Consumer unit fire - advice please

[Guitarist]

Unfortunately, with our "every man for himself" and "get out clause" mentality which now pervades in British society, one can feel very alone and isolated when things go wrong. As Tony quite rightly says, things do fail, and we are feeling more and more impotent nowadays with quality taking a nose-dive in favour of profitability for Companies. I only use Crabtree Starbreaker or Wylex boards, and I DO torque the screws, but I realise that even with all the precautions in the world, the situation you're in could be any one of us, but for the grace of God.
Hope it gets sorted out soon mate, so you can put it behind you and move on.

 

[Knobhead]

It’s fine using a torque driver. But do you really know how to use it?

To be done correctly the turning action should be continuous until the set point is reached. No rechecking as it will over torque the connection or bolt. Each time a torqued component is checked it will cause a shock effect which results in over torque.

I found this out after fitting a vibrating motor, the holding down bolts sheared. We had gone around each bolt to make sure, big mistake! The failure was spectacular to say the least. If you have multiple fixings, run them to ½ torque, follow this with full torque in one go.

 

[Guitarist]

I did type a long reply, but as seems to be the case these days, the forum told me that the message was too short and deleted it..... Given up now.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Unfortunately, with our "every man for himself" and "get out clause" mentality which now pervades in British society, one can feel very alone and isolated when things go wrong. As Tony quite rightly says, things do fail, and we are feeling more and more impotent nowadays with quality taking a nose-dive in favour of profitability for Companies. I only use Crabtree Starbreaker or Wylex boards, and I DO torque the screws, but I realise that even with all the precautions in the world, the situation you're in could be any one of us, but for the grace of God.
Hope it gets sorted out soon mate, so you can put it behind you and move on.

I'm pleased it's not just me !!

 

[Geordie Spark]

It’s fine using a torque driver. But do you really know how to use it?

To be done correctly the turning action should be continuous until the set point is reached. No rechecking as it will over torque the connection or bolt. Each time a torqued component is checked it will cause a shock effect which results in over torque.

I found this out after fitting a vibrating motor, the holding down bolts sheared. We had gone around each bolt to make sure, big mistake! The failure was spectacular to say the least. If you have multiple fixings, run them to ½ torque, follow this with full torque in one go.

Expect to receive a PM from Tidyboiler very soon ............

 

[Megavolt]

I would of told them to jog on with this as I only give a 12 months warranty. And gone from there they was properly just testing waters with you to see if they could get a fall guy. I mean where will it stop at what point are you not responsible for it then. As long as you have a cert from when you did it.

 

[Knobhead]

Expect to receive a PM from Tidyboiler very soon ............

OK we're in the gutter again!

 

[Geordie Spark]

OK we're in the gutter again!

NOT "again" ...... "still"

 

[tidyboiler]

Expect to receive a PM from Tidyboiler very soon ............

Sent............................:drool5:
:wink_smile:

 

[Silly Sausage]

I've commented on this before, when are Geordie & Tidy going to be given their own private section!

I'm sick of my milk curdling in the fridge!

 

[Geordie Spark]

I've commented on this before, when are Geordie & Tidy going to be given their own private section!

I'm sick of my milk curdling in the fridge!

Aye, aah knaa what ye mean hinny .............. it's enough t' spyen a young coo.

Cushie Butterfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Silly Sausage]

Aye, aah knaa what ye mean hinny .............. it's enough t' spyen a young coo.

Cushie Butterfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm going to have to save that for later!
My head's fried at the moment.

 

[Geordie Spark]

I'm going to have to save that for later!
My head's fried at the moment.

Ye mean yer heid's puggled??

 

[vjsmarwick]

One of the worst I have seen is a buzz bar melted and glowing red because one of the mcb's had been added and had not been fitted correctly to the buzz bar it still had passed tests but later had begun to over heat because it was not tight. Luckily nothing that couldn't be fixed but hope everything works out for you

 

[dan86]

what the hell is a buzz bar?!