Thread: Dual trade elec/instro

Originally Posted by Kevin B

Define "poofter volts"...

I don't have the relevant Australian Standard at my fingertips at the moment and, as you are aware, the Australian Standard differs from the IEEE and ISO standards slightly but, from memory (IEEE standard):

EHV (Extra High Voltage) - above 132kV
HV (High Voltage) - above 36kV up to 132kV
MV (Medium Voltage) - above 1000V up to 36kV
LV (Low Voltage) - above 50V up to 132kV
ELV (Extra Low Voltage) - up to 50V
PV (Poofter Voltage) - anything instro's do (usually up to 5V or 10V.)

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Get your Hazardous Area Certification as well.

That's next on the list Mick.

but ill have to do that one out of my own pocket as the company wont do it.

Originally Posted by Kevin B

Define "poofter volts"...

if you you test your loop in parallel when you have it set to milliamps you meter goes "POOF"

Originally Posted by blitz

dual trade certainly opens more doors. I'm a dual trade fridgy/sparky with lots of instrumentation experience and if I stay on the tools will look at instrumentation qual.

Have you done much with HVAC systems and PLC control?

Originally Posted by rovercare

Have you done much with HVAC systems and PLC control?

heaps - many moons ago I used to write HVAC and BMS software programs for Honeywell

Originally Posted by blitz

Honeywell

Ahhhh,wonderful people to work with....

Sad thing is lots of dual traders in our game,but very few,if any actually,know what they are doing in both trades.
Each trade needs many,many years of experience to get good at it,then throw in all the changes that are continually occurring.
Sure they may have the bit of paper,but that is about it.

Originally Posted by blitz

heaps - many moons ago I used to write HVAC and BMS software programs for Honeywell

What about the refrigerant side? They were/are after an ac tech, 1/4mill a year for 6 months work

Originally Posted by scarry

Ahhhh,wonderful people to work with....

Sad thing is lots of dual traders in our game,but very few,if any actually,know what they are doing in both trades.
Each trade needs many,many years of experience to get good at it,then throw in all the changes that are continually occurring.
Sure they may have the bit of paper,but that is about it.

Plenty of single traders out there no good at their trade, so what's the difference?