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• May 14, 2017

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I did straighten it out during the rewire, I couldn't leave it as it was.

 

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• May 14, 2017

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Found while doing work in a new build house, bit close to the bath...
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Classic ! Wonder what they were thinking - " I know, let's make it accessible from the bath in case a fuse blows"

 

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• May 14, 2017

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There was another one in zone 2 just to the right of the bath. There were 4 in total in this bathroom, all did nothing.

 

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• May 16, 2017

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Supposed to be changing some fittings and installing an outdoor lighting circuit. But I came across this gem of an install today.
32A mcb taken straight off the main switch. No rcd protection. (Rest of circuits RCD protected)
Then a what looks like a 6mm Earth taped up as BLUE (jesus christ) and terminated into load side of mcb. This loops round into the pictured connector. Which has the kitchen ringmain, 1st and 2nd floor lighting circuits coupled all in together.

I found A LOT more 'fun' things aswell.

Customer assured me he moved in a year ago and all paperwork was up to scratch. Yet to see any...

 

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• May 16, 2017

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Biggledyboo said:

Then a what looks like a 6mm Earth taped up as BLUE (jesus christ) and terminated into load side of mcb. This loops round into the pictured connector. Which has the kitchen ringmain, 1st and 2nd floor lighting circuits coupled all in together.
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So not only did they run out of brown single or twin and earth, they also ran out of brown sleeve! Still at least we knew what they meant!(even if they didn't)!!!

 

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• May 16, 2017

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So not only did they run out of brown single or twin and earth, they also ran out of brown sleeve! Still at least we knew what they meant!(even if they didn't)!!!

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Not just that. I don't understand the mentality. There was not a space issue. One side of the board was virtually empty. Loads of spare ways!
My first thought was it was done by a DIY or chancer, trying to solve a neutral-earth fault. But it wasn't. God knows....

 

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• May 16, 2017

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Oh sorry for the double post, but this thread has reminded me of my best find this year so far. About two months ago, doing some remedial work on a HMO.

7.5Kw Shower in fed in 6mm. But nothing at the board. Switch off the the ring main. Oh and look what switched off with it.

Back to back to the shower was this little delight....

I stil have no idea how they managed to fit a 6mm and 2x 2.5mms into those terminals.

The run of 6mm must of only been a metre and a half. The students there said they'd never had any problems whatsoever.

 

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• May 16, 2017

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Freddo reminds me of this in one of student lets

 

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• May 17, 2017

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That's just typical of a lot of student lets. As long as they get rent, the landlords don't give a damn what's done.
Look that one even comes with free Black mould .

 

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• May 17, 2017

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those tiles where not exactly what one would call secured to the wall either. I believe there was three layers of tile from memory.

 

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• May 17, 2017

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StephenRowley said:

those tiles where not exactly what one would call secured to the wall either. I believe there was three layers of tile from memory.

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Found the exact same thing when I gutted my kitchen last year. 3 layers of tile.

And the previous choices were of some real bad taste!

 

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• May 17, 2017

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The bathroom was a extension off a single story kitchen extension. The bathroom extension was of such poor quality the it looked older than the kitchen extension.

 

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• May 23, 2017

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Go on fill yer boots with this lot

 

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• May 23, 2017

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What an irritating video. About 2 seconds to view each picture!

 

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• May 23, 2017

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What an irritating video. About 2 seconds to view each picture!

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Well sorry about that Mate

 

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