Rob Kirk

Great idea thanks Norman!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Decking-Kitchen-Plinth-Lighting-Small/dp/B012OTNWPY/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1462522859&sr=8-18&keywords=small+decking+light Want to wire these in my new house every other stair, want to have a fused spur in the hallway connected from the switched live and neutral of the hallway lights. Thing is the power supply on that is plug type, just want to know what power supply i should buy so i can connect it to a fuse spur. I was never any good at working out what type of power supply is needed so pls go easy on me A link to the correct one would be great, it has to be non plug type (or one i can cut a mains plug off and wire into a fuse spur, not the sealed plug type)

Square as most people set up there logo with that shape. (and my logo name now seems as if its describing a pin cushion to a borrower) Thanks for the hard work you have been putting into this forum btw, must of been hassle changing it all over even though its still not perfect its looking good.

I see people using tapatalk to post in forums etc but for the life of me can't figure out how to work the app. i go to search this from and its not found. Must be doing something wrong.

Me dont like very much but then no one really likes change. Cant see where the latest topics are though although i haven't really looked hard enough. - desktop safari

Yeah around 210 inc vat for a 2 x pir, 1 x contact, siren, 2 x keyfobs and speech dialer panel. Each detector there after is around 30. I think hkc are a lot dearer but let me know if there is a kit they do around the same price..

do they have a kit for the same price as powermax complete kit/enforcer pstn 2 kit? with dialer or text sender?

When i started fitting them coming from powermax completes i thought they were horrible to program but its just what you get used to. I hate the fact its not a proper speech dialer like the powermax but just a text sender.... Also it costs the customer 50p every 18 days to send a test signal to the pyronix centre... thats not great explaining to a customer. Anyway i love the look of them compared to the powermax but my other gripe is there is no flex holder..... they expect you to use a very tiny cable tie to hold the flex..(not even supplied). visonic provide a lockdown plug type flex clamp that works... also you have to buy the 5 pound backplate to have any chance of doing any wiring beyond a flex cable behind the panel even the flex cable and bt cable is tight.. also the panel doesn't talk recorded "arming away" like the powermax complete but it does look a lot nicer along with the key fobs look better and the bell looks better imo. i wish there was a panel with the best of powermax but two way radio and the looks and range of the enforcer (yes i know power master but thats a different price bracket). I can't decide what is the better panel atm - obviously enforcer for security and range but for features to the customer and install quality its the powermax for me still..

Went to a neighbours house whose decorator had powered a yale wireless alarm down, took the keypad off the wall to find a little watch battery rattling around inside it and had broke of the pcb. Fitted enforcer the next day.

bit of a bodge but how about this combined with another relay controlling the power from the output? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NE555-Timer-Relay-Switch-1-300-second-input-DC-5-12v-TIME-OVER-RESET-Delay-relay-/221580876256?hash=item33973fd9e0:g:TC4AAOSw1x1URG0v

Im not sure i have contributed enough to be a mod wouldn't want to make the others feel like why has he got mod status. I wouldn't mind either way but I'm not leaving now I'm running on my own. This community is like having a small company of experienced managers (a lot of you are) to ask opinions of and very invaluable at times.

I put up with a very low wage when i was apprentice. Do you have a full apprenticeship yet or willing to earn it? Can take 3 years but you can also be fast tracked or do other training courses to the equivalent of. If they are going to train you and you come out with more feathers under your cap than you already have then why not? But its down to if your willing to be on less pay and want to be in the industry. Its not easy and some of the guys at my college would travel for hours to get there and be on the same low pay as me but we all knew it was worthwhile and make us like gold dust in the industry.

In the horror story section, very fitting. I dont know why i was talking like the thread was a day old and the op's were gonna read it

Wow i really like there bags i feel like a woman who wants a louis bag lol. http://www.vetopropac.com/open-top-lc or http://www.vetopropac.com/products/tech-mct the first one would suit me better but i like the idea of being able to zip the majority away. the second i feel a lot of my stuff just wouldn't go in there nicely.

I too have done cctv service in a crem in london, the "guided tour" door/window you mentioned i think has to do with muslims/islam. i think their religion requires them to see the process or something like that. I remember cleaning a camera directly above an oven (it was on) normal practice is a paintbrush to dust them off/clean cobwebs. I remember dusting it over the top and about a cm of ash/dust came off the top and thinking how many people did i just brush away .... I made a point not to smell or breathe through my nose whilst in there as the ovens were on and it was a busy place and i didn't want that smell in my memory.

Good to see a apprentice seem so interested in the game, 10 years ago it was me at college one day a week i loved it lucky for me i didn't have to go far and the bunch of lads for my year was a lovely lot we are all still good mates. Have fun joe but dont get to cocky this game always filters out the cocky ones it seems.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wiha-Set-of-3-Pliers-Side-Cutter-Long-Nose-Combination-VDE-Insulated-1000v-D/141156556321?_trksid=p2141725.c100338.m3726&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20150313114020%26meid%3D2c5cce0e0f934360abc673024b97a472%26pid%3D100338%26rk%3D8%26rkt%3D18%26mehot%3Dag%26sd%3D291607916302 Wish i had gone for the wiha set instead ^^ i do like the look of that tool bag but does look like it might get a little cramped? is there another bag section for a combi drill and bulky stuff?

Its all about the stanley fatmax technicians toolbag for me atm, always had a technician open tote thing can get a lot of tools in a tight space. The fatmax is a little big for my liking though compared to my previous tech tote that was smaller. Dont knock me but i just brought the draper vde plier longnose set with the smaller cutters. Awesome set nearly as good as knipex. Yes i know draper nowadays is mostly rubbish but the vde plier set is awesome quality. i heard draper own knipex?

What alarm do selco do? i heard thats where the trade go too.

Anything earthed at both ends that shouldn't be? not that there sounds like anything needs to be but sometimes there is. Are you sure when using separate psu's you have the correct rating to power the cameras? A lot of those 5 amp compact psu's are ****! Was the cable of good quality, have you used it before to good results?

Apparently i fit yales from wickes so you won't be learning much from me but welcome all the same

Hi there, i used to love being a service engineer. Done most of the stuff you mentioned apart from much cat5 work. The only grind was being sent to the the other side of london at 4pm after thinking you are home and dry, apart from that i actually loved the job.

Probably posting too late but the accenta is not a bad little panel, cheap and cheerful but not very user friendly - fiddly dated keypad. You should be able to default the codes, i dont think I'm allowed to tell you how here but its probably obvious anyway. The outside bell might need a new battery if you want to do it properly along with the panel battery which with all the hassle of getting and replacing you may as well replace them both altogether and like others said if you already have floorboards up just rip it all out and start again or default, replace batteries and test.

Just be careful with some of the VERY OLD early motion detectors, the materials that was used in them sometimes VERY dangerous. I would say ask a few local companies if you can come and rifle through their waste, i dont think they'd be too happy about it though as they should keep it all confidential. My old company we used to have a big metal bin with on average 5 old alarm panel rip outs in it every week.

From what I've gathered in reading, no home router is safe without an outbound firewall weather it has a dvr connected or not. Port forwarding a dvr seems to create a flag for an easy entry route for the automated hackers? Modern plug and play dvrs are just as vulnerable... HIK dvrs are ok? Hmm why tell the customer that you are creating a vulnerability in their network when the network already has a vulnerability with all these automated hacking things from abroad...unles you are port forwarding which seems old hat and not done much now. Please enlighten.