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I have a friend who is in a bit of a panic to get 3 items of equipment PAT tested. The last time I did any PAT testing was at least a million years ago, with a nice machine that did it all for me. Now I don't have a PAT testing machine so I thought I'd do a thorough visual inspection, then an...

I'm sorry to do this, but I'm stumped and I need the help of all of your brains. My 10 year old daughter has a maths questions that goes like this: "The sound of an orchestra is about 60 dB. The sound of a helicopter is about twice this. How many dB is the sound of a helicopter?" She answered...

Hi all, I'm sure it's a silly question, but is there a spell check on the forum? I'm sure I read about one at some point. I am a terrible speller and if it's there I can't find it. Thanks, Ali

GOOD MORNING BADGER How's the hang over? Time for a :put the kettle on Happy birthday for yesterday Ali

Hi all, I am in the process of thinking about taking up the lovely old varnished floorboards in my living room so that I can insulate underneath them and put them back down again. So my question is this: While I have the boards up, is it worth putting some underfloor heating in? I know it all...

Went to a house today to change a few light fittings. Went to the fuse board and noticed a label on the board saying that there is no earth on either lighting circuit so all light fittings and switches must be plastic. Nice label, but unfortunately all fittings and switches in the house were...

I'm sorry everyone, but I'm asking the age old question about which testers to buy. I'm a bit of a Megger girl because I've used those more than anything else and have always found them easy to use and reliable. The new 1720 looks great and has a 2 lead non-trip loop test which sounds...

Hi Guys, My oven has had an intermittent fault since I moved into my house 5 years ago. (I have no idea when the oven was originally bought.) Sometimes, maybe about every 5/6 months, when the main oven is on, the oven stops heating. The light stays on, the fan still goes round but it doesn't...

Grrrr Went to a house today because the owner called last week to say there was a funny burning smell. My boss went round and found all the downlights (not LEDs) right next to joists, except for 2 where the person fitting them had notched out a chunk of the joist to get the light in! One of...

I'm having a look into how easy it is to employ an apprentice and without starting the process, I'm finding it hard to find out exactly how much paperwork is involved. The company I work for is just my boss and me and at the moment we don't have a written health and safety policy, or an...

Starting a full rewire in a 4 bedroom house on Monday. Nice customers, very near my home, just me, the boss and another electrician if we get behind. The family are moving out for a week and I'm really looking forward to it. I sometimes forget how lucky I am to have a job I enjoy so much. I've...

Hi all, I've got my 2391 practical tomorrow and I am having a last minute look through my books. Am I right in saying I'll have to do a phase rotation test at the main board and also the 3 phase socket? I think I'm alright with the rest of it all, just the time factor that worries me most. Ali

I was changing a CU today and didn't do an IR test before I started (that's a lesson learned). All went well until I started turning the new duel RCD board on. I turned on the main switch and then the first RCD. I pressed the RCD test button like all good leccies should and nothing happened...

Hi, My name's Ali and I started in the trade 4 years ago. I've done my 2330 over 3 long years and sat my 2391 last week (fingers crossed). I've been reading everything I can on the forum for a while and learnt loads but never had the guts to post anything yet. But I ended up having to...