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<blockquote data-quote="Doc Hudson" data-source="post: 461905" data-attributes="member: 1607"><p>I have already suggested that the OP calls someone to test the cable correctly and never suggested that a DIY could verify its integrity without knowledge of and access to correct test equipment. And I am well aware of reasonable costs, As I have been charging them for more than double your 8 years, whist still covering all of the normal business and household expenses (mortgage &amp; children). Electrical work is a skilled trade, but there are some that like to over-skill certain less skilled aspects of the work. To IR test and continuity test all legs of a single underground cable is not rocket science and it would not take a competent person very long.</p><p></p><p>Consider the costs charged for an MOT test on a car, skilled work, specialist test equipment, business overheads etc. If an electrician cannot test a single bit of cable for a similar amount, is it any wonder that a certain sector of the public think electricians are there to rip them off.</p><p></p><p>Doc H.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc Hudson, post: 461905, member: 1607"] I have already suggested that the OP calls someone to test the cable correctly and never suggested that a DIY could verify its integrity without knowledge of and access to correct test equipment. And I am well aware of reasonable costs, As I have been charging them for more than double your 8 years, whist still covering all of the normal business and household expenses (mortgage & children). Electrical work is a skilled trade, but there are some that like to over-skill certain less skilled aspects of the work. To IR test and continuity test all legs of a single underground cable is not rocket science and it would not take a competent person very long. Consider the costs charged for an MOT test on a car, skilled work, specialist test equipment, business overheads etc. If an electrician cannot test a single bit of cable for a similar amount, is it any wonder that a certain sector of the public think electricians are there to rip them off. Doc H. [/QUOTE]
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