Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

Darkwood · Mar 21, 2015

Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

Rules....No Offensive material... edit if required before posting as this is the public arena.
Anything to do with the trade or in and around it ...H&S pic's welcome.

[ElectriciansForums.net] Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago.

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HandySparks · Feb 10, 2016

shanky887614 said:
a tab has been welded onto the end of that so it will work...

What tab? We're clearly not seeing the same thing.

rsgaz · Feb 10, 2016

It's not a tab welded on, it's the other screw behind it...

andyb · Feb 11, 2016

Although not great it would probably work.
Assuming the door is hinged then the bolt looks like it would stop the door swinging open, the bolt is straight but the bracket through which it passes will not be moving in a straight line and would hit the bolt.

Phil Thompson · Feb 11, 2016

"My cooker stopped working, can you call round and have a look?"
Lol

ruston · Feb 11, 2016

Phil Thompson said:
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"My cooker stopped working, can you call round and have a look?"
Lol

Did you find the problem? It may help others.:wink5:

Midwest · Feb 12, 2016

rsgaz said:
It's not a tab welded on, it's the other screw behind it...

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Me thinks that tab, is in fact the second bolt head fixing the clasp to enclosure.

Richard Burns · Feb 13, 2016

Phil Thompson said:
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"My cooker stopped working, can you call round and have a look?"
Lol

I had a call that every time the kettle was switched on the fuse in the FCU blows, but only when the hob is also on: double socket and 4 plate hob wired through a 13A FCU!

Andy78 · Feb 13, 2016

Richard Burns said:
I had a call that every time the kettle was switched on the fuse in the FCU blows, but only when the hob is also on: double socket and 4 plate hob wired through a 13A FCU!

I had a call last week. Kitchen sockets are all off except 1, all circuit breakers and RCDs are switched on. Sure enough all that proved to be true.
Next to the working socket was a FCU for the under cabinet lights that had never worked. Yep, Kev kitchen fitter had wired the cupboard lights into the supply side and left the lights unplugged from the socket provided for them above the units. The rest of the kitchen, 3 above counter double sockets, fridge socket, and washer/drier socket were off the load side.
Washer had been put on, wife was heating up the iron, husband decided to make some toast, one blown fuse. I think the fuse did well to make it 8 years without popping.

Phil Thompson · Feb 13, 2016

Andy78 said:
I had a call last week. Kitchen sockets are all off except 1, all circuit breakers and RCDs are switched on. Sure enough all that proved to be true.
Next to the working socket was a FCU for the under cabinet lights that had never worked. Yep, Kev kitchen fitter had wired the cupboard lights into the supply side and left the lights unplugged from the socket provided for them above the units. The rest of the kitchen, 3 above counter double sockets, fridge socket, and washer/drier socket were off the load side.
Washer had been put on, wife was heating up the iron, husband decided to make some toast, one blown fuse. I think the fuse did well to make it 8 years without popping.

Ive a garage to go and wire on Monday that is currently spurred of a socket in an upstairs bedroom, which itself is spurred off the ring. Into a consumer unit and then 2 radial sockets, one on a 6ft fridge freezer and the other a tumble dryer.
Which apparently had melted a socket so the homeowner put on an rcd socket. Lol

Tomorrow I'm going to speak to a bakery/sandwich bar/deli place, it's a complete balls from what I seen in the few minutes I had to look the other day, but by initial looks each circuit is overloaded, with ring mains running well over what it's capable of, and where radials are in place they are well under rated, and it will quite possibly require 3 phase to be able to supply the load from all equipment they have, the guy who was doing the work has been given thousands by the owner from what I believe, but not sure if he's legit as I can't imagine they've certificates for the place.

she was on holiday and back today, so will have a look over it properly and speak to her.

hightower · Feb 13, 2016

Not exactly the worst thing in the world, but we only let council electricians work on our electrics at work. Councils are renowned for their red tape policies, but I didn't think it was literal.

Andy78 · Feb 13, 2016

hightower said:
Not exactly the worst thing in the world, but we only let council electricians work on our electrics at work. Councils are renowned for their red tape policies, but I didn't think it was literal.

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I see the RCD didn't pass it's tests. Still got it's L plate on.

hightower · Feb 13, 2016

Thing is, I can't work out whether the tape is there as a barrier, or whether it's there to encourage the breaker to stay in the on position

Phil Thompson · Feb 14, 2016

If that comment is genuine, I suggest you find yourself a more suitable occupation, one that doesn't require any thinking, or common sense, like building site security at night or something like that.