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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static zap · Sep 17, 2017

Cheers JK-E , How not to route shower ..eeek
( hope no one lives under staircase )

JK-Electrical · Sep 17, 2017

That shower cable was discovered during an EICR that I did last December. Curious as to how Mr. Wetpants managed to install a cable supplying a shower circuit within a modern property with sheeted flooring without damaging any of the plasterboard walls, I decided to trace the cable run. Upon rolling-back the carpet at the top landing, I realised that the imbecile had simply drilled a hole between one of the steps to inside the cupboard on the ground floor where the consumer unit is located. He then ran the cable across the stairs and up to the top landing whereupon he drilled a hole through the top step to gain access beneath the landing floor. Further holes were then drilled in the landing flooring so he could guide the cable towards a linen cupboard. Once inside the cupboard he ran the cable up into the loft and across to a 45 amp pullcord switch. Naturally, the numpty left the cable dangling inside the linen cupboard.

Fortunately, because the property owner hired a joiner to replace the sections of damaged flooring, the job of rewiring the circuit and upgrading the cable to 10mm was made considerably easier. No RCD protection was provided for the circuit so a consumer unit upgrade was also required. All in all, a very profitable discovery indeed!

Pete999 · Sep 17, 2017

telectrix said:
where to start with thi? i thought axe and crowbar. sorry for the bad pic. i was on ladder and too close to get it focussed propery.

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Crikey that Hole saw must have been blunt

Pete999 · Sep 17, 2017

JK-Electrical said:
Here's some photos from my collection of horrors .....

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Nice job not seen worse than that, you ought to send that into PE caught on camera

FatAlan · Sep 17, 2017

Not at 'trade pic' as such but after replacing some down lights for a friend they mentioned that similar down lights in two upstairs bedrooms had stopped working. I had a quick scoopys in the loft area...

Toneyz · Sep 17, 2017

FatAlan said:
Not at 'trade pic' as such but after replacing some down lights for a friend they mentioned that similar down lights in two upstairs bedrooms had stopped working. I had a quick scoopys in the loft area...

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So near but so far of getting it right.

JK-Electrical · Sep 17, 2017

FatAlan said:
Not at 'trade pic' as such but after replacing some down lights for a friend they mentioned that similar down lights in two upstairs bedrooms had stopped working. I had a quick scoopys in the loft area...

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Has anyone else noticed that a lot of these DIY jobs have been done using T&E with a white sheath? Whenever I come across T&E with a white sheath I assume until proven otherwise that the job was done by a DIYer who bought all the materials from Wickes! I may well be wrong, but I'm unaware of any other outlet that sold white-sheathed 6242Y T&E.

Toneyz · Sep 17, 2017

JK-Electrical said:
Has anyone else noticed that a lot of these DIY jobs have been done using T&E with a white sheath? Whenever I come across T&E with a white sheath I assume until proven otherwise that the job was done by a DIYer who bought all the materials from Wickes! I may well be wrong, but I'm unaware of any other outlet that sold white-sheathed 6242Y T&E.

I may be wrong here but I recall when we had red and black etc (old proper colours) the cable sheath of cable sold south of Watford was white.

telectrix · Sep 17, 2017

LSF T/E always had a white sheath.

Toneyz · Sep 17, 2017

telectrix said:
LSF T/E always had a white sheath.

your correct with that Tel reference is to standard T & E / 3 core etc.

FatAlan · Sep 17, 2017

Interesting you say it's a DIY job. The house is a barn conversion and just next to this birds nest they've just had a new hot water tank installed and get the impression this was left over. The board the JB is fixed to is just lying loose on top of the joists.

FatAlan · Sep 17, 2017

LSF? Yes south of Watford we do tend to get a bit more sun light. Could it have faded in the intense brightness we get in our lofts down here in Surrey and Hampshire. Usually intended brightness in lofts is down to cannabis grows., but that's another thread!

JK-Electrical · Sep 17, 2017

FatAlan said:
Interesting you say it's a DIY job. The house is a barn conversion and just next to this birds nest they've just had a new hot water tank installed and get the impression this was left over. The board the JB is fixed to is just lying loose on top of the joists.

I'd be very surprised indeed if this was done by a professional electrician. Everything I see here tells me it was a DIY job. You have provided further evidence by confirming that the enclosure was not adequately secured to the building structure.

FatAlan · Sep 17, 2017

I suspect that it may have been shifted to one side by the plumber who fitted the hot water tank.

Billsays · Sep 17, 2017

FatAlan said:
Not at 'trade pic' as such but after replacing some down lights for a friend they mentioned that similar down lights in two upstairs bedrooms had stopped working. I had a quick scoopys in the loft area...

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Well at least its nicely labelled!

And to clear up the white outer sheathing thing before we "harmonised" with Europe Twin and Earth cable only came with a white sheath. When we harmonised, the sheathing become Grey, then later LSF appeared with a b******d to strip white sheath!

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