Busy

Have been doing lots of little jobs and waiting for the big ones to come in. I have a number of estimates out there; it's just a matter of getting the go-ahead (or not!).

I've got a busy week this week. I'm doing bathroom electrics tomorrow, then changing a consumer unit and installing the earth bonding and a shower circuit on wednesday through to friday.

A couple of electricians I know have very little work, so I'm lucky that I have work most days. The phone won't ring by itself. It's a matter of getting out there and finding the jobs. The BNI and Rated People.com have been very good for me in this regard. I'm still developing my website, but this has brought in work too and, hopefully, a potentially major client.

Consumer unit, RCD, & RCBOs

Worked on a consumer unit in a house in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, just round the corner from wher I live; I walked to work for a change.

Changed over a 100mA time delayed RCD as the main switch to a standard 2P 100A main switch, requiring the replacement of the socket outlet MCBs with RCBOs. Straight forward job, and the installation is now the safest in the street. Sometimes RCBOS are too big for the older consumer units, but these fitted perfectly.

Performed electrical testing on a 4 bedroom house today of a BNI chapter colleague (BNI Blaze, Hitchin). The installation is unsafe in a number of ways, namely it lacks any 30mA RCD protection of its circuits and has no main equipotential bonding of its gas and water supply. The consumer unit is also obsoletem being of the 1361 fuse holder type. Needs replacing with a nice Hager 17th Edition dual RCD board.

I also joined Twitter and Twellow today.

1st October 2009

Today I went to B NI Blaze in Hitchin. No bloody cooked beakfast! And I got up at 0515 to get there for 0630. Not happy.

I was called to remodel and modify the electrics for a new kitchen in a local home for people woth special needs and learning disabilities.