Trade pics for your enjoyment.

westward10 · Jul 18, 2019

It is often said on here we criticise others work without having the conviction to show our own work. We have Dodgy Trade Pics For Your Enjoyment so let's show the other side. No job too small or to big, before or after let's see 'em. I can change the header if someone can think of a better one. I shall start the ball rolling with this considerable board change I did today

[ElectriciansForums.net] Trade pics for your enjoyment.

AJshep · Jul 19, 2019

Little picture of a small LewedenRCBO board I did the other day, on a top floor flat.

The 16mm SWA is glanded in a 4x4 metal enclosure which is recessed behind the DB, which has a fly lead to my earth bar.
Plastic water and gas main.

The board is mounted on 12mm ply as the builders haven't plastered it yet !( i know their choice)

Another pic of a Wylex DB I did last year.

Dave OCD · Jul 19, 2019

Nothing as lavish as the spectacular Sintra job but here's my little effort from today, a nice little job wiring out a new [replacement] detached garage. We reused the existing 10mm 2 core SWA supply and the 6mm earth in the board may not have been that colour originally, didn't have any in the van so you sometimes have to improvise...

Toneyz · Jul 19, 2019

Dave OCD said:
Nothing as lavish as the spectacular Sintra job but here's my little effort from today, a nice little job wiring out a new [replacement] detached garage. We reused the existing 10mm 2 core SWA supply and the 6mm earth in the board may not have been that colour originally, didn't have any in the van so you sometimes have to improvise...

Nice job nothing wrong with the earth. It looks a substantial garage is it designed for building a dormer office ect above at a later date?

Dave OCD · Jul 19, 2019

I don't think there's any intention to build above it Anthony, it's a chap aged 71 who's always wanted a big garage,his wife said he'll be out there a lot pottering about and she'll have a bit of peace.

A really nice couple and they were delighted with the job.

westward10 · Jul 19, 2019

Those black line conductors on the Wagos need red sleeving

Dave OCD · Jul 19, 2019

They have brown,as do the grey cores !

Brand new 3 core and earths, 1 to each 2 way switch the switched live/neutral to the lights goes back to the CU as well, it was the most economical way to wire it.

westward10 · Jul 19, 2019

Doh, I thought they were red and black cables. I jointed an old swa to new T&E today. Sleeved the blue of the swa black and connected to the blue of the new cable

telectrix · Jul 19, 2019

westward10 said:
Those black line conductors on the Wagos need red sleeving

don't you mean brown? or is it pink now, or purple, ?

Toneyz · Jul 19, 2019

Dave OCD said:
I don't think there's any intention to build above it Anthony, it's a chap aged 71 who's always wanted a big garage,his wife said he'll be out there a lot pottering about and she'll have a bit of peace. A really nice couple and they were delighted with the job.

It was looking at the engineered joists.

Dave OCD · Jul 19, 2019

Yes I'm not sure why they were used, handy for the lighting wiring though as I ran the cables above the lower timber, nicely hidden.

happysteve · Jul 19, 2019

Did this for a good friend of mine, a carpenter, on a purely materials at cost basis. New (small) workshop, converted out-house. "I want it bright," he said. Took about a day and a half. Great fun.

Realised after I'd done first fix that I needed to put banjos on (to earth) the short 1 foot sections of conduit between the light fittings, which are plastic. No bother - at least I hadn't drawn the cables in at that point.

AJshep · Jul 19, 2019

I know we've all been in these uncomfortable positions....

Had to rewire a lighting circuit in a Chalet bungalow this week..
Tiled bathroom floor above the dinning room light, and the hallway and lounge switch drop had no access above.
Managed to cut two tiles out along their grout line and squeeze in the hole.

Bathroom is getting redone next year but i managed to patch the hole up with some batten and ply and stuck the tiles back with just grab adhesive.

JAWS · Jul 20, 2019

Dave OCD said:
Nothing as lavish as the spectacular Sintra job but here's my little effort from today, a nice little job wiring out a new [replacement] detached garage. We reused the existing 10mm 2 core SWA supply and the 6mm earth in the board may not have been that colour originally, didn't have any in the van so you sometimes have to improvise...

Trainee question & probably a silly question but can you explain by any chance what is happening there with the Wago connectors? not sure I have seen that method before in a CU.

westward10 · Jul 20, 2019

It is probably to do with the light switching.

telectrix · Jul 20, 2019

AJshep said:
I know we've all been in these uncomfortable positions....

Had to rewire a lighting circuit in a Chalet bungalow this week..
Tiled bathroom floor above the dinning room light, and the hallway and lounge switch drop had no access above.
Managed to cut two tiles out along their grout line and squeeze in the hole.

Bathroom is getting redone next year but i managed to patch the hole up with some batten and ply and stuck the tiles back with just grab adhesive.
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