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Started wiring up a farm today Positioned all consumer unit and rcds etc ready for supply move tomorrow, installed an earth rod as it was using TNCS earth before (picture especially for steps!) This board is going to be built into a cupboard and once the walls are cladded internal wiring and...

Found this nice shiny piece of kit in a house I am currently rewiring. 1920s, original wiring, in a terrible state. This cu is a sub board from the main cu and feeds individual socket outlets. No labels, no certs, no testing, no clue, is a brief summary of the previous 'electrician' Nice use of...

Hi guys Started a 1st fix on a new build house today and have discovered that the electricity meters are not registered to a supplier. Basically there are two cut outs in a brick cupboard on the property boundary from an independent transformer beside it. I plan to use one cut out to feed the...

Swapped this element today after a call out, immersion heater tripping RCD. When I took the element out I was hardly surprised it was tripping. Oh and the element was put in only about a year ago when the cylinder was changed .jpg]

I saw a man at the beach yelling "Help, shark! Help!" I just laughed, I knew that shark wasn't going to help him.

A Rich Businessman wanted to buy his 3 sons each a present So he summoned them and asked each what they would like The First Son Wanted a train set, So his father bought him the London underground The Second Son wanted a Cd So his father bought him Virgin The Third Son Wanted a Cowboy...

Hi all Did a job the other day on a house, TNCS supply out in the sticks. Measured 0.41 ohms for Ze. I know this is too high for TNCS but phoned supplier and I don't think they'll do anything about it. This is fine, I've just noted it down on the EIC but my problem is I want to use the job for...

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Some pics of a job I have been doing the past two days. Replaced the existing CU with a nice (and cheap) shiny new one. Removed the old circuit for the immersion heater and the separate board for the old shower. New board, two socket circuits on the rcd side, an RCBO on the other side for the...

Whilst we're on the subject of blonde jokes A blonde, wanting to earn some money, decided to hire herself out as a handyman-type and started canvassing a wealthy neighborhood. She went to the front door of the first house and asked the owner if he had any jobs for her to do. "Well, you can...

A local United Way office realized that the organization had never received a donation from the town's most successful lawyer. The person in charge of contributions called him to persuade him to contribute. "Our research shows that out of a yearly income of at least $500,000, you give not a...

Hi Guys, Just a quick one, Assuming that RCCB stands for Residual Current Circuit Breaker, does an RCCB do the same job as an RCBO or an RCD or is it something completely different altogether? Reason I'm asking as I came across 8 of these the other day, 40A merlin gerin, each feeding a stage...

Some pics from the boiler room at a local village hall. Last time I saw this, there was a three phase service head and 3 individual meters, all working fine, so why have they gone and replaced them? To get more money from the single phase loads in the building? Supply is PME (indicated by...

Was replacing a JB on the central heating circuit the other day as part of a job and I could smell electrical burning. Had a moment of panic and ran downstairs to turn off the main switch at the CU as I thought it due to the wiring I was doing. Came back upstairs and I could see the smoke coming...

Hey Guys Just wanted to run this one past you Recieved a letter this morning from Stormport Professional Services who inform me Central Networks have subcontract them to replace our Cutout and Meter as it is outdated. Fair Enough Here's what concerns me: 1) The Letter was Addressed to me...

This is what I found whilst working in a department store. This is one of the six CU points around the building, and by far the worst - next to the cloth sheathed cables Note the helpful signs on the Covers The CU's also get very warm to the touch whilst in use but I doubt they listen to me...

First Post...so go easy! Currently training as an electrician so I don't know everything and was wondering if you could set my mind to rest about a couple of things I've noticed about the wiring in my house 1) There is a black tar like substance running out of the bottom of the service head...