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..

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[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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Andy78 · Sep 5, 2018

freddo said:
Is that consumer unit nailed to the wall?!

Haha yes. Mostly screws but one cut nail in the bottom right fixing.

What amazed me most is how the switch survived. This arrangement was in use for some years.

Toneyz · Sep 5, 2018

Andy78 said:
Haha yes. Mostly screws but one cut nail in the bottom right fixing.

What amazed me most is how the switch survived. This arrangement was in use for some years.

Probably welded in the on position.

Andy78 · Sep 5, 2018

anthonybragg said:
Probably welded in the on position.

Fully operational

freddo · Sep 5, 2018

Andy78 said:
What amazed me most is how the switch survived. This arrangement was in use for some years.

Perhaps the 6AX marking on the switch was meant to be 6A+

freddo · Sep 6, 2018

Outside lights tripping MCB.

freddo · Sep 6, 2018

Was working somewhere yesterday, another electrician was on site installing a new circuit. The neutral and earth wires are just jammed in the nearest empty terminal too.

They went home leaving the cover off of the DB, it is in a room accessed by quite a few people.

Same room, cable drilled and repaired with a bit of tape.

Wilko · Sep 7, 2018

Found this bundle of joy spurred off a kitchen rfc. It used to power the garage, but last year the garage was converted to a utility room (not me, honest

) with the boiler and 2 double outlets. The double outlets have a washer, a dryer and an iron plugged in...

westward10 · Sep 7, 2018

Just goes to show modern fcus cannot operate at full load.

Wilko · Sep 7, 2018

I don't disagree, but in fairness here I reckon it's been cooking above 13A. He admitted he's changed the fuse "a few times" and you can see the screw head marks. I've explained what's happening and warned not to run more than one thing at a time. Not interested in a proper fix

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DPG · Sep 7, 2018

Yeah, definitely a bit above normal load that ! Boiler, washer, dryer, and many many more

Darkwood · Sep 7, 2018

Could also be a fake fuse, loads about especially off market stalls.

Dave OCD · Sep 7, 2018

Crazy that anyone would consider them even worth faking when you can get ten genuine fuses for around a quid.

Toneyz · Sep 7, 2018

Seeing that photo reminds me of a block of 30 retirement apartments at Dunstable where the boss told electricians to wire electric UFH all through a 13A switched fused spur I had a complaint why the flats were losing heating got to first flat switched fused spur burnt out turns out the load was 24Amps!same with the next flat, well I put them on own off-peak ways in consumer unit this was picked up as a filled complaint at NICEIC assessment then the company was removed from the roll and joined NAPIT (I had left the company by this stage) so I suppose the company never rectified this a fire waiting to happen in a further 28 flats.