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From somebodies experience out there could somebody please advise what is a good make to go for and more to the point which not to touch with a barge pole with regards to crimpers. They need to be able to be used up to 10mm cable. They will be getting moderate to high use. Many thanks in advance.

Hello Shot in the dark here. I've just been kindly given a Megger CM200 unit (to help me through my 2330) but it does not have any instructions. I phoned AVO/Megger and they don't have a copy in stock becuase when this model was made PDF instructions were not invented and they don't...

This post is just a bit of fun aimed at anyone who has done / doing any C&G course at college rather than following a qualified sparky via an apprenticeship route. I was having an e-mail discussion with one of the regualr posters here over the last couple of days and it turns out even though...

When it rains it pours at RJB towers at the moment. Yesterday my fan oven packed up, but the top oven still works. problem is I'm having my family Christmas this weekend as parents are going away for 'real' Christmas (that's pensioners for you). Anyway I use a fantastic appliance repair...

I am in the process of getting my service head changed as it is about 70 years old and has started a small leak of the bitumen. (Thanks to John D for the advise in a previous theme :wink: ) Anyway I phoned them up last night to find out a date and chase them up. Whilst doing this out of...

We moved up to the Midlands not too long ago and don't have any family here, but we have befriended a really nice lady (retired and on her own who babysits for us upon request. Anyway she phoned me up last night and the conversation went like this. "You would be ever so proud of me" "Oh...

Is a chasing machine a worth while investment for a domestic electrician. Pro's and con's ?

Hello folks! Please settle a bet for me. Question. Does the metal framework for suspended ceilings need to be bonded? My answer. No. I don't think it is an extraneous conductive part (i think!). Only the metal flouresecent light housings. The Air con is earthed not bonded. Mike's...

Mrs RJB wants to run a circuit outdoors so we can have some lights at bottom of garden. (Actually Mrs RJB wants RJB to do this!!! Here we go again I am saying to myself) Fine. I will stall her for a year or so and perhaps keep it for NICEIC assessor minor / major job (not sure which one it...

This is not really a question, but an exclamation. I am doing 2330 at present and starting 2381(2) early next year with view to becoming electrican etc. Anyway I have started doing simple (not part P) jobs for friends, elderly neighrbours and family. (I am not charging as I feel it's part...

I've just been practising using my own house for testing as part of learning qualifications and discovered there's no continuity in the Main bonding conductor from the gas installation pipe. :shock: (Another case of cobbler's kids have worst shoes etc) Anyway I obviously need to rectify...

Some friends of mine want me to remove a pair of double sockets from their sitting room that are situated quite high up in an alcove (1 socket each side). They want flat walls so they can hang pictures I believe. At this moment in time I am not sure whether they are part of the proper ring...

Can somebody recommend a good book specialising in circuit fault diagnosis and recitification that would be useful to accompany level 3 2330.

I'm doing 2330 at present and finding this forum a very useful teaching tool by pretending questions asked are the ones a customer would phone up asking an electricial and seeing if I can answer them successfully myself before all the experts jump in give advice. I have noticed over the last...

My country loving sister has been watching too much 'The Good Life' and is serious thinking to turning over half of her garden to raise animals. :roll: (She still points at aircraft flying over head when she visits me.) Anyway she thinks she will need an electric fence. Are there any...

Calling all self employed sparkies for advice. First, recap of my situation. Been doing up old houses as a side line for last 4-5 years and have now decided that being an electrician is for me and want to be self employed. Currently finishing 2330 level 2. Starting level 3 in september and...

As a point of interest do CFL's need a correction factor of 1.8 like normal fluorescent lights?

Popped over from UK electrics forum. A house down the road has replaced their front door and I am trying to recycle their disregarded one. The door is wooden but UPVC covered. I need to narrow it by 6cm and reverse hang. Two questions a) I only have a jigsaw which I will run down...

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I am in the process of building at home a test circuit on a sheet of MDF to replicate my electrics at home (except blowing G9 bulbs) so I can practise testing for 2330, 16th edition and 2391 etc etc. Anyway I want to replicate accurate voltage drop so I want to put resistors in series to...