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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Teddy Lop · Mar 21, 2021

DPG said:
Someone I know used to paint right over the sockets when he decorated. Looked abysmal.

Seen it a few times typically in a council houses. they paint a room, say, blue. They paint the wall blue, the skirting board, the switches, the fireplace, the mantle, the radiator, the TRV, the door, the door handle, the window sill, the window frame, a bit of window, a bit of carpet, the dog, (the cat was too quick and used its claws)

Simon47 · Mar 21, 2021

Dartlec said:
No idea if it was ever taught as good practise for apprentices, but it's very common with older (<70s) socket wiring.

FWIW my late father taught me to twist the wires together. He'd have been learning the trade in the 40s & 50s.

telectrix · Mar 22, 2021

twisting conductors was common practice with stranded imperial cable . trouble with twisting solid core , apart from being a nightmare for testing, is metal fatigue. leading to snapped conductors and poor connrctions.

Dustydazzler · Mar 22, 2021

Especially if you need to un-twist them for any reason, they inevitably snap.
I am not sure the American/Canadian fascination with twisting cores into tight bunches.
I know they have Wago/Ideal connectors over there, but seem to prefer Fire Nuts and twisting...

ipf · Mar 22, 2021

telectrix said:
twisting conductors was common practice with stranded imperial cable . trouble with twisting solid core , apart from being a nightmare for testing, is metal fatigue. leading to snapped conductors and poor connrctions.

Correct. As you know, twisting involved 7 and 3 strand cabling, pre 60's/70's. It was carried over to solid core but, as is the norm with changes, the dangers weren't really covered in general, training wise, for a good few years. How many of us saw cable breakages due to twisting, though. A case of experience, learning as we were going along.

Like doubling up a cable at a terminal. I was always taught to but, over the years, have come to a completely different conclusion.....unless I feel it's necessary.

And what about crimping. We made a terminal eyelets out of the cable itself, especially with large earthing/bonding cables. Totally frowned upon these days. Think of all the 3 phase busbars with shell washers... ?

ipf · Mar 22, 2021

Up the staircase to the switch.......??

littlespark · Mar 23, 2021

Why they want a lampshade on the pendant which is in an attic is one question.... why they used a paint pot is just beyond me.....

DPG · Mar 23, 2021

Shabby chic?

Deleted account · Mar 23, 2021

Yellow flex? Is it a plug in extension lead.

littlespark · Mar 23, 2021

Paignton pete said:
Yellow flex? Is it a plug in extension lead.

Yes it is, but I wasn’t going to plug it in to see if it worked. I decided I didn’t need in that attic after all.

Dustydazzler · Mar 23, 2021

If that was in John Lewis it would be £300

westward10 · Mar 23, 2021

They had all the room in the world to run a new cable for some wall lights, above the light or below but no lets run it straight through this emergency light which I now need to replace.