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Hey you all doing? Quick question nice sparks, Doing a 1 bed penthouse on Oxford street in london and I have a very peculiar client.  He wants a 2 way Master Switch to switch on/off the living room lights only.  Master switch 1 is at the main door, and the other is next to his bed. I've...

Hey mate, could you post me some more info please, length of contract, Price etc, thanks.

Hello there, been asked to take a look at an old council flat as the owner wants to put some surface mounted cables in mini Trunking or conduit. When I arrived to take a look, I discovered that the cables visible on the walls are wired in pyro..... Is this legal these days for this type of...

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Enough of that!! I've just drastically spent the last minute trying to change it, trust you to get there before me ; -)

Hi all, I've recently been asked to do a bit of work in a house in London. Only thing I have noticed is it has no RCD in it... :yellow card The house was wired around only 8 years ago but was this legally the way it was done then? The electrician was apparently very good so just suprised...

Well in mate, nice feeling eh?

There's a L,N,E fed from a Key switch in the main board straight to the top floor of the stairwell and looped down 9 floors. Hope that makes more sense for you.

Hi all, Taking over 2nd fixing of a stairwell tomorrow and wanted to check I'm correct before I start. PIR steel box - 4 connectors (2xearth,2xlive,1xSW,2xneutral) Light - 4 connectors (2xlive,2xneutral,1xSW,2xearth) The PIR has 3 connections which are SP1, L, N. (SP1 must be the SW...

Ha, funny that because Iv been using that drill for the last year in oz. Top class drill. Thanks.

Good advice lads, thanks. Considering it's cordless, yes I do have a charger already but your right, the warranty could be a problem. I have used dewalt drills for the last 7 years without a problem bt might well be worth thinking about a change. Thanks nozsparks, your thread is very helpful...

Hello all, Im currently in the process of buying a couple of new cordless power tools :) and was wondering if there are any disadvantages from buying from the US? It works out alot cheaper so surely it would make sense to do this, no? Can anyone give me any advice or reasons not to, or is...

Thanks mate, some really helpful advice to all people taking the exam....

Thought it was tough to be honest, I booked a home study kit with a company called tradies down under, paid

Passed this morning, solid week of revising and nailed it, DELIGHTED! ECS card on wed, start work next week ; -)

Thought so, I got my answer though from table 41.5 though. Silly revision answers, Thanks mate.

Can someone reasure me what the correct answer is to this question please? I answered A, which was wrong (the correct answer is B) as the table 41.5 shows less than or equal to 230v.... 14. For a TT System the Maximum earth fault loop impedance for a 100mA BSEN61008-1 RCD in a 230Volt circuit...

Some of the practice papers on www.djtelectraining.co.uk/17th_edition_questions.html website seem to be in order but, fair play, as long as I know my stuff thats the main thing. Would be alot easier if it was in order. Anyway fingers crossed.

Evening all, Can anyone shed some light on the layout of the 60 question layout exam? Do the questions start from the front of the book and finish off towards the last section? Any help would be much appreciated as Im doing it this thurs :Pray Rob

Book arrived today, very similar, if not a slight bit thinner than the Irish Regs. I'd lots of notes in it when i did that exam and no one passed any remarks. Saying that, I just used the contents page to guide my way through, Anyway thanks again all Robbb the bank ; -)