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    iPad work essentials

    I've got easy cert on I-pad it works ok but i have a problem in that it doesn't save all the info i put on the certs,. Only draw back i find with it is that when doing a large EICR on it can be time consuming when doing the circuits especially with large 3ph boards. So i tend to get the...
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    Ever tried to google your forum user name?

    Mine goes with sausage and eggs with a bit of brown sauce. 224,000,000 results
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    Can a non time served (short course) person call themselves an Electrician

    I've got, C&G 2360 Pt1+2 16TH,17TH Edition C&G 2391 No NVQ so just call me a PARKY.
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    Trace heating

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    Cheeky

    Out of sight out of mind. You see the pipes and the radiator,(people think there getting value for money as seeing it) You the kitchen cupboards and sink,(people think there getting value for money as seeing it) But you don't see the wire in the wall just the box sunk in it.(people think...
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    Cheeky

    My moto is stay in :z bed for nothing no need get out of it for nothing and work for nothing.
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    Why is the electrical trade unique in the way it behaves towards customers and fellow tradesmen

    Do it for me i'm thinking of having a wall knocked out to make kitchen bigger.
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    How to connect a shower cable .

    It wouldn't have been rocket science to put a piece of YT down the right hand side and then come into the trunking below the board headbang
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    How to deal with RCD tripping - external noise

    Bloody good light show i must say having seen them.
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    Contactor/pump problem

    Is there an O/L fitted to these contactors for pumps? Does pump trip contactor if off load? Difference in reading may be down to age of individual pumps.
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    Cu change fault

    I allways carry out some basic tests prior to a CU change and explain to the customer as to why i'm doing them as, Because it works now but may not show a fault, But with a new CU and MCB's it may identify a fault thats not apparent until changed, Like the borrowed neut on lights. Plus it...
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    Problem of the week - ceiling rose

    He'd changed the fuse wire while i was there so i sorted the cables out then put back in so i'd say 5 mins then:^O
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    Problem of the week - ceiling rose

    I knew what the problem was before i got there by the request for more 5A fuse wire I think it was aimed at me not you Springcrocus. As Springcrocus said it took him longer to type out the answer to the question than do the job so i'd say 10 mins is what time it prob took Springcrocus to do it.
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    Problem of the week - ceiling rose

    I had the same scenario a few years with my son's friends dad changing a fitting in the bathroom. My lad came down for some 5A fuse wire gave it to no probs, Comes back down for some more then i ask what he's friends dad doing he say oh changing a light in bathroom, So i look at how much 5A...
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    domestic / commercial / industrial ????

    Well did 16 years in a press forge in maint department,Working on a range of stuff from forging presses up-to 2500 Ton, Clip presses,Induction furnaces,frequency converters,MCD machines(Magnetic Crack Detection) CNC's, building control panels from the small enclosures to large type 6ft*8ft for...
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    Travellers paid a visit

    On going job sorting what they left.
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    Van Racking

    Needs a bit of work doing
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    Wylex Recall !!!

    Same here got mine yesterday.
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    NVQ LEVEL 3

    Very good and they knew there stuff.
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