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  1. Blue Duck

    Forum question ???????

    Lurking somewhere I believe.
  2. Blue Duck

    What size is this breaker

    Yassar Halim?  Just guessing...
  3. Blue Duck

    Who is responsible for replacing outgoing meter tails if there is a seal on the cover?

    Machined price of copper tube!  :Godno: ... I mean, who the bloody hell has a lathe on their van!????? :shakehead :( 😛 :lol: ;)
  4. Blue Duck

    Safety certification mark

    ...Or China Export which basicly means the same. We need to start making stuff again.
  5. Blue Duck

    EICR Rental properties

    There is a lot of unrest in this trade at the moment. Several groups planing protests against the JIB & IET in one form or another. The IWGB(independent Workers GB), EWRI (electricians work rights initiative) & sidewinders mates in E5 are all on the case, so hopefully we may see some...
  6. Blue Duck

    Dual earths on socket outlets

    What if you were fitting metal faceplates?  Usually done whatever is best at the time & given situation. As long as it's earthed, right?
  7. Blue Duck

    Voltimum - Are electricians the highest paid of the trades?

    That was slightly out of London... £23/hr  :slap Maybe if you have your SSSTS & 2391.
  8. Blue Duck

    Voltimum - Are electricians the highest paid of the trades?

    From what I gather, this time of year & due to lack of work the agencys are trying to get away with paying gold card sparks £15/hr @ 9.5 hrs per day!  :o The race to the bottom continues and will only get harder as work dries up due to political uncertainty... Ho hum.
  9. Blue Duck

    Emoji Smiley things ?????

    Embrace the future and learn to accept unexpected changes after all your an electrician and have been doing so for donkeys ( I would have put some donkeys at the end of that bit two horses, a zebra and a unicorn...NO DONKEY)! :Godno:
  10. Blue Duck

    Emoji Smiley things ?????

    TBH I think it's an update to the emoticons themselves. You get different looking ones depending on your O/S but they remain the same icons on all platforms. 🙈
  11. Blue Duck

    Emoji Smiley things ?????

    Holy **** batman. Yeah we all got em, it's just the way things are...
  12. Blue Duck

    Emoji Smiley things ?????

    ✝️💩🦇🚹
  13. Blue Duck

    Voltimum - Call for combined action to tackle severe skills shortages

    The last building company I was working for there was 11 managers, not trades managers, there was those too, but 11 guys sat about doing not much for months at a time until the s**t hit the fan and the job was about to over run & they all suddenly appeared! Don't believe there is much of a...
  14. Blue Duck

    Mandatory guarantee

    Read between the lines.... They are basically saying they want to charge more for notifications. I've forgotten how the 'platinum promise' works but assume if it goes wrong due to poor materials or workmanship you have to go back and fix it much like you would do anyways ? But they charge a...
  15. Blue Duck

    Interesting twist on smart meters

    Was talking to a friend last night who is a programmer for the petro-chemical industry, turns out he has a new contract programming smart meters and is part of a pilot scheme on an estate in my old stomping ground. Here's the deal. The estate has several comunal batter banks similar to those...
  16. Blue Duck

    Thoughts on 'fast-track' courses

    To be fair to the chap, he'd never been shown how to do choob, (steel conduit) Therefore he'd never measured, cut, or threaded before. I tried to help him but had never even used an SDS and kept making schoolboy errors which took a while to undo. He did however have a computer science...
  17. Blue Duck

    Luxna downlights 😩

    ...*Cough*...screwfix... *Cough*.... Does surprise me that they can get away with making something single use with a very short lifespan. Pound shop economy I guess...
  18. Blue Duck

    18th edition corrigendum

    Dunno about A4,  you could stick these together https://www.clearance-king.co.uk/rizla-cigarette-micron-thin-rolling-paper-silver-king-size-slim-50-booklets.html Micron thin... :slap I read a few complaints on Amazon about the paper being rather thin, supprised they've not used thermal ink...
  19. Blue Duck

    Thoughts on 'fast-track' courses

    From what I've heard from the mates on site the fast track courses are getting worse (faster?). The final practical for the lvl3 2365 has been dumbed down (t&e) and the faults on the fault finding part were just pointed out & you've passed! This from a guy who took 6hrs to install...
  20. Blue Duck

    Rerouting Not Rewiring Cables - Need To Be Signed Off?

    It is my perhaps misunderstood thoughts that if bs7671 were a legal document then it would be free of charge?  Hence the comment about the fish.
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