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did a job with a load of 630 singles a fue months ago. the were feeding a big pannel. cabel cost £75,000. that was hard work

whys it been fixed to the wall with cable clips? bit crap!

use a candle instead

i got 500 amps

i was told that the 17th brings us in line with europe and once we have it we could go work in places in europe and not have to take a test. is this true?

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ye do it in swa in to adaptable boxs and flex out of the boxs with a stuffing gland. you cant just put cabel in the ground with out a earthed armoring. you could use galv conduit but it would be more of a pain in the ass than doing in in swa

conector blocks need to be acccessable as well as they are a screwed fixing.

a mate of mine who had a biasness on data installs has asked me if i could put some new sockeds in an office he has been working on. im a qualified electrician but im a bit unsure about testing it when its all finished. i know how to test but do not have the 2391 and i am not a member of...

remove the rcd and use rcbos insted

ye thats true but can pyro be run underground?

while speaking to the taxi driver on the way home from a party last night he told me about some work on his garden that his electrician mate did for him, sockets and some lighting i think he said he used pyro and buried it 4" underground! asked him if he had a test certivicate, he said no...

we use the dome type cameras in work there better for public places due to the dome casing stoping some one putting the camera out of focus or pulling a lead out

im not to sure about running the 2 circuits down the same swa. but im quite sure that the armor wouldnt be a decent earth for the 2 circuits. in my opinion id say no

what do i need to join the niceic? im a jib graded electrician but im quite sure i would need the 2391 for the testing side, but do i need the 2400 design and build to be able to design circuits to the nic standerds?