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Adam's apprentices
On 04/12/2019 22:00, Steve Walker wrote:
On 04/12/2019 20:11,
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On Wednesday, 4 December 2019 18:03:51 UTC, ARWÂ* wrote:
This year we have 2 third year apprentices. Neither of them can fit a
back box straight, wire up a two way lightswitch etc etc.
Could I suggest that being able to wire up a two way lightswitch
should be an *entry criterion* to being an electrical apprentice?
Fairly sure I could have done it at 16.
In fact I was probably doing it about 8, with a battery and paperclips
and brass paper fasteners for switches :-)
I think I was about 12 or 13 when I installed the two mains spotlights,
pair of dimmers and changed the switch near the door of my bedroom from
a single gang to a 3-gang, with two way switching on both the spotlights.
When they start with use they cannot use a screwdriver. Things were
different 10 years ago, they get worse every year in most cases. Every
so often you get a good one.
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