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best thing is dont be greedy, --then you get clients/customers .... then slowly raise your prices once you have loyal clients (eg builders who always use you) greedy means you wont get any work.

phase is live, but phase is also the word which describes the amplitude/angle of the sine wave at a specific point in time (correct? :o )

was talking about lizzieg's fluke tester at work i use a fluke voltage and continuity tester with LED's not digital display, not failed so far /me touches head

some GS38 have self-testing thing on so you know if it is working or not, your fluke tester probably doesnt have self-testing on it. they have large finger slip guard things too so you dont slip on to live parts GS38 is probably what you will use when you come to do the practical exam at...

"RCD's dont serve their purpose of safety, without an installed earth" better ?

incase he didnt think of it ... he doesnt know if he needs an earth, RCD's dont work without an earth -> he would have no protection in a place which is quite dangerous since its likely he has tools which can damage cable, or water which spills/leaks onto electrics he said he is running...

RCD protection for out-building? 3 core armoured has three colours, Brown black grey use brown for live sleeve the black with blue sleeving/tape = Neutral sleeve the grey with Green/yellow sleeving or tape for identification = Earth or put an earth-stake in

NICEIC is not the only approval body, so really you shouldnt advertise "NICEIC" when you tell someone to get a competant/part p electrician :roll: unless of course you work for them and they pay you to say that

that opens cracks in brick and grows under roof tiles :p but good idea

hi 3 x 30 = 90 ... so why do you ask this question, since its already over 60amps change the 5 amp to what you want, and aslong as you dont exceed 60 amps at the same time then you are ok changing to 100 amp would be best - but asking if you need to implies you need a qualified person...

paint the conduit, i guess its metal ... or run a new conduit near the gutter downpipe if there is one near by, this might help hide it

slow and dont push hard, then it wont chip plaster, once through plaster you can go faster btw what do u use, large hole saw or a proper cutter (with single blade) ?

if u put higher frequency transformers in, you wont hear it ? changed ballast in a fitting and that stopped mains hum - wonder if its possible to do same here

if u want to sell your house in future you will need it all certificated ?

could be RFI Suppressor, its a capacitor which may have burned out - had that happen in central heating boiler the other day, dunno if storage heaters have them

Dedicated sockets are only used in special occasions (eg Cash registers)? where you dont want someone plugging things that are not ment to be on there (eg a vacuum cleaner) For computer sockets, you should use two seperate earth terminals - i think : :oops: the idea is that if one earth...

the house has 3 phase supply because its quite big things like electric gates, garage doors etc were broken - and breakers need replacing too it did have a little black burn from arcing perhaps just the bad connections caused things to break because fluctuating current, not the actual...

Dunno ^o)

Had a problem where the neutral had came out in the consumer unit - which destroyed alot of things on certain circuits I was wondering why this happens, since if the neutral is out then it breaks the circuit - so current doesnt flow is it voltage build up in the cable and appliances ? or...