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You have to remember we are fitting power generation on a roof with the potential for severe consequences like fire or panels flying off in a gale. You would not want Mickey mouse gear being used. No different to general electrical gear which all has to meet CE and other standards. Prices of...

The MCs assessment is an all day event, I think the quickest I ever managed was 6 hours, and I was MCs registered for 10 years. The paperwork system is a full ring binder of documents. In short it's like running a large company.

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Scooby, Scooby snack which means like. Can't remember when that was put in place, it was a fair while ago.

Welcome over from the ' darkside' 😁

Supply and demand, simples! 😁 The trouble with grant systems is a shed load of paperwork, followed by slow payment for work done, ie months. So you have to be able to carry debt for months, which is difficult, but that still does not justify the overcharging for the work. Most of my profits...

There's a lot of overheads running MCS, but anything took wise with solar written on them is triple the price. MC4 crimpers £200 for example.

'Specialist' a word meaning double the price.

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So heavy advertising is driving people away? For those new here, you can turn adverts off somewhere in the settings.

No such thing as a stupid question. People gave far more gadgets these days, so more sockets are required. My parents bought their house in 1966, they were pleased they had a single socket in every bedroom. These days you need at least 3 doubles in a bedroom to cope with phone chargers, radios...

Can I have some of your meds please - for the wife, she needs cheering up:ROFLMAO:

switch outside bathroom is more reliable than a pull switch. General rule is a double socket in every corner, at least two double sockets behind TV, and lots of sockets in kitchen. USB charging sockets useful in kitchen and beside beds for phone charging. Utility is probably the only place...

give it time :ROFLMAO: It's nice to see some new members, I've been here since it started, a rather long time ago.

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If your mate us a qualified sparky, perhaps you could get him to design the circuitry, supervise you doing the donkey work, and sign it off on completion. To become an electrician is still a 4 year apprenticeship, you can learn an awful lot from reading and the internet, but that will never...

Yep, the electrical regs have a lot of 'recommendations' that allows for professional assessment of a situation. A landlord may be renting to students who are good at breaking things, or an old couple that look after the property, so would need different testing regimes. I would stick with the...

How often a unit is tested us subject to opinion, but as you are planning to rent it, I'm guessing for holidays, I would suggest retesting yearly rather than 5 years. My reasoning would be holiday makers can be ' careless' on what they rent. Visual inspection for damage every time it's rented.

I used to charge around £150, but I've retired as of last year. Talking to the staff at Denmans the other day, it seems most of the electricians in my area now work on £50-60 per hour, which is in line with your £250.

What cable are you planning on using for the run back to the house? I would run swa from house to shed off MCB not sharing a rcd. Install a mini board in shed and treat each cable run as separate circuits from RCBOs in mini board. You also need to consider earthing arrangements, if you main...