“So is that all you need?”

littlespark · Apr 23, 2021

Customer rings up...

“Got a couple of little jobs needing done”

Took notes, then I asked “ is that it? A few lamps to change, a dodgy pullcord and you want me to put in a dimmer switch?.... yes? Nothing else?...... ok.... I’ll be there about 3 to finish the day off”

Get there, and while I’m changing the bathroom pullcord I see this.....

[ElectriciansForums.net] “So is that all you need?”

“Oh yeh.... can you change the shower switch as well?”

“see you next week”

Soi disant · Apr 23, 2021

So that wasn't the "dodgy pullcord"?

littlespark · Apr 23, 2021

Soi disant said:
So that wasn't the "dodgy pullcord"?

No.... it was the light switch.... needed to tie the string to a tap to keep it on.

Soi disant · Apr 23, 2021

I wonder how far back up the cable the heat damage runs. And if the cable is undersized. And the breaker too small. And no RCD. And no bonding.

This "little job" could run and run.

Dartlec · Apr 24, 2021

littlespark said:
Customer rings up...

“Got a couple of little jobs needing done”

Took notes, then I asked “ is that it? A few lamps to change, a dodgy pullcord and you want me to put in a dimmer switch?.... yes? Nothing else?...... ok.... I’ll be there about 3 to finish the day off”

Get there, and while I’m changing the bathroom pullcord I see this.....

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“Oh yeh.... can you change the shower switch as well?”

“see you next week”

Lovely - is that a wooden ceiling? What's the betting that there's no backbox in there and it's just screwed straight to the wood?

littlespark · Apr 24, 2021

Dartlec said:
Lovely - is that a wooden ceiling? What's the betting that there's no backbox in there and it's just screwed straight to the wood?

Wooden ceiling couple of inches below original plasterboard. Downlights are a hell of a squeeze tight through two holes...

Would have made the holes in the top ceiling bigger to accommodate the mousetrap springs.