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About 3 weeks ago I passed my DISQ assessment & I was told 2 weeks after my assessment I'd be registered. Been phoning every day for the last week to see if I had been put onto their system. I was being told that they hadnt received the assesors report so I had to ask them to keep chasing it...

Thanks for the info RF Lighting - Appreciate you getting all your tools out this time of night & laying them neatly on the kitchen floor :D :wink:

Just thinking about buying some more tools. Heard a few people talking about a Fein Multimaster. Is it "nice to have" or definately worth buying ? Also, do you reckon cordless or 110V for domestic work ? Has anyone got a list of essential sparks tools which I could think about getting...

Passed my NIC assessment. I know you long term sparks out there frown upon it but I did a DISQ course in Feb 07 & then did my 2 assessment jobs & basically read the OSG & BS7671 (& a couple of others) cover to cover for the past 8 months. Did a couple of other jobs in the meantime to get my...

What about if you go to a job (relating to the bathroom) & there is no Supp bonding present ? Do you just carry out the supp bonding ? I assume this means for new builds or re-wires.

To measure the earth electrode resistance is it a case of doing a Ze test as normal ? Is the limit 21 ohms according to NIC ? I dont understand the calc as per bottom p78 OSG "For TT systems, the value of the earth electrode resistance Ra in ohms multiplied by the opertaing current in amps of...

ok thanks for that. I know that normally the RCD would be in the garage but it was like this already.

1. Would the method of protection against indirect contact be EEBADS for my garage, which is supplied on the RCD side of the house CU, connecting to a non-RCD CU in the garage ? :?

Heres a suggestion from my limited knowledge. 8) I had an RCD which kept tripping intermittantly. Tried unplugging things but it still kept tripping & then someone on here suggested testing directly onto the RCD on the load side with nothing connected to it, which revealed an RCD fault...

OK, thats answered my question. Thanks :)

Right, here goes Now I know that, I reckon I got one of the wires wrong, because the old actuator had black going to stat call for heat & brown & grey connected together.

Just stopped in to look at a job on the way home & the customer had already run cables for 2 electric showers. Obviously running x2 10.5kW showers with a 100A main fuse is not a good idea, but I think I remember seeing on here some sort of device that will only let one shower run at a time.

Ill get some pics today. There was a leak & it got into the pump & it was tripping the RCD. Im going offline now. Thanks for helping :D

Its a Potterton boiler. I'm not at the house at the moment. On the hot water side of things, when you set the thermostat on the side of the tank at say 60degs the boiler will run & the pump will pump hot water into the tank until it reaches 60. For the central heating the boiler will run &...

Ill get some pics & post on here. The house was built about 10 yrs ago so its not really an old system. It might not be a combi but it definately fires up when it needs to heat the water for the tank & for the central heating. I'm assuming the pump should run when you need to draw hot water...

My mates heating & hot water system setup, he has got a combi boiler downstairs & a hot water tank & a smal res tank in the airing cupboard. Off these there is x2, 2 port actuators & 1 pump. The pump & 1 of the hot water actuator needed replacing. Done that but when the heating & hot water is...

Just looking about to see where I can download one from & I get the feeling you only need to have anything displayed if you employ anyone. If its just lonely old me then I dont need anything. What ya think ?

Would a NIC assessor expect to see a written Health & Safety policy if you were running an Electrical business as Sole Trader ?

ok, thanks for that :D

Yeah, I was concerned aswell & mentioned it to the customer. There is no fusing down & it is 1.5 t&e & on the RCD side. Customer didnt want anything done about it so I left it. Just filling out the cert & thought I would put a comment in that I advised some sort of FCU be fitted. Do you think...