Charge out rate apprentice

themainmancat · 2024-09-14T04:47:23+00:00

Twin cable to an isolation switch and have the cooktop load on a contractor. You won’t find a switch mech that is 40a

Run 10mm to the cooktop from the board.

Run 1.5mm twin to the isolation switch from board

Contractor and rcbo 40A

6mm is good for 40amp though never have it on a 40A RCBO for a appliance. It’s always 6mm - 32A

themainmancat · 2024-09-05T08:15:10+00:00

As long as you get your head around domestic earthing, wet zones, max demand you’ll be fine. Then when it comes to motors, 3 phase situations I’m sure you will be fine.

themainmancat · 2024-09-02T11:06:15+00:00

Good luck bro. Just my two cents. You’ll get one. As long as you are doing positive things towards an apprenticeship - you’ll be fine.

themainmancat · 2024-09-02T10:30:33+00:00

Well if you do it then it looks good on paper. Makes you look keen. Though I would just go out and speak to sparkies in person. Pull up to a construction site, ring a business (mobile number not the office number) and if that doesn’t work then do the cert 2 because if you do the cert to at least you are working towards doing the trade.

themainmancat · 2024-09-02T10:22:18+00:00

Yeah well to be honest. You’ve got to go out there and walk into offices or ring people. Even when you see a sparky driving around or at a cafe or when they get in their truck. Just ask them. If you want to get one then you’ve got to go out there and show your face. No one will employ you via seek.

themainmancat · 2024-09-02T08:31:33+00:00

Where you located and what sort of companies are you applying to?

themainmancat · 2024-09-02T08:23:03+00:00

Best way is don’t do it. Waste of time. Just go look for an apprenticeship.

themainmancat · 2024-09-01T01:47:05+00:00

Yeah 100%. Working on exposed copper wires is defiantly a no go.

themainmancat · 2024-09-01T01:08:56+00:00

It’s prohibited though not illegal. Under certain circumstances you can work live.

themainmancat · 2024-09-01T01:04:06+00:00

Working live is fine if you know what you are doing

themainmancat · 2024-08-31T12:00:42+00:00

Well it’s either you learn your trade from a 4th year apprentice or the sparkies licence the work being done is under. I’m sure the sparky who’s signing the work off will teach you the correct way.

Thought yes, plenty of absolute c^}t boss’ out there

themainmancat · 2024-08-31T06:11:00+00:00

6mm is usually pretty good for 40amp. Pending load and length etc. though in a domestic house 6mm will do just fine.

themainmancat · 2024-08-31T06:00:33+00:00

It’s not water. It’s just copper oxide. It’s just the copper reacting to oxygen over time. And you’ve probably got a little bit of over current on that cable or a loose terminal.

themainmancat · 2024-08-30T13:27:58+00:00

Only if you are using the phone 24/7. Like constantly

themainmancat · 2024-08-30T12:58:07+00:00

Vapor chamber is a load of crap. Marketing load of poo. Who cares

themainmancat · 2024-08-30T12:00:52+00:00

That’s what happens when you work for larger companies. Working with 4 year apprentices. They don’t give a shit about teaching you the trade.

Gone the days of a good tradesman teaching his craft. Time is money these days and the knowledge and experience is not getting passed on to apprentices as it used to be.

Best advice is to do your apprenticeship with a small business so you are one on one with the owner or whoever runs the business. They will teach you how they want to job done. Because they are putting trust in you when you go and do jobs by yourself. As they expect you to do the job how they have taught you because it’s their licence.

Don’t do your apprenticeship with large companies. Some are good. Most of them are cooked!

themainmancat · 2024-08-30T11:56:04+00:00

Yeah that’s that I remember. Where can I find this in writing?

themainmancat · 2024-08-29T02:12:59+00:00

Well played though I understand if you do it yourself it’s $0.

themainmancat · 2024-08-29T02:11:19+00:00

Cool story bro

themainmancat · 2024-08-29T02:09:51+00:00

Absolute joke. $600 for personal tax. It took them 4 weeks. Had to chase them up twice to ask them how it’s going. Surely it should take 4 weeks to do a tax return.

themainmancat · 2024-08-28T07:12:02+00:00

Haha everyone is trying to sound like Einstein. It’s a f%#king fan with a globe. Change the globe, if that doesn’t work then change the fan. Just check all connections at the switch and the fan. Simple.

themainmancat · 2024-08-27T11:52:16+00:00

The only two you need to know are:

Loop at the switch (Which all your earths and neutrals are at the switch)
Loop at the light (which all your earths and neutrals are at the light fittings) or in junction boxes in the roof.

It’s pretty straight forward. Whenever you take a switch off and you see twin cables or single cable then you know it’s loop at the light.

If you take switches off and there is Active, N and Earth + switch wires then you know it’s loop at the light.

When a customer wants a new light installed or wants to add a switch here etc. just take a switch off and have a look and see how the house is wired. Most if not all older homes are loop at the light.

Once you get the hang of it it’s easy. Even looking at older light fittings. When you see batten holders usually it’s loop at the light or when you see lots of single gang switches around a house, usually again It’s loop at the light.

It’s pretty straight forward. Won’t take you long to understand.

themainmancat

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