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My local garage owner has been given an antique battery radio. he rang me today and asked me if I was aware of such a thing as a 90v battery! he says (as I have not seen it yet) that there is a 90v and a 1.5v battery in this radio. He tells me that the 90v battery has expanded and is no use...

:| Well I have been without a permanent job for a few months now, and it don't seem to be getting any better. I completed my 2330 in 2007 whilst working (5 years) for a building company (Abbeycliffe Const) in Sheffield, passed my 16th the year before and attempted my 2391 in 2008 (passed...

Hi, I will be installing a supply to a shed at the bottom of the garden for lights and sockets, the customer has already laid down 4mm SWA down the garden, but my question is, do I have a RCD board at the shed end, or the house end of the SWA? I understand that the logical answer is the house...

I have an install to do in a house with a steel box where the main cut out is. I don't know what type it is...I will try to describe it....There is a steel box with an isolator lever, on a TN-S system. the box has the title 'Siemens' , '30 Amp', and '1857' moulded onto it. would 1857 be the...

Has anyone worked, or is working with street funiture??? I have applied for a job to work as an electrician on such items, and wondered what it consists of. Its mainly maintenance, but what it there to do?

I intend to contact college on this one but I thought I might also ask here: I completed a 2391 course in 2007. passed the practical and took the written in September of 2007. I got my results about Feb 2008...failed! so my question is, would I be able to take just the written part again? Dave

Well, I have 1 week left of my notice, I then pick up my redundancy. I still have no job to go to, however, next week (5 days) I have 3 second fixes to do (take about 2 days), a first fix on a new kitchen (1-2 days) and a first fix for 4 new electric heaters (1-2 days). I am also entitled to a...

Can someone help me please.... I believe the 16th Edition indicated that if supply tails from meter to consumer unit are longer than 2m, they would have to be protected, (can't find my old book to confirm this though). Is this the case with the 17th? If so under what section would I find it...

Well the 'crunch' has hit our house, I am currently working my notice (4 weeks), and then picking up redundancy (5 years worth). So if anyone knows of any companies requiring a qualified (house basher) electrician (2330,2381), I would appreciate a telephone number. I live in Sheffield, have...

I will soon be connecting a new sub board in an extension by SWA from an enclosure fed from a Henly box next to the main cut-out in the main house. My SWA is 16mm, and I intend to protect the SWA with a 63A isolator. Do I need a fuse as well in the enclosure? The earth system is TN-S, and the...

According to the new directive (17th Edition), most new circuits need to be additionally protected by a RCD or RCBO, but what about people with special needs? For example: We are due to start an extension to a house for an adult with very special needs. A sub board will provide his electrical...

This is probably a long shot , but, I am in the process of wiring up warm water underfloor heating and wondered if there are anyone able to answer a wiring question? A new Worcester GREENSTAR Ri RSF Gas Fired Condensing Boiler has been fitted and working and the underfloor heating system has...

Help Please! Had to go to a job where a socket front was faulty, I changed the socket front and just to make sure, I checked the whole circuit for continuity and Ins Res. That's when I found a peculiar fault: I had disconnected the Kitchen ring from the CU, and found that I had a 1.9 Meg Ohm...

:z couldn't sleep thinking about this one:^O .... Do I still need a ELV and RCD for a bathroom extractor according to 17th? Thanks ...Dave

Not come across this one before..... been to a friend of the family house to change the 100A consumer isolator because the neutral tail connection was burning!! Usually this indicates a loose connection, but it seemed tight enough. Although the isolator was being used as a junction box to feed...

I have a colleague who has recently passed his C&G2391 (we were on the same 2330 course for 3 years) and has a job with an electrical company in the testing section. He has been given a Megga MFT 1552 tester and seems to be having problems with his Pfc readings. The situation is he gets a...

Customer wants to save money on a cellar conversion by not having his rewireable consumer unit upgraded and a Periodic Inspection. My boss wants to help him save money by getting me to fit another board alongside the rewireable with it's own tails. If I were to do this, (and it is possible as...

Currently working on a cellar conversion, and need to fit a smoke alarm, however, only priced for the cellar but realise the rest of the house will need smokes too. Can I install radio controlled smokes throughout the house, by batteries only? ...No mains!! have seen Grade D (mains/battery)...

Went to a house today with a lead pipe water supply and not able to find MEB. All that could be seen is the main isolator tap sticking out of a lead pipe boxed in. I pulled off some of the boxing in to reveal lead pipe going upstairs and down under the floor, with no sign of any earth cable! My...

Hallo everybody, just tipping my hat to you all.