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I have a client (of a builder client) who has been told by his insurers that the assortment of consumer units he has should be upgraded to the latest standards, and that only their own electricians can do the job. It is a large house (single phase TNCS 100A) with various small dbs, none of...

Went yesterday to do a cooker swap. 6mm cable coming from outlet. Cooker switch above with integral socket outlet, with a washing machine plugged in. 9KW cooker, old and new same rating. 32A MCB. I had already upgraded the bonding at a previous visit. Seemed simple. Looked in Cooker switch and...

I was just reading a fact sheet from this organisation, http://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/mediafile/100114755/Fire-Fact-Sheet-2014.pdf and noticed their address is Unit 331, Metal Box Factory 30 Great Guildford Street London SE1 0HS  :innocent

@Sidewinder was it you who was asking for dodgy RCDs? Recently tested an MK Sentry DP two module 80A RCD (tested from plug socket) and it failed to trip on all x tests. I then pressed the test button and it tripped. But still failed to trip with the auto test. TNS supply, Good Zs results. MFT...

I saw some scaffolders putting up scaffolding with cordless impact drivers yesterday and I wasn't very impressed tbh. Traditional steel tubes and fittings. One guy was putting in a cross member using a magnetic level, he tightened the fitting with the driver, adjusted the pole, then "tightened"...

Check this out https://www.youtube.com/embed/LgZKIgk2hk8?feature=oembed

Wow at the end

eg this thread in the q&a section the answers are voted by users using the arrows, but there is no sense to the thread. The order of posts can be different each time it is refreshed. Is there a way to have chronological as default with a filter for best answer?

I have been asked to fit a secondary meter to a ground floor so that the managers of the building can bill the users on a daily basis. The ground floor is a café with different chefs every day. I haven't looked at the electrics yet but I gather that there is 1 phase, 1 meter and 1 CU. Will go...

Just had my niceic inspection visit. Really nice bloke who has been inspecting for yonks. He did say that standards have greatly improved since the advent of part P. Beforehand, time-served ACs were commonly making all sorts of mistakes. Now 90% of businesses are compliant. Comments? :)    :run

going through my paperwork for my niceic dis periodic assessment next month, I realised that two jobs from last year weren't notified. I phoned them up and they said to notify on the website as normal, when it gets to the completion date it will ask you to confirm the date, as it is outside the...

Am I right in thinking that the jointing method used here https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24033707/IMG_20151016_154221.jpg Does not connect the sheath across the joint? This is on the end of the cable https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24033707/IMG_20151016_154734.jpg and it is TNS.

Got a text from a landlord client of mine saying that new regs are coming into force on 1st October http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111133439/pdfs/ukdsi_9780111133439_en.pdf no reg as to what type, mains or battery must be installed in bathrooms and WCs England only co alarm for...

I have been asked to look at some emergency lights, which are all not working, in a Church. I normally just do domestic stuff and am a bit out of my depth with emergency lighting. I have the feeling that the lights have not been maintained for some time, possibly since they were installed, else...

Haven't been here for a while, hello again. I have a re-assessment next week and phoned niceic up to confirm the date of my last re-assessment. This was in June 2012. So that it is now over two years since then. Of course, i immediately thought REFUND. But they said that although re-assessment...

Went to fit a bathroom fan at a job and tested Zs at the light fittings before work, got 26 ohms! checked Zs at other light fittings, also high. Then checked Zs at a socket outlet, got 29 ohms. So then did Ze and got 35 ohms! The supply was TNCS. Phoned the electricity suppliers who said they...