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Hi Did some work years back on an old wheat dryer.  The farmer said he was a little short that week but could pay me in chickens!!

Hi The glands you make off for the SWA are all Hawke.  There is a box of glands that you get when in the cubical and you need to select the correct glands for the correct zones which are marked on the boards and yes all the equipment is mounted, you wire between the zones.  You have one barrier...

The course is very interesting, I did mine down in Basildon at the beginning of the year.  It's pretty straight forward, really enjoyed the practical exams, you do get plenty of time, just don't panic.  After being told by the "funny" adjudicator that nobody in cubical 3 has ever passed, I was a...

yeah, true it could be up at any voltage if it's not tied down anything, it's basically a simple current transformer.  You have current flowing in the primary and an open open circuit secondary.

Do the lights have any kind of electronic ballasts or power supplies?  Not sure what you are powering up but to help with EMF issues, capacitors and inductors are used to filter noise on SMPS and the caps are connected to the shielding / gnd. If the earth is not connected the voltage on the...

Induced voltage from the line cables.  If they are not tied down to earth, then the earth cables are floating and will experience electromagnetic induction from the lighting cables.

Pipes under the floorboards, madness!!

Did my CompEx course, just got the results back, passed everything except the EX04 only questions on the multichoice.  Pass mark was 75% I got 78% but you need 75% in each area EX1 - EX4 on the multichoice, my bad!! The intrinsically safe maintenance EX4 wasn't covered in much detail on the...

I did that just after I got my papers. I did a 4 year MEng in Electronic & Electrical Engineering. Luckly back then I got a grant, still left with an 6k debt. If it was today I had to decide with the large debt you are lumbered with I don't think I would? Actually yes I would, I had no...

You should send some images in of the installation. 

It looks like the lights are connected in a ring with the blue as (+Ve) and the black is connected to the plate as a ground? Looking from below the lights are strung between two metal bars, alternate bars are connected to the blue wires and the other alternate to the base.  I reckon that the...

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Hi Roys Again I see this was a long time ago, but is there any chance you could also send me a copy of your notes, I have this at the end of Feb near Southend. Thank you.

Hi grantgammie I was wondering if you did your CompEx course?  I have mine at the end of February down in Basildon.  How did you find it if you did take it?   Cheers Peter

Hi Charlied8, I have my course at the end of Feb down in Basildon. Have you taken your course yet?

Ahhh water and gas, I thought you where talking about your Van!!

Mine is 25,000 miles or 12 months which ever is sooner!!

My certificate has just come through this morning martin!! At last!!!

Wonder when the certificate is going to come through then, mine has not arrived either. I hope it comes before Mr NAPIT comes to see me, they have been banging on about me getting this for a few years!

I threw up on the wall of death when I was 14 Link and coated myself and quite a few other people with liquid hot dog!!