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BS-Steve, Dellsmp has pretty much covered everything here, and it's sound advice. Certainly, qualifications and experience must go hand in hand. If you can't get paid work at first you may well have to do a bit of voluntary work, but the experience is invaluable. I'm nearing the end of the...

Thanks for that, Adam. Think that that isolator and 25mm tales are the way to go (when it eventually happens! :? ) I agree - this was my original thought (see my reply above) - but United Utilities and Npower can't seem to make their mind up!

Well...I'm still having probs sorting when npower can come and who's allowed to do what etc etc...but in the mean time a couple of questions: It seems that the tails from service fuse (60A) to metre is 25mm (if you can see the image that's grey insulated cable) but 16mm (black cable) from...

Many 2330 courses are run over 3 years - usually two nights per week, three hours per night. I'm coming to the end of my second year and my fellow students (a great bunch I might add!) are a mix of those who are lucky enough to already be in the industry but don't want to miss a day's work on...

Pompey and Adam - thanks for your advice it really does help. I'm going to speak to the LABC again on Mon to see what I can and cannot do and I'll let you know the outcome. When I spoke to United Utilities (service provider) last week they told me they only deal with full disconnections and for...

Hello all, I'd like to add RCD protection to my electric shower but can't decide which way to go about it. At present my CU is a Wylex 6 way, old rewire fuse job that I've converted to MCBs (1 way not used), so the shower is protected by a 32A MCB but no RCD. Am I right in thinking that Wylex...

Could anyone confirm that I'm right to be alarmed about the state of my shower installation (fitted b4 I bought the house): It's 9.5kW; 6mm cable run about 8 metres No isolator switch, No RCD, and originally on a 30a rewireable fuse (!!!) Now, I converted the old Wylex rewire fuses to...

Thanks, I appreciate your input on this, folks. Any thoughts on my shower and kitchen situations?

"No, 10 mm is not adequate upgrade it to 16mm and the Main EQ bonding to 10mm"..........I originally thought this after reading up in the on-site guide but 547-02-01 of the regs says "...a main equipotential bonding conductor shall have a cross-sectional area not less than half the...

Now then lads and lasses: I've been checking out my home earthing arrangement of late and would like you to clarify if I've spotted something amiss or not. It's a TNS system with a 60A main fuse with one 6mm cable going to the consumer side of the mains stop tap and one 6mm going to the cold...

What's the difference between diagonal cutters and side cutters? Would an electrician need both?

Hmmmm.....the original post says "just the one feed wire comeing in to the shed to make the socket loop circuit" ...which tends to suggest that this is a radial not a ring (despite the confusing term loop being used). Therefore, cable overload is an issue surely, and a fused connection unit...

Thanks for that Andy, I didn't want to go out and buy absolutely every known tool on the market straight away and then find I don't use half of them (even if I could afford to!!). Think I'm going to go with CK tools as they get a good write up in my previous thread 'What tools?'. I was...

In order of importance, for an electrician how would you rate: Combi pliers Side cutters Snipe nosed pliers Cable cutters Is there one or more you never use or are they all essential? Is it worth spending more getting the longer versions (approx 200mm) of all these tools for the sake of...

From someone without an endless budget but not wanting to buy inferior tools, when starting out in the business what should a newbies first toolbox have in it and what are the best makes? Is there any one place to go to buy all the essentials in one fell swoop or is there one place for a good...