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• Aug 14, 2017

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LewisM said:

Not sure how somebody could mess up a socket so bad especially when the colours are on the socket.

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Not really dodgy but a big board for one circuit.

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future proofing

 

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• Aug 14, 2017

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LewisM said:

Not sure how somebody could mess up a socket so bad especially when the colours are on the socket.

http://i.Upload the image directly to the thread.com/k7LNgDM.jpg

Not really dodgy but a big board for one circuit.

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future proofing

 

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• Aug 14, 2017

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freddo said:

Well at least it would function (if there was no RCD).

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Thing is the circuit was on a RCBO and wouldn't trip and when I corrected the socket and checked the others which where all fine the RCBO still wouldn't trip so i had to replace it.

 

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• Aug 14, 2017

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That looks like a standard double socket has been swapped out for a USB version and the cables connected in the same order as they were before.

 

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Dave OCD said:

That looks like a standard double socket has been swapped out for a USB version and the cables connected in the same order as they were before.

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Exactly what I thought, the rest of the sockets are EATON which layout is the same as the the way it was connected.

 

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• Sep 4, 2017

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Came across this during a periodic ages ago.

 

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• Sep 4, 2017

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Who needs to chase walls out when you can just wallpaper over the t&e ?

 

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• Sep 4, 2017

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At least it has a smiley face though

 

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The cable exits at the back of the box to an immersion in the cupboard behind and the supply enters at the top of the switch from the trunking IIRC. The crease below is just really bad wallpapering!

 

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• Sep 4, 2017

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Was at a house the week before last and found this baby. The lights had blew, but this was the sockets.

Was sizzling away once I took the cover off, seemed to be the actual holder as opposed to the connections themselves.

 

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• Sep 4, 2017

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I do like those MEM boards, replaced one yesterday.

 

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Got called to fix an outlet that had stopped working. It didn't take too long to find, apparently it had worked for some years ... Sometimes nice things do just happen

 

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• Sep 5, 2017

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Blimy, that's not even a close one - it's well down on to the insulation.

 

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DPG said:

Blimy, that's not even a close one - it's well down on to the insulation.

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Owner said it worked for some years but microwave had stopped working a while back. N must've been just touching in the bottom of the receiver, I guess.
I think it was Mr Kitchen's work

 

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Another periodic inspection from hell, the date on the photo says 2011 so a few years ago. The first signs of problems was when I was unplugging things to start dead testing. I got quite a whack from the pins of a plug. Hmm, the appliance must have a large cap across the supply or something. Or perhaps full mains.

Oh look, another one!

Turned out the tenant liked wiring lights by connecting the load to the back of a socket and then powering it with a plug, the switch on the reverse fed socket acted as the light switch. What a dick head. He wouldn't let me confiscate the dangerous leads but I did get him to dismantle them before I left, there were 2 young children running about there.

Everything was wired with flex, mostly 2 core, the 3 flexes here feed a socket and 2 wall lights.

Another p|ss poor effort in another room, this went through the wall to a shed, was joined via open connector block to some white flex, joined with a joint box with no lid to some black flex then joined directly to the flex of a chest freezer by twisting and taping. I stuck a plug on the freezer and got them to use an extension lead until proper wiring was installed.

 

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