Recent content by jujubean

Wow!!!! A whole year and a half from a Gainsborough?...That gotta be a record :lol: Seiousely ...I have not used Gainsboroughs for years as I found them of very poor quality...they were cheap to buy and landlords used to love them cuz the students never showered anyway 8)

Hey Ezekiel....Good luck with the 2391...I aint gonna lie to you and tell you its easy...Many have failed this examination but dont be dismayed The practical ...I think everyone passes that. But the theory can be hard work My advice is to somehow get hold of some pass papers which will give...

Gotta be carefull with 4mm on a 32 amp breaker. I think off the top of my head 4mm is rated at 32 amps clipped direct and 30 amps run in trunking....Dont quote me as I aint got a regs book handy I for one will now run 2.5 cable radials in ground and first floor circuits off 20 amp...

:x :?: hehhe i aint showing anyone on this board "my tool" dear oh dear Actually its an Alphatek meter....These seem to be a lot cheaper than say Robin or Fluke. I have found it quick and useful in domestic work...eg... before changing an old consumer unit ...just clamp these on the...

Yes quite right What I actually wrote was for a quarter of a one second cycle...I did mean 0 to 0 which is the half second Appologies

Guys....just bought an Earth Leakage clamp tester. Gotta be honest it is an amazing bit of kit...it cost me 115 quid from Alphatek and thats including VAT I aint used one before but this means I can find residual currents without isolating power The one I bought has a resolution down to...

Here ya go RMAK....you have asked a simple question and this is a nice easy simple answer...assuming the supply is AC and to make it easier to understand pretend the frequency is 1HZ or 1 cycle per second instead of the usual 50 The size of the voltage will vary from 0 to its maximum (325v)...

yep cant find any table relating to 0.2 disconnection time like it were in the 16th ( building sites) Gotta be honest i am confused a bit about this but hey i would have been disappointed if i were not Stupid as always...They never fail to make it as hard as possible But the 17th is good...

AAAAHHHh !!! how nostalgic Those were the days when everything were so much simpler...No crazy boring ol regs to chew over...No part P... No 17th edition..No Gordon Brown ..life expectancy 65 years...those were the days Of course we did have Hitler and Stalin and the real threat of...

Lol but Western power would STILL deny it were faulty :)

Guys ...get this Western Power deny there is anything wrong with a manky old transformer feeding 2 houses. This Transformer has been zapped by lightning god knows how many times. Actually to be fair to western power it is down for renewal Anyways voltage readings at the consumer is 235...

Are Gainsborough still in business? ..amazing Heck they make the ****tiest showers in my experience...Go for the tried and trusted Triton as my fellow bald sparky recomends In fact I would like to blame Gainsborough for me losing my hair...Sadly though I cant prove it and will just have to...

Personally I liked the "old"photo...Looks like a Jackson Pollock painting. I suggest those unfamiliar with JP's work go look it up :lol:

Everything is taken off the 30ma RCD The house does of course does need rewiring. To be honest I have not done a full test on the place although most of the circuits are pretty low ...about 0.5 and two at 0.2 Mohms it is a major job just to get at the sockets to unplug them such is the...

Guys Yes its that same ol topic once again...RCD tripping The owner of the house tells me the 30 ma rcd started tripping daily ever since a storm 2 weeks ago and Western Power came out to repair a damaged overhead line feeding the premises The combined insulation reading of the house with...