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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chriswb103f · Mar 7, 2021

darkwood said:
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.

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I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago. mg_smile:

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hahaha, obviously run the pipe work this way to put the fire out which they will cause. ;-)

freddo · Mar 8, 2021

More nightmare DIY work at a commercial premises, went to alter the lighting conduits only to find they weren't there! Just shove the singles behind the plasterboard and forget the earthing. Need to go back to repair this before we can start the work we were supposed to.

freddo · Mar 8, 2021

On the same note, does anyone know of a supplier of 25mm female X 1" male galv adaptors, I've only got 20mm x 3/4" adaptors left...

nicebutdim · Mar 8, 2021

These guys do them, but only in boxes of 50.

nicebutdim · Mar 8, 2021

And why have I got an esteemed badge?

That must be the dodgiest thing about this thread ?

Teddy Lop · Mar 14, 2021

Few recent ones for you...

Had to do an EICR for a GP surgery yesterday

Hmm, can we fit a few more circuits in?

same GP surgery, one of several... Erf? wos that for?

if there's a defibrillator upstairs does that make it a C3?

The other week, things got heated, not MK's fault for once!:

Builder has no idea what might have caused it, plonker perhaps doesn't realise the cable is date stamped 2020..

And lastly, homes for Haringey approved subcontractors installing new sub mains bullied one homeowner into spending £800 for a new con unit, which has been tripping ever since. see if you can tell me why that might be!

Mike Johnson · Mar 14, 2021

That Logic RCD says it all, but to be fair the neutral conductor is too short so put it in the other terminal. ?

dodger421 · Mar 14, 2021

Not an electrician exactly, but the outstanding work of a white goods repair specialist on my own cooker.

A zone on the induction hob wasn’t working, stripping it down revealed a blown capacitor on the board. The manufacturer wanted £450 for a replacement board or £155 to send an “engineer” with the part to replace it. Seemed a bit of a no brainer for a £600 cooker that’s only 3 years old so I booked the visit.

Fast forward to a week after the hob unit was replaced and we go to use the top oven for the first time. Turn the temperature knob and the RCD and the MCB both trip. Great I thought, the element must have blown. No worries, just reset the board and we’ll keep cooking with the bottom oven for now! Nope, they both trip again instantly with the cooker switch on.

Pull the cooker forward to investigate and spot this little gem through the back plate.

The earth was obviously just hanging and must’ve finally fallen onto one of the Live connectors for the upper element. Add to that the grommet that he didn’t think needed refitting and I’m now utterly impressed by the incompetence of this “engineer”. M

LewisM · Mar 14, 2021

Teddy Lop said:
Few recent ones for you...

Had to do an EICR for a GP surgery yesterday

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Hmm, can we fit a few more circuits in?

The other week, things got heated, not MK's fault for once!:

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Main fuse started the fire?

Dartlec · Mar 14, 2021

Teddy Lop said:
Few recent ones for you...

Had to do an EICR for a GP surgery yesterday

And lastly, homes for Haringey approved subcontractors installing new sub mains bullied one homeowner into spending £800 for a new con unit, which has been tripping ever since. see if you can tell me why that might be!

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Nice markup on a Screwfix special with a bonus new name to add to the list of makes I've never heard of - not all brands care which way round they are wired though, do they? Some don't have any labelling for L or N.

Mike Johnson · Mar 14, 2021

"Not all brands care which way around they are wired though, do they?" you get a problem with the busbar though.

Dartlec · Mar 14, 2021

Mike Johnson said:
"Not all brands care which way around they are wired though, do they?" you get a problem with the busbar though.

Well, yes that is a bit of a deciding factor ?

Simon47 · Mar 15, 2021

Dartlec said:
not all brands care which way round they are wired though, do they? Some don't have any labelling for L or N.

Actually, if they don't have a functional earth wire then there's no way it can care - so swapping L&N sides round won't make any difference at all to the device. I suspect that none of them would care whether you swapped in and out either.
But as said, it makes a difference whether you connect L or N to the busbar.

Teddy Lop · Mar 18, 2021

Dartlec said:
Nice markup on a Screwfix special with a bonus new name to add to the list of makes I've never heard of - not all brands care which way round they are wired though, do they? Some don't have any labelling for L or N.

I've seen "logic" brand marketed as a "compatible option" with several mainstream brands. hmm.

As for whichever way round it goes if it has an N stamped on it then there's one option... Plus the fact that "upgrading" to the correct part solved the random tripping so obviously there was something going on, perhaps with the test circuit.