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Evening guy and gals. Just wondering what the unit cost of electric is from different suppliers. My dear missus has always looked after the house paperwork and when a bill came in I just checked the reading were as near as accurate and she paid them. Now today we get a letter from E.ON, due to...

Sorry if this has been covered before, but I can't seem to find any literature to back it up/show customer. On a full rewire smokes a required and heat in kitchen to cover all habitable areas. Customer has said he has bought some from B&Q.... 3 for a tenner or summat like that. Tried to...

A builder who i do work for also uses another couple of electricans on other jobs. Now last year one of the others finished a barn conversion for him and a few weeks later became ill. Not wanting to hound the guy for the paperwork he let it be until the sparks was back on his feet. Sadly the...

Had a call from a customer who had some solar panels fitted 3 weeks ago and has now tripped out on two seperate days. Last week during heavy rain and today during heavy rain. By the time I got there today rcd could be reset and I did a quick IR test on the install with the Isolator off from the...

http://i18.tinypic.com/8awjmvp.jpg Haven't got access to any of my wiring diagrams on my puter so borowed this link from one from the forum. My Question is where would a frost stat be wired to. Full live to stat and return to the same connection on the s/l of the room stat, ie terminal 5 in...

I haven't been on for a bit and I would just like to wish ALL the members a very Happy Christmas and prosperous new year. Macca

A friend of mine has recently taken over the care of a small exercise gym in his place of work. He is just keeping it tidy, painting and caring for it. the flooring needed a bit of a lift so he got the company to part with some cash and bought some of the 1m2 foam mats with the interlock edge...

Evening all. Denmans account holders get the connector mag every month and this month there was a seperate flyer with offers from MK. Anyone got it as I cant seem to find my flyer. Many thanks Macca

Have been asked to wire a sounder in to a door entry system. The door has a press button release inside and a fob swipe on the out. what and how would be the best way to wire a sounder in to activate if the door is left open. There is a spring return to close the door but someone keeps...

Hi all Have we got any 2377 sample papers on here anywhere as I cant find any. Many thanks Macca:Pray

Hi All Just a quickie. customer says Cooker is tripping Rcd out when temp gets up to 160 degrees. poppped in on way to a job and did a quick insulation L-N to earth when cold. 200+. Element faulting on rise of temp perhaps. Hell of job to take back casing off for element continuity. Your...

Been asked to look at a heating system thats not working. The plumber (whom I have never met before) gave the customer my number. Anyhow the the system is fully pumped. potterton boiler. cylinder plus stat. Room stat. programmer. 2 pumps and this is the bit I've never come across before...

Testing a radial circuit today and Zs .89ohm x1 rcd 218ms and 202ms and 5x greater than 40ms TNCS earthing arrangement.Zs .34, Pfc .71. back at house. Circuit no more than 12/15m to outbuilding. circuits from sub board no longer than 15m. This radial supplying an outbuilding with a swimming...

Hi guys, Checking a code on pir please. 4 I believe, Your comments please. 100m/A RCD protected board in a kitchen Ovens socket and lights all on this. No 30m/A for sockets. Some cables behind Metal backsplash. Tnc-s arrangement Many thanks macca

Hopefully you can view the attached letter i received from a customer today. Basically last year some time he had a flood in an empty househe owned, as his mother had passed on. Ceilings ruined etc etc. I quoted for the job and got it. Remove fittings, await redecoration etc and replace fittings...

Has anyone used this service. Its linked to the Nic site, and each time I try it, I never get a result. Anyone ever use it.....and get a postcode? Macca

I'm looking for the max zs on a 5s discon on a bs1361 fuse rated at 40A. My BRB only gives me 30 and 45A figures. Any ideas. Also the Current carrying capacity on these fuses. am i right in 16.5kA. Macca

Got this sent to me from a customer in an email- from a forum she is on [Hi Everyone, We wanted to recommend a local electrician/lighting maintenance man, Paul XXXXXXX. After initially contacting Paul he came within a couple of days and after much patience he managed to fix the light we've...

Hi all trying to get some Missing Circuit Protective Conductor Warning Labels. local wholesalers CEF looked blankly at me when i asked them. NIC will give me 50 for

been to look at a job today and basically want the garage tidied up. House is on TT, however the submain feed to garage is 2.5 T+E. all good so far. only a light and socket. the incoming gas feed and meter is in the garage, and metal pipe up to meter and goes back down underground in plastic...