Rooting in the cellar the other day...
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Rooting in the cellar the other day...
...... and found a load of my Dad's and my old drawings. Bit weird that we ended up doing almost the same thing in the same industry and purely by chance.
Found one of my Dad's dated June 1972 just before I was born and one of mine dated June 1992 exactly twenty years later.
Here's one of mine, if you live in Staffordshire it's fairly likely I've pumped your poop!
Found one of my Dad's dated June 1972 just before I was born and one of mine dated June 1992 exactly twenty years later.
Here's one of mine, if you live in Staffordshire it's fairly likely I've pumped your poop!
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Re: Rooting in the cellar the other day...
Green and yellow into the L, take your pick on the other two LOL
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Re: Rooting in the cellar the other day...
Just in case anyone is likely to take my comment seriously
Correct Wiring lol.
Correct Wiring lol.
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Re: Rooting in the cellar the other day...
Where do you put the nail ? Its not shown and I always have to guess until something starts sparking, haha.
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Re: Rooting in the cellar the other day...
I'm a qualified electrician. I wouldn't wire a plug in my own house. Qualifications.... not worht the paper they're written on.
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Re: Rooting in the cellar the other day...
Interesting comment!!D6 wrote:I'm a qualified electrician. I wouldn't wire a plug in my own house. Qualifications.... not worht the paper they're written on.
Do you know that I'm qualified by the State Of California to install tile, marble, mastic (type of concrete mix)....vinyl, VCT, carpet, etc....you name it. But apart from carpet I don't have much of a clue....some would say including carpet.
And believe me.....I studied for this stuff, and took my exams etc......Kwacky would be proud that I aced the legal!!.....the C-15 part (flooring) was about the simplest and stupidest exam I've ever done.
BUT....as I mentioned on another recent thread.....my license puts me at the head of my field, whether I belong there or not.
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Re: Rooting in the cellar the other day...
I never finished my degree, was too busy drinking, shagging and fitting double glazing to pay for the drinking and shagging.
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Re: Rooting in the cellar the other day...
I wired my house and I'm not qualified . Gives me a tingle all over
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Re: Rooting in the cellar the other day...
Do you not have to have a qualified sparks to sign off the work?C00kiemonster wrote:I wired my house and I'm not qualified . Gives me a tingle all over
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Re: Rooting in the cellar the other day...
It's fine, it's all been signed off by someone who is qualified. Earths are the responsibility of the householder here so we've got a few earthing points buried around the house. The standards are much higher here and much more stringent.
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Re: Rooting in the cellar the other day...
Cool, I was not questioning your ability (proof will all the pics on FB ha ha) , just how bloody strict it is here with electrics nowadays, I was interested know what the rules where over there.
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Re: Rooting in the cellar the other day...
Frankie wrote:Cool, I was not questioning your ability (proof will all the pics on FB ha ha) , just how bloody strict it is here with electrics nowadays, I was interested know what the rules where over there.
I would want them checked anyway, but I was tutored by a trained french sparky who then checked them over when I'd finished them and got the authorities in to sign them off.
You can't live or sell a house here without a certificate. As we didn't have electric even to the site, the electricity company when running the cables down the road and installing a meter were even more stringent and tested them themselves afterwards. The neutral and live are switched here too so it's very safe and all cables in front and behind the walls are in waterproof single piece flexible trunking. No irritating fuses in plugs too - which is great.
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Re: Rooting in the cellar the other day...
Degree of life mate worth every penny and we all know shagging and drinking are bloody expensive pass times especially the shagging, haha.Monty wrote:I never finished my degree, was too busy drinking, shagging and fitting double glazing to pay for the drinking and shagging.
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Re: Rooting in the cellar the other day..
Another subscriber to D6's pov, I've met some utter planks that knew nothing about electrics, electronics, fluidics and mechanics and yet had all the qualifications going in our area of expertise, it's a joke tbh. I've taught so called qualified electricians that couldn't tell me anything about electricity - not even the difference between volts and amps. That's scary.
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Re: Rooting in the cellar the other day...
I hope you're not also subscribing to D6's POV videos
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Re: Rooting in the cellar the other day...
All I know about electrickery is the black man's magic flows down the pipes and sparky bits come out the other end. If you want more sparks or bigger currants I think you rub the working end differently, I think thats it anyway but not my thing tbh even though I clearly know sh1t loads on the subject