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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. :eek:mg_smile:

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An elderly friend who lived a few streets away had a similar house that he had lived in since the 1950s, packed to the rafters with all sorts of old gear some dating back to before WW2. It didn't have the spaghetti electrical installation, his infrastructure was all pretty normal and functional although some of that was 1930s and vintage in its own right.

When he had to move to sheltered accommodation he and his carer said I should come over and see some things that he wanted me to have. I offered him what I thought was a realistic price for them but he insisted that while he would accept a modest sum for a few specific items, whatever else we wanted was to be a gift for the museum or whatever we thought fit to do with it. That turned into three LWB transit loads and the house didn't look much different when we had finished. We still have boxes yet to unpack marked 'Fred's / unsorted' where Dave and I didn't have time to label everything. Whatever we left behind went into skips the following week when the builders moved in.

He lived a few more years and didn't seem to regret leaving that world behind. But I regret not having got to know Fred better, sooner, because we had so many shared interests. We had first met, although I did not know him by name then, when I was about 10 and he provided the sound and light for a local youth drama group in which I acted, but I had no real contact with him for many years. Little did I expect that three decades later I would own all his gear that had been used back then. Like some of the gear left to me by my early mentors, it has a special connection and is a pure joy to fire up and use.
 
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timhoward said:
In the back garden was a self-built winch for towing in his caravan powered by a three phase motor. This caused some confusion as the house has a single phase supply. Further investigation revealed a conductor running (apparently by agreement) to next doors shed. There was no 3rd phase connected but I did find a long lead that I think he used to hook it up as required so I reckon he had a deal with another neighbour.
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Now that deserves an award for inventiveness!
 
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pc1966 said:
I was going to ask about that. It looks a lot like a TI scientific calculator I had around 1980
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I thought that.

I had the TI-59 - it had little ROM cartridges, and you could programme it like a computer (Maths only really) - I used it through most of my first degree.

Didn't have the coloured buttons like that though.
 
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[ElectriciansForums.net] Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

Whens a maintenance free JB not a maintenance free JB......

Got called to do a second inspection after a couple bought a house, they paid for an inspection before purchase, it came back with nothing to report, not a thing listed, not even old colour wiring.....
They called a plumber to do some work and he immediately said that they should get the place tested, which set thier alarm bells ringing and we got called in.
With minutes found plastic DB under stairs, no gas bond, the main earth in the MET was so loose a gentle tug pulled it out, 6mm on a 50A MCB.
The place had been DIY'ed rewired, bits were appalling. The client is now chasing the NIC about the people who did the first inspection.
 
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Doomed said:
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Whens a maintenance free JB not a maintenance free JB......

Got called to do a second inspection after a couple bought a house, they paid for an inspection before purchase, it came back with nothing to report, not a thing listed, not even old colour wiring.....
They called a plumber to do some work and he immediately said that they should get the place tested, which set thier alarm bells ringing and we got called in.
With minutes found plastic DB under stairs, no gas bond, the main earth in the MET was so loose a gentle tug pulled it out, 6mm on a 50A MCB.
The place had been DIY'ed rewired, bits were appalling. The client is now chasing the NIC about the people who did the first inspection.
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Take a look at the other thread, there has been someone done for this exact thing.

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Before fixing, go to trading standards, they did a proper investigation in the other case, hence it wasn't swept under the carpet
 
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Mikegh said:
You see it a lot where they don't double back the solids in terminals

Or is that just heat transfer from the larger cable
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Looks like the heat has spread from the main neutral, so I would suspect a poor termination.
 
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I used to see it a lot in conduits for high rise flats local to us but they have been demolished. I have seen it a few times in domestic properties, some extremely bad (such as this case) but not as often. It's strange as the cable in question is well installed, no damp and no thermal insulation covering the cable and the circuit is hardly used as it's a back up to the customers oil boiler!
 
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SparkySy said:
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Green goo! Haven't come across this for a while, immersion heater supply, the verdigris was running down the lovely twin and earth cable to the heater and making a right mess!
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Ooh, Matron. he's twisted the cps's. Spank him.
 
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Mikegh said:
There's a dodgy looking picture down in the DIY forum
Looks like reverse polarity on his main switch, might be worth someone taking a look
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Mikegh said:
There's a dodgy looking picture down in the DIY forum
Looks like reverse polarity on his main switch, might be worth someone taking a look
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if that's the one entitled feedback we seen it. looks like a colour blind monkey has attended.
 
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SparkySy said:
I used to see it a lot in conduits for high rise flats local to us but they have been demolished. I have seen it a few times in domestic properties, some extremely bad (such as this case) but not as often. It's strange as the cable in question is well installed, no damp and no thermal insulation covering the cable and the circuit is hardly used as it's a back up to the customers oil boiler!
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Green goo doesn't need damp or load or anything to form, its a straight chemical reaction of early PVC platicicers (spelling) from around the late 60's to mid 70's cables (not all of them). Its one way to date the age of the cable.
Its horrid to touch, smells rank, but unless its gunging up a switch or an MCB harmless (well, as harmless as this sort of thing can be).
The SEC (or whatever they are called now) says 'rewire' if its ever encountered, but all the trade bodies are more relaxed about it saying 'risk assessment'
 
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