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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freddo · Sep 24, 2018

I assume it was once a connector block?

123 · Sep 24, 2018

freddo said:
I assume it was once a connector block?

Yes, don't think it's been one in it's full form for quite some time though

Rpa07 · Sep 24, 2018

Oh that’s why the kitchen ring isn’t testing as it should!

And there’s the culprit! My my!

dksanders · Sep 25, 2018

Went to fit a shower extractor fan and found the loft light wiring like this. All the earths disconnected which as they has metal light switches was doubly dangerous.

The consumer unit was fitted by a NICEIC electrician, who not only didn't put any dates on the label but didn't provide a EIC or Part P certificate either.

Note the low level sockets in wooden skirting boards which he thought was OK also.

Strima · Sep 26, 2018

I would say the installer bought the NIC stickers off eBay...

Wilko · Sep 26, 2018

About half the bathroom fan/light jobs I go to seem to have been wired by that bloke !

JK-Electrical · Sep 27, 2018

This was installed by a Glasgow electrician four weeks ago.
He really ought to have used screws and rawlplugs instead of relying exclusively on the adhesiveness of the trunking.

Rpa07 · Sep 27, 2018

I always thought the adhesive was to hold it in place whilst you drilled and screwed it in permanent place.
I would never just use the adhesive unless it’s less than 500mm (which I did the other day! wonder if it’s fallen off yet!!)
Imagine the shame of going back to that job!

JK-Electrical · Sep 27, 2018

Rpa07 said:
I always thought the adhesive was to hold it in place whilst you drilled and screwed it in permanent place.

Rpa07 said:
I would never just use the adhesive unless it’s less than 500mm (which I did the other day! wonder if it’s fallen off yet!!)
Imagine the shame of going back to that job!

The guy who installed this can relax as the customer has no intention of ever allowing him back in her flat. I have been tasked with re-fixing that trunking run.

Self-adhesive trunking has it uses, but certainly not on a run like this. The installer evidently hasn't bothered to fit fire-rated clips either. Some of the idiots up here in Glasgow who profess themselves to be electricians really need to consider alternative employment methinks.

Here's another example of what I find on an almost daily basis: