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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telectrix · Sep 4, 2019

time to get the kango out.

Dustydazzler · Sep 4, 2019

Disconnect at both ends and run in a new link cable while the sun still shines

westward10 · Sep 4, 2019

Disconnected at previous bollard, client informed and on the road

ipf · Sep 5, 2019

westward10 said:
Spent most of the day reconnecting swa cables at lighting bollards as none of the armour has been earthed. Pretty straight forward cables plenty of length, the outer casings come off the bollards and the sun is out. Three to go then this, needless to say the circuit now has three less lights on it.View attachment 51889

Same sort of problem...except this one was flattened and then run over umpteen times by drivers parking half on the grass. I was measuring for some sort of replacement until the client decided he didn't want a 20m trench digging for rewiring. Absolutely no spare length and solid through underlying concrete and in pvc tube. Isolated at previous bollard and left as.

SparkyChick · Sep 5, 2019

westward10 said:
No chance. All the others are bone dry with lots of slack this one looks like it has been underwater.

Good example of why you should always use external glands outside, regardless of whether they are exposed to the elements or not.

westward10 · Sep 5, 2019

SparkyChick said:
Good example of why you should always use external glands outside, regardless of whether they are exposed to the elements or not.

That's the other odd thing all the others had outdoor glands on them.

Dustydazzler · Sep 5, 2019

westward10 said:
That's the other odd thing all the others had outdoor glands on them.

Probably just ran out and only had internal ones left

FatAlan · Sep 5, 2019

Customer with two brick pillars either side of drive entrance. Wants lights (which funnily enough don’t work) on top of each pillar replaced. There’s brick lights with junction boxes and T&E at the base of each pillar. See pic

I believe the main feed from the house is SWA so hoping with a bit of digging I can find the end but suspect the loop to the other pillar is just buried T&E so they may have two hopes of me sorting it without disturbing their nice block paved drive.

FatAlan · Sep 10, 2019

FatAlan said:
Customer with two brick pillars either side of drive entrance. Wants lights (which funnily enough don’t work) on top of each pillar replaced. There’s brick lights with junction boxes and T&E at the base of each pillar. See pic I believe the main feed from the house is SWA so hoping with a bit of digging I can find the end but suspect the loop to the other pillar is just buried T&E so they may have two hopes of me sorting it without disturbing their nice block paved drive.View attachment 51900

Mean while at the top of the pillar we have a silver birch well and truly rooted into the light

Markyd · Sep 10, 2019

Found today.....wired by the local handyman......Triple socket fcu

FatAlan · Sep 10, 2019

FatAlan said:
Mean while at the top of the pillar we have a silver birch well and truly rooted into the light

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Always amazes me how adaptable life is, which does bode well for the planet long after we’ve f****d up it’s present form.

Dan · Sep 19, 2019

Bumping this. This shouldn't have gotten lost.

LabourForApprenticeship · Sep 21, 2019

Every single floor installed with wagos without any form of enclosure. Just shoved into the ceiling. First time working in an commercial job site, alarmed at the practices. Not the fault of workmanship but the owner of the electrical company refusing to spend money on key things... even can't be bothered to buy brown sleaving for sw identification. Clearly some of the electricians failing to check connections if connections are tight and then powering sub mains board. This is how fires start.

Dustydazzler · Sep 21, 2019

Unfortunately this is very typical penny pinching , I have done new builds where you would be handed box of Stuff to do a job.
No blue sleeve , no brown sleeve , no grommets , no nothing.
Just told don’t bother with any of that stuff and just chuck it in.
I have very often supplied my own grommets and sleeve just to feel better how I leave the job.

littlespark · Sep 21, 2019

That last photo is a looped neutral, not a switchwire without brown sleeving. Or were you showing us a loose connection?

The cpc's should have been connected to the metal backbox. Why waste money on a bit of choc block connector when the box has one already there.

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