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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Mikegh · Aug 24, 2021

freddo said:
I've installed screened PVC trunking before, the data compartment was coated with copper. Super expensive.

Yes and obviously u can get screened data cable too

The advice given to me though was not to use it unless specifically requested, dunno how accurate that is

I used to do just 1st fixes back to comms cabinets and basic laying of cabling

Skys · Aug 25, 2021

Same office block as last night. This place is terrible.?

ipf · Aug 25, 2021

Skys said:
Same office block as last night. This place is terrible.?

I suppose that's one reason why we install fire alarms ?

rsgaz · Aug 25, 2021

Skys said:
Same office block as last night. This place is terrible.

Looking at the loose bits of yellow tape underneath, someone has already been back to "fix" that, I'd say!! ?

MJPD29 · Aug 25, 2021

ipf said:
Can't say network 'engineers' work to anything like our regs, to tell the truth.
Admittedly, standards are falling badly all round but comparing some of the thrown in bunches of IT cables with mains installs is, in general, a bit of a joke.

Engineer is an extremely loose term sometimes

Mikegh · Aug 25, 2021

Matthewd29 said:
Engineer is an extremely loose term sometimes

I see a lot.of contractors when they scale up they suddenly become an engineering firm not to mention dropping the first name

So they start off as "Mikey Smith Electrical "

And then they change up to "Smith Engineering"

Electrics · Aug 25, 2021

Mikegh said:
I see a lot.of contractors when they scale up they suddenly become an engineering firm not to mention dropping the first name

So they start off as "Mikey Smith Electrical "

And then they change up to "Smith Engineering"

To be honest it's nice to see people not just using the 'First three initials + electric(al)' formula. I bet there's about 2000 'JBL Electrical's in the UK.

Raptor0014 · Aug 25, 2021

The story behind this. It’s a sub main from the main CU in a empty rental property.

I’m not quite sure but I think this is known as the “F*ck it, I’ll use the Australia method as I don’t know what I’m doing’!

I’m actually impressed someone could mess it up that bad. ?

Dustydazzler · Aug 25, 2021

Im guessing that the power coming in is via the furthest right hand side breaker...

That is a special kind of badgers arse consumer unit , that is so bad its actually quite funny

Electrics · Aug 25, 2021

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Raptor0014 said:
The story behind this. It’s a sub main from the main CU in a empty rental property.

I’m not quite sure but I think this is known as the “F*ck it, I’ll use the Australia method as I don’t know what I’m doing’!

I’m actually impressed someone could mess it up that bad. ?

Surprised everything still operates. Is that some chewing gum they've left on the misplaced bus bar?

Raptor0014 · Aug 25, 2021

Dustydazzler said:
Im guessing that the power coming in is via the furthest right hand side breaker...

That is a special kind of badgers arse consumer unit , that is so bad its actually quite funny

Correct

It is fed from a 32a MCB in the main CU but this is where the right way of doing it stops.
Live is then fed to the far right 32a MCB in this board, with a link back to the RCD, the neutral is direct to the RCD. And every circuit is fed upside down.

Impressive to get it that wrong. ?

Dustydazzler · Aug 25, 2021

The only thing that could have made this installation funnier is if they threw away the busbar and used tiny little 1.5mm cable links to hop between the tops of each mcb

Mikegh · Aug 25, 2021

I can't make any sense of that

Looks like the outgoing side is supplying the incoming side of RCD

Raptor0014 · Aug 25, 2021

CamoElectric said:
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Surprised everything still operates. Is that some chewing gum they've left on the misplaced bus bar?

I did think that when I first opened it up.
It’s a bit of mortar that’s dropped in the excessive opening at the top.

Aside from that is directly exposed, looks like a snake mating ball and needs to be in a wiring centre.

They have cut the earth from the stop cock (just inside the wall to the right) so there is now no earth to any of the pipes in the property. They choc-bloc it into the heating system to give that an earth (I think the plumber might have had a go here). I tested all the pipes I could read with my wander lead and none got anywhere near the 0.05ohm allowance. Lowest I got was 13.6

But at least they cut the earth off the metal sink/drainer as it wouldn’t have worked anyway. ?

Raptor0014 · Aug 25, 2021

Mikegh said:
I can't make any sense of that

Looks like the outgoing side is supplying the incoming side of RCD

My first words when I opened it up where ‘what the actual F!’

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