I have enrolled for an electrical testing course. This is mostly
to allow me to make changes to my own and other family members'
installations and then to test them. However I think that there is a
market for testing other people's work and making money. I was
chatting to a CORGI installer acquaintance who said he was
interested. This also seems a good way out for d-i-yers who can
still save a lot of money by doing a better job themselves even after paying
me!

Question is how much to charge? I think d-i-yers would welcome
fixed charges for a ring main, a lighting circuit and so on. Obviously a
full
test would have to be done on an estimate and hourly rate basis. What
do you folk think you would accept as a fair charge? Does anyone have
any experience of paying or charging and any feelings about the rates? Is
anyone else doing this or about to? Just in case there is a problem over
competition and proximity I am in Northern Norfolk. BTW I won't do the
exam until December so can't do any testing yet.

*This message is not trawling for business.* As I said my original motive
was
for diy alone. However I think I might be able to help other people and
might even inspire others to do the same.

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Peter Scott

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