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Hi I'm not in the least boasting or bragging, but started on housing sites bashing in 1st and 2nd fixes, then commercial and Industrial, managed to get a maintenance job on a RAF base doing everything from airfield lighting, boiler controls, PA, ID, went from there to lower management, back on...

Getting sent for the following: bucket of steam,  long weight, 3/4" holes, smooth files, a box of amps, putlock holes for scaffolding, sky hooks, 

10p new money

Used to get sent to get Enox blades sharpened believe it or not I also used to mark my tools where possible wit a junior hacksaw Gladstone bags to carry my tools in none of this ProPac xxc crap going about to day Daily Sketch and 3 doughnuts for a shilling, 10p walking or busing it to work...

Enox hole cutters Stanley wooden handled electricians screwdrivers Bib and Brace overalls capping and casing, yes I am old enough to remember it Wooden boxes for switches

Having tallow and thread swarff plastered around my crown jewels (Mother not happy) Overalls nailed to the floor with me in them Getting sent to the wholesalers on my pushbike to pick up a bundle of 3/4 BE conduit Rawlplug jumper Bully boy Electricians, Plumbers,Carpenters Irish road...

Well thanks to all you live and learn,

Still got my wind up Megger give one hell of a belt

Happy Sunday to you, I was helping my Son out the other week, Yes before anyone asks he is an Electrician and so was I  I'm retired now, he had a customer call to say he had replaced some switches in his home and the lights no longer work. I'm sure you have all been there, after checking we...

Single red + cpc to all the switches, single black + cpc to all the lights, ignoring 2ways single red as sw wires, in this case the sparky used a single black as a sw wire

Hi Dave sbs Nice to talk to another wrinkley, along with all the other good guys on this forum, good luck with sbs Pete1001

Thanks Steptoe

Hi I have been following sever forums, and on one I had a discussion about  RFCs I was adamant that the RFC could only be used for 13amp Socket outlets, it seems I could have incorrect, I read in Novembers PE that BS 7671 does not preclude it's use for other applications, has anyone got any...

I know it's a long time since this thread was posted, but I've nothing to do now as I'm a retired sparks, who still likes to keep abreast of comings and goings with regards to all things electrical, BTW I have just taken my 17th Edition course and exam and passed, hows that for sadness. The...

Yep did the PAT course thought they were very good

Working for SWEB many moons ago, go to John Collier's in Bath and fit a new lighting circuit in the basement store, OK nice simple job, arrive see the manager, come to fit your new light I said "Oh great over here2 he said and proceeded to install said light. Finished, back to the office, were...

Got a 12th edition Pete1001

I was a LV AP at one time, the course was two weeks, with a written exam and a practical switching exercise, you have to remember an AP answers to the Authorising Engineer and submit A detailed switching program prior to carrying out the actual work, not just a case of safe isolation. if you...

Ah wooden boxes, I remember them well, wood screws to fit the accessory back, back in the building boom of the 70s most dwellings were wired with singles with amechanical protection just like Twe, those were the days Pete Retired Sparks