r/ElectriciansUK

Hey all,

I’ve been building TaskDrop after speaking to loads of UK tradespeople and hearing the same thing over and over:

Most invoicing software feels bloated and built for office people, not someone on-site trying to get paperwork sorted quickly.

Most trades already run their whole day through WhatsApp anyway — customer messages, site photos, voice notes, payment chasing, updates etc.

So instead of forcing another app, I built TaskDrop to work directly inside WhatsApp.

A tradesperson can send a voice note describing the work, upload photos of handwritten notes/job sheets, or just message naturally and it turns it into proper quotes, invoices and job reports.

It also handles things like:

• CIS + VAT calculations
• Expenses + mileage logging
• Payment reminders
• Lead capture from Facebook/Instagram enquiries from page messages
• MTD-ready records, with direct HMRC submission fully working in sandbox and production credentials currently under HMRC review

The core product is completely free.

There’s an optional payment feature called TaskDrop Pay which lets customers pay directly from the invoice by card or open banking (standard processing fees apply).

If customers prefer to pay manually, every invoice still shows the tradesperson’s bank details and sort code like normal.

The idea is simple: the software stays free and only becomes useful enough to support itself when trades are actually getting paid.

It’s already live and being used, but I’m still iterating fast and would genuinely love honest feedback from founders here.

Does the idea make sense?
Anything about the positioning or model feel off?

Site’s here if anyone wants to tear it apart:

TaskDrop

can someone tell me where i can sell that PDU?i have arround 10 of them
APC (Schneider Electric) Switched Rack PDU, enterprise-grade unit used in data center environments.
24 outlets (mix of IEC C13 and C19)
0U vertical rack mount
Switched PDU – remote control per outlet
Network manageable (RJ45 Ethernet port)
LCD display with control buttons
USB & Serial ports for management
Temp/Humidity sensor ports
Input power via IEC 60309 industrial connector (16A/32A, 230V)

So I'm an aspiring career-changer from the education sector. I've started a course online which involves theory and practical training and exams before a 4 week placement with an electrician 9-5 for my NVQ portfolio.

I'm right at the start of all that so I'm just learning theory at the moment.

To get a head start, I'm making a practice board, fed from a fused plug, that simulates a real electrical installation (as best as I can).

Use your mind's eye and imagine the WagoBox and FCU are the DNO fuse and meter.

The 2.5mm T&E feeding my CU are the meter tails.

So far I've completed a socket radial and almost finished a ring final (The unfinished accessory will be a flex outlet)

My next circuit will be a lighting circuit with 2-way and intermediate switching.

Are there any other circuits I should try after? My CU has seven ways.

Do forgive my shoddy wiring, it's quite literally my first time and I'm self taught.

Cheers

there is any interest on this?i have plenty of them

I've lost the power cable to my strimmer's battery pack, I've got a real phobia about setting the house on fire with electrical stuff (I blame the 'tism) so any help would be appreciated.

If it's not suitable could someone point me in the right direction of what I need to search for?

Thankyou!

I have an electric wall fireplace and it wouldn't turn on recently. Unplugged it and this is how it looks.

I have changed the plug, but still no joy.

Is there any way to save it?

Hello Electricians! ,

I'm looking to install a Mori Wmf extractor fan, I'm quite novice when it comes to electrical stuff so I was hoping for some insight, I believe I have a ring circuit because it appears a wire is coming from the consumer unit into some connection then into a socket on the wall and then from there another wire continues to a different socket and so on. My plan was to get a 3a fused spur run the wires from the existing socket to the new fused spur and then wires from the fused spur to the mori extractor fan, I just wanted to clarify if that sounds correct. Also wanted to clarify that I can indeed add more wires to the socket even though it has one already going in and another going out. Attaching some pictures of the situation. If there's anything I'm overlooking please let me know, thanks in advance.

Just wondering if they are were worth getting?

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