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    [SOLVED] Battery keeps draining (going flat) on my Fiat Ulysse. Fault diagnosis guide

    no this is from practice, my father was a mechanic before he passed away, so i got into it part time. and all fiats suffer with this sort of problem. is the battery under the seat on your model? any chance you could connect volt meter to battery and start car, turn heaters,lights etc on and...
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    [SOLVED] Battery keeps draining (going flat) on my Fiat Ulysse. Fault diagnosis guide

    on another note, has a aftermarket stereo been fitted? i know theres problems when they are fitted to most fiats. people use a vw wiing harness and this swaps round the permenent and switched live causing the stereo to remain on.
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    [SOLVED] Battery keeps draining (going flat) on my Fiat Ulysse. Fault diagnosis guide

    i dabble in mechanics part time, and would be leaning towards a loose or dirty earth cable somewhere. had this on a motor recently. have you checked the new alternator is charging the battery? maybe the battery cells have gone dry? only takes one and this will allways result in a flat...
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    CU change

    in my opinion you should never leave ccts energised that have problems with them. Therefore if this leaves the occupier with no lights so be it, he will have to agree to the work being done before he comes back to the property. Another reason i allways offer the pir before consumer unit change...
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    CCU upgrade testing

    i generally do a IR test, and all other tests on completion. i allways word my estimates that upon replacement the new board may find faults that the old unit was not showing, due to addition of rcd etc etc. which would then require further investigation resulting in further charges. this...
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    Find your Local Electrician Here. List of UK Qualified Electricians.

    Business Name: Switch Electrical Business Address: 37 Reddings Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PA Business Telephone Number: 01242 221 249 Business Mobile Number: 07854 981 493 Business E-mail Address: [email protected] Business Website Address: Coming Soon Work...
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    Assesment with Elecsa

    congrats :)
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    Assesment with Elecsa

    congrats :)
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    NAPIT - passed

    congrats steve, well done :)
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    NAPIT - passed

    congrats steve, well done :)
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    Insurance

    got mine with lloyds tsb, just as i banked with them at the same time so got a good deal
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    Insurance

    got mine with lloyds tsb, just as i banked with them at the same time so got a good deal
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    scheme providers

    well i looked into this as much as possible and ended up with NICEIC, was nervous as i am with all types of assessments etc, however if you know your stuff your be fine. the chap i had was nice and i dont think there out to trip you up, just purely to make sure you can do the work competently
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    connector magazine

    i believe u can download the connector magazine on there site, or used to be able to
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    NICEIC

    Cheers admin, will do, do I need registration number? As gotta wait upto 2 weeks for that to come through. Cheers evans electric .
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    NICEIC

    Just a quick one to say I had my NICEIC domestic installers assessment today, and passed it, no deferments or further actions required . Had a chap called mark haynes and all I can say is he's a very nice bloke to of met and be assessed by.
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    Where do you buy stuff

    edmundsons, newey and eyre & rexel senate
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    Very upset this morning!!!!!!!!

    sorry to hear about your car mate, not good when something like this happens
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    B&Q Prices

    yeah the cheap sockets at b&q in cheltenham were marbo,
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    sugestions please

    i will definately be taking the batter him senseless option :)
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