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    Cumbria Shootings

    my gun is locked away with no shot in the house at all i take it to gun club buy my rounds do a set then any shot left over i hand in i do not put my gun and shot in the car like some people i see at club i return home clean then put back in gun safe key locked away in another safeplace .. i...
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    New Printer

    buy a epson then go and buy a c.i.s from ebay or local computer fair .. the c.i.s kits cost about 30 to 50 but you just top the inks wells up i use a epson R300 with a c.i.s kit been running for 2 years and only topped ink up once...
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    Running A PC and a Laptop Seperately, on one BT line...

    you can only have 1 mac address from 1 phone line .. i would go cat5/6 from router if you do not want wifi connection ..
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    LABC building control fees for Part P work!

    lichfield district http://www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=278 looks like its
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    Getting 'overpriced' work

    i did a quote not so long ago 4k for total rewire and shed,outdoor lighting ... i did not really want to do it .. as i was told the bloke trys to knock you down after you have done all the work ... or he moans and says no payment till you do this that and other .. even with 30% pre-payment 20|%...
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    New rig testing

    tamworth freecycle only day you can post a wanted add is wenesday ... so post it tuesday at 11.59 lol
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    New rig testing

    leccyman join freecycle for tamworth .. and put a wanted add up for 3&e and some switches sockets other stuff you need ... www.freecycle.org and find your local group .. im a member of tamwoth,lichfield,cannock,rugeley.. or try the local carboot sale for cables and stuff ...
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    Rig testing

    i would stick a rcbo on the none rcd side of cu that would stop the tripping as well .. what size is the swa cable 2/3 core is it clipped or underground ?.. i did a shed a few months back and the builder got the wrong size cable and tryed to wire it direct to the tails as it kept tripping the...
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    Rig testing

    what is the swa connected to ? 6,10,16,20,32,40 mcb what supply is it ?? TT,TN/CS, what length to shed what v/d are you getting ?
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    Drayton manor park REQUIRE a fully qualified electrician to join its electrical maintanace team. VACANCY

    the old sparky as retired and he was on 30k .. nice to see another staffordshire sparky on the forum :-)
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    FREE LAPTOP for school children yrs 3-9

    pass link on about time the gov paid something back :-)
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    FREE LAPTOP for school children yrs 3-9

    yes free laptop for school children from yrs 3 - 9 if you can answer all 3 questions on this website you can get one .. http://www.homeaccess.org.uk please don't flame me or say its SPAM its not so far i have helped 3 families in the last 24hrs to get there grant hope someone else can get...
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    No show customers

    oh i used to get this all the time i get them to sign a contract with any cancelled repair/s work will encure a 25% stock charge and i used to get this alot when i used to do alot of model photography ( models are so dumb some days) " sorry i cant come for a shoot i'm ill ( facebook status...
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    setting up electrical test company

    alot of letting agents need pir and pat testing if thay are washer/fridges/microwaves installed .. thay is 2 companies that do pat around here for letting agents and thay is alot of houses being let out
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    setting up electrical test company

    hi do you have 2377 pat testing cert ? i know a few sparks who tryed to do this over the last few months and had to go do this exam alot of places want to see certs before thay pay out for pass/fail certs for insurance.. building sites are a bit of a gold mine ;) if you can get onsite and...
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    Drayton manor park REQUIRE a fully qualified electrician to join its electrical maintanace team. VACANCY

    drayton manor park is looking for a fully qualified electrician to join its electrical maintanace team. the position is full-time (45hrs per week and permanent) will include weekends and bank holidays NO AGAENCIES please apply in writing with full cv and details of job to C.Beasley.HR...
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    Reporting the cowboys

    last year around here we had alot of polish scams going on electricians/plumbers going around knocking on old peoples doors saying it was law thay need to replace the consumer units and having new copper pipe fitted for new earth bonding.. people like this need shooting or worse as soon thay...
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    Tips & Tricks of the Trade

    and all sparks/techies love looking at pictures :-)
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    Making my own rig

    try www.freecycle.org alot of people get rid of electrical items on there just find your local group .. don't bin it freecycle it (",) and put a wanted add up.. hope this helps.. i got all my items for my test rig off freecycle i even got a second copy of OSG 17th from my local group ;)
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    Reporting the cowboys

    i have seen some right cowboy jobs over the last few years most of them are from migrant workers some from well cowboys EG no paper work,no diagrams,no lables,no bonding. some old dear having pests knocking on there door saying " oh its law now you need to have your cu replaced with a new 17th...
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