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  1. Ian Speirs

    How can I find the source of a high pitch sound?

    Hello, :Welcome: could also be pest/rodent deterrent used by a neighbour. maybe plugged into an adjacent wall or even under the floor boards next door. I have even saw one to deter spiders. I didn't hear the noise it emmitted, but as you get older you tend to loose the ability to hear higher...
  2. Ian Speirs

    CU and other things in a shower room

    Only if you T.T. the supply to the kennel. :D
  3. Ian Speirs

    School Supplies Service

    The company i work for is very small and we have just had to tender for a contract with our local council to carry out electrical repairs, installls etc and is based on the national rates book. This covers all council buildings, schools, libraries and offices etc. We won the contract for the...
  4. Ian Speirs

    MY turn for a flamin` rant!!!!! :red card

    We're not even allowed to use twin and earth cable when carrying out work for the local authority. FP 200 to be used.
  5. Ian Speirs

    What do you drive

    van | eBay UK Must be lined with gold or, being listed by an illiter.. allitter.. someone who cant place their decimal point properly. :^O :C
  6. Ian Speirs

    Advice required please urgently

    PAT testing the suspect appliances would give you an idea of the earth leakage.
  7. Ian Speirs

    Floodlight

    Also before changing expensive parts, just check the connections are still ok. Loose or burnt out terminals are also a common cause of flood light failure. Especially in the lamp holder.
  8. Ian Speirs

    electric gates

    Hi, i've used this company several times. http://www.theelectricgateshop.co.uk/index.asp Never had to go back for any faulty stuff yet. Tech support is very helpfull. RCD spur usuall does the trick as most of the ones i have done have been quite close to the house. 5a fuse was sufficiant...
  9. Ian Speirs

    It's only a bit of snow - grow up!

    http://www.talk.electricianforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=137135#post137135 I haven't let the white stuff beat me, not yet anway. I posted these pics up last year when i had to work ouside in sub zero conditions. i had to drive 25 miles mostly on b roads which was fun more than anything else...
  10. Ian Speirs

    Unqualified "sparks" - you may be on borrowed time .....

    Hey guys, this is just a general response to the thread. I did not go through the apprenticeship scheme when i was younger, Didn't have a clue as to what i wanted to do at that age anyway, After many a dead end job, i joined an electrical company as a P.A.T tester and was trained as such. From...
  11. Ian Speirs

    cu change, fault fixing

    Doesn't sound like a switched neutral any more then. :innocent How long has it been like this? Could be the neutral for that part of the circuit has been connected into the perm live at one of the pendants or jb somewhere by mitake. Think your gonna have to get some kind of access to the...
  12. Ian Speirs

    cu change, fault fixing

    When you are testing at the light switch and getting a 230v reading, try removing the lamp and if your reading drops to 0v or there abouts then i would deffo say its a switched neutral. :)
  13. Ian Speirs

    Callibration certs How much?

    Remember its a calibratiom day where a company visits the CEF branch for 1 day and there is usually a couple of reps in the shop trying to flog you stuff. Its not CEF themself calibrating your equipment. :)
  14. Ian Speirs

    Price of 2391 course

    Local colege last year was only
  15. Ian Speirs

    Callibration certs How much?

    my local CEF holds a calibration day every year, and they charge
  16. Ian Speirs

    Photography

    http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae312/ian-speirs/DSC00468.jpg I found this while looking through the phone again, Well i thought it was cool any way. I am enjoying this thread, i don't know how to post the pic alone without you having to go to the web address to look at the pic. :C Ta Daaa
  17. Ian Speirs

    2391 exam results

    Not got our certificate yet, we had to call our tutor to find out our results, he said only 3 in our class passed, mind you there were only 6 there. Our cert will be posted out in the next week or 2. :D
  18. Ian Speirs

    2391 exam results

    finally got my results for june 10th exam. It was a pass. :^O
  19. Ian Speirs

    2391 exam

    Well done, We really need to arrange Guinness sometime soon. Still waiting for my results. :coffee
  20. Ian Speirs

    If your bored

    https://www.youtube.com/embed/HgS9dxQnJxc?feature=oembedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg0OJWxmRdA :popcorn
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