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The problem "to get a few extra beers".. is ALWAYS a good objective in my opinion.... Legal requirements about what is needed to do "Non-notifiable" work.... Simple answer "NOTHING".. As... DIY electrical work is legally permitted in England.. As long as your potential customers are happy...

Basic question.... "TT Am I missing something Stupid"? Been to look at an installation today ..... Previous customer moved house... to a more rural location wanting a few jobs done.... Main House TT.. with remote garage approx 20m physical.. maybe 25m+ cable run (6.0mm 3core SWA...

As per the title, I present my case:- Car due for MOT by 26 Sept. Already know the front tyres are getting very close to limit. So got 2x new front tyres fitted back on 9th August. Car goes in for MOT & Service 11th Sept. Garage say "Good News, passed MOT all OK":) "Bad News, you appear to...

Did anyone else notice this news item about damage caused by a dodgy e-scooter charger? I hope I am wrong.. But I do fear electric related faults causing significant property damage will be on the increase as we push toward a "cleaner" "greener" energy source? There was a time when only Gas...

While clearing out some old hoarded and accumulated rubbish earlier this week, found a box on a garage shelf with a few of these special 3pin bayonet lamp holders... (A relic from the requirement to ensure a percentage, {think it was 40%}, of lamps on a new builds must be energy saving lamps.)...

From Tuesdays swapping a CU job.... Long lead earth continuity testing to the metal faceplate of 2x switches both gave an open circuit reading... Opened up and what do we find.. A nice earthed plastic back-box, with a no-earthed faceplate!!! Made me wonder.. Is this the most common...

Anyone on here using any Western Digital personal storage devices that have been affected by this recent incident? https://status.mycloud.com/os4 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/latest-western-digital-hacker-attack-leaves-many-my-cloud-devices-inoperable/ar-AA19qwBk...

Maybe I have lost my googling skills? Or I am just missing the bleeding obvious when reading search results.. ( External influences could relate to:- 🍺🍻🍻🍺🍻 ) Anyway... what I thought would be a simple quick, search, surf, and select, via the interweb.. Is turning out to be a hunt for hen's...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/tesla-owners-blast-christmas-car-charging-chaos-with-dozens-forced-to-wait-in-three-hour-queues/ar-AA15JX3Z Interesting real user problems with EV's?

Friday morning popped in to see a customer who wants an additional light switch fitted to make a set of lights two-way switching... obviously wants a switch to match the existing decorative metal switches... So I opened the one I will need to extend to check what make it is... Find its a...

Moving a double socket along a wall a short distance so it wont be hidden behind proposed fitted wardrobes... (pencil line down wall edge of new wardrobe). Back box prep all done.. so a give a gentle tug on each of the legs of the ring to see if either has enough slack to reach the new...

I am not after an answer as such... Just something I was pondering while doing a quick little Friday afternoon job today.. (Adding a double socket in a porch direct through wall to CU less than 2m away.) So as I am doing my bits..  (Connected my new socket as a spur onto an existing circuit...

Earlier in the week I got a text message asking if I could replace one light fitting... and wire up two outside lights to an existing junction box... (customer say's the two lights are already fixed to the wall)... So I pop round this morning.. A pair of those Up & Down pointing wall...

Not after any proper answer to a problem as such.. more just a thought that crossed my mind whilst doing a job earlier this week... I was installing a new cook circuit, and fitted a Crabtree cooker plate.. e.g.  https://www.toolstation.com/crabtree-45a-cooker-outlet-plate/p22152 Which is...

This weekend I 'bit-the-bullet' and upgraded my phone.... The battery was starting to get a bit too temperamental. Looking back through the old files and records my previous phone was 9 June 2016.. So approx 4yr 3mnths... I hear stories of people upgrading every 12 or 24 months!!  {why?}...

During these strange times, still doing whatever work is available as & when.. But I didn't realise strange times also brings out the strange jobs/faults... One of my jobs yesterday afternoon was a visit to a new customer who'd reported problems with a double socket in their kitchen...

Earlier in the year..    (in the pre-lockdown days)... doing some work for a customer which included investigating garden lights tripping RCD when turned on... Tested SWA cable leaving fuse box, low IR between live & neutral... Various garden lights with pre-attached flex disappear into...

So...  in amongst all the waffle cr4p and other useless "News" that I keep hearing on the radio/TV/interweb... A quite frequent comment that has cropped up...  is about telling us to "work-from-Home" to reduce the spread of the virus..... So I just wanted to check with the forum's esteemed and...

So here's a thought to ponder.... Amongst doing "other work" on a job today.. asked to look as some garden lights that no longer work... There are Five of these sort of metal 230V GU10 lamps that stick in the ground on a spike.. Bit like these: ...

So.….. Finally got the old submission for HMRC's Jan 31 Tax Return deadline transmitted today!! Successful submission receipt says received at 16:50 GMT on 29 Jan 2020... Never normally leave things so late..... :o But Job done.. so all good!  :) Anyone else sailing "close-to-the-wind"  ...