Shocking facts about DVD recorders and players
Electrical equipment supplied by mains voltage is divided into two groups; Class I [supplied with a three core cable providing an earth connection between the electrical supply and the item of equipment. The other group, Class II [Class 2] is supplied with a two core cable, not containing an earth cable.
Spent yesterday in a small under stairs store sorting out a consumer unit; the 100 Watt lamp soon felt very hot close to my head. Done some research and found the following amazing facts: 1˚C = 0.52752793 Wh [Watt hour]. The 100W incandescent lamp produces 2.1% light and 97.9% heat. So the actual heat output was 185.6 ˚C. That’s pretty hot, 2 feet from my head!
"Labelling on electrical equipment sold by DIY stores must be used to warn that it is illegal for an unregistered person to carry out most electrical works in the home, says the Communities and Local Government Committee. In addition, public awareness about the risk of the odourless, invisible and potentially lethal carbon monoxide fumes must be raised to increase safety in the home, warns the Committee.
This statement is what the Select committe are recommending and they will be writing to all the big electrical/DIY stores to highlight this key recommendation.
Weekly fire alarm bell tests, monthly emergency light tests, fire alarm maintenance quarterly fire alarm service, 6 monthly fire alarm service, 3 hour emergency lighting discharge testing.
It's hardly suprising businesses and landlords get intimidated or annoyed with British Standards or as I should say some of the firms that 'implement' it.
We are Electricians in Chesham with over 18 years experiance.
24 Hr On-Call Fault Response
Home Security Systems & CCTV
Gate Automation
Home Automation
Electrical Installations & Re-Wires
PAT Testing
NICEIC/Trust Mark/SSAIB
This week our electricians where working in Manchester doing a house rewire, the property was empty with just the carpets down, they started lifting the carpets when one of the electricians noticed something in the grove of the floor boards when he had a closer look he realised it was a syringe, they stopped what they was doing and phone the office to notify us on what they had found, we called a needle & syringe removal team, who came out the same day to move it and check the rest of the property to make sure it was safe to carry on working.
Would you play your part in helping? Are you fed up with paying out all the time to stay legal and carry out your job according to set guidelines and regulations?
We think it is time to take a stance on the amount of individuals who get away time and time again producing inferior and dangerous work giving the electrical industry and electricians as a whole a bad name. We have named the campaign Fake Electrician.
We’ve all enlisted the help of a friend at times – but think twice about appointing a ‘mate’ to help install your electrics.
We’ve recently electrically inspected a few properties where a ‘mate’ has installed some new sockets, switches & consumer units (fuse boxes) with the following dangerous problems:
No or inadequate earthling & bonding
Circuit overloading
Wrong conductor & circuit breaker selection
Broken ‘ring’ circuits
No circuit labelling or identification
Although I’m not a union member myself, I am an electrician and believe that we deserve the right rate of pay for an often very difficult and responsible job.
Does anyone have any thoughts or experiences of the current disputes and the issues involving BESNA?
This is a big issue for many electricians and it will affect pay and conditions for future generations.
