M) .unless it's a part rewire where u can match what is already there.

Sockets 450mm, switches 1200mm

Put me down for a pie too .... Lighting protection , specially with tesco having a tin roof