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Agree entirely, I did quite a bit of research into consumer unit fires, before they changed the way they collated the data and came to an alarming conclusion, given that the majority of CU fires seemed to be occuring in the London area, where there was also a lot of short course people, or even...

Don't waste your money on a short course, you may as well spend it on beer or ****, our industry is becoming more complex by the month and experience is the key to surviving in it, I am from an era when a spark  not only wired a building but also installed such things as fire alarms, emergency...

Been there, done that, the last job I was on was on the railway, now I'm the electrician but the site manager wanted to run the show, he'd come out of his car first thing in a morning, head to his cabin and polish his shiny brown shoes! My first job was to take a supply to a distribution unit to...

Here is one another one of those times when the older and more experienced of us would look at the phrase 'good for continued service'. Obviously an installation that was wired to lets say the 15th edition isn't going to comply with the 18th edition, but that in my opinion isn't an excuse to...

Wow, I won! now all I've got to do is write my acceptance speech, lol😁

where about in lancs are you?

It's usually something silly like that, or the other old favourite, damp in an element.

Isn't it funny how you don't really miss something, or indeed someone until they are not there anymore, something can sit on a shelf in the shed for years and you never give it a second thought, then one day it disappears and suddenly you notice it isn't there any more. It's Like Tony, we used...

As above, but also think carefully, I've had some very good apprentices over the years, I've also had some that were useless! My last one was a mates son, I was asked to take him as he couldn't get a 'proper' placement anywhere and although I was only working part time due to ill health it was...

Hmm, the old 'I've got a neutral at my switch' problem, reminds me of a call out a while back, 'I've wired in a new light and it's behaving oddly' said the customer on the phone. he'd connected a small lamp to the live and 'neutral' at the switch, turning on the small lamp caused it, and the...

I had a blinder the other week, a mate has bought a house and was doing up the kitchen, I went to disconnect the old cooker, one of those large range types, all electric. It was in very good condition and as it was being skipped I decided to take it home and use it myself, it had clearly not...

Lights are generally wired on a radial, so you will have to go to each fitting until you find the last one unfortunately, it may be a pain, but at least you know where it is for next time.

Geoff's post reminded me of an incident some years ago just up the road from me, a builder mate rang me, 'can you get over here quick, the plasterer has sparks coming off the ceiling' he told me, sounding very excited. I jumped in my van and went round to the house, the plasterer had started to...

Gas fitters really boil my pee at times! I had one who'd moved a combi boiler into a loft at a customers house, I was doing some work there at the time, he comes down and tells me he has done the boiler, including connecting to the fused spur, but won't commision it until I have 'bonded all the...

I remember years ago, for some unknown reason the firm I worked for took me off my usual stuff (industrial) and put me on a new housing estate, I hated it. One Monday I arrived on site and met one of our apprentices who I hadn't worked with before, the plasterers had been in over the weekend and...

I was discussing EVcharging with a mate a while ago and I can see some sort of valet parking having to be used in area's like Blackpool in the summer. They have a massive car park that holds several thousand cars and it does get full, now I live 55 miles away so in all probability I would not be...

I always advise clients not to bother with insurance discounts, they are a potential nightmare, we've all done it with our alarm systems, don't put it on because we're only popping to the shop 2 minutes away, we get there and they've not got what we want so we go into town.Now if we're unlucky...

If you are spending so much on a trailer I assume you are looking at something like an Ifor Williams, just make sure you check the chassis number, it will have one if it hasn't walk away. There is usually one on the drawbar that is highly visible, this is the one they usually grind off if it's...

I'm going to print everything in a week or so and send it off to Carl, he'll know just how well thought of his dad was.

I must admit I'm not very good at writing either, I just woke up in the early hours thinking about him and the laughs we had and put my thoughts on paper, knowing Tony he's probably looking down and cursing me just now, I don't care, lol, I just want everyone to know what a bloody good bloke he...