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by the way, Thanks JohnD for your response. Very helpful

i'm based in Tottenham, North London. But willing to travel... taking my part 2 in June..

sorry Traineespark. Didn't mean to steal, or rather, pluralise your existing name. Anyone fancy taking on a 30 year old as an apprentice who will work for peanuts (not literally) in order to learn the trade?

When carrying out an insulation resistance test between live conductors of the socket outlet and a short circuit is discovered, what is the best way to test this to determine the location of the fault within the damaged cable. And what's the best way to rectify this? ay ideas?

just so you're aware my CV will relate to a completely different line of work as I have very little electrical experience.

Hi Brightsparks. Preferably commercial but as much experience in as many areas as possible..

Yes , i'd be interested. When would you be looking at starting?

for the past 3 years , I have have been studying the Electrical Installation 2360 City & Guilds. I am completing part 2 in June. Having had no work experience as a sparky, would you say there are many opportunities available to a 30 year old? And if so any possible suggestions of how to go about...

i think i have identified the problem, albeit a very embarrasing one to divulge. When my builder carried out the work, he ran a cable through to the outside of the extension for a future,'Outside light'. However the cable was just left hanging outside without being terminated or protected. This...

OK .. the plot thickens. After about a week of no tripping whatsoever it started again last night. It must have tripped at least 10 times in the space of an hour. Then it occurred to me that the last time this happenned it had been raining heavy, as it was last night!! any ideas?

Thanks PompeySparks. Appreciate that. I am tenacious by nature so I will certainly make those applications and not give up.

at the moment its tripping every 30-40 mins if not more frequent. Still, its all good in helping me with my studies. Yes, i'll be going for as many qualifications as possible. The hardest part will be trying to get work without the experience, which I'm not looking fwd to at all. Thanks for...

allow me to clarify the situation. I dont actually work as an electrician. I am at college half way through year 2 and hope to become one in the near future. I dont actually have a tester but will have a access to one through college. All the building work was completed in December-January so no...

would that be a nail through a cable?

Clearly a lot of investigation needs to be carried out. The work was carried out by a qualified Sparks so I can only assume he did the correct calculations. Would the MCB still trip if no lights were actually on? Does this imply a faulty MCB? Thanks for the response by the way..