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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swaRRR · May 28, 2022

Raptor0014 said:
They used some blue tape though. Gotta give them credit for that at least.

Ignoring the exposed copper. Isn’t that crossed polarity? Meters I’ve looked at the lives were the two outer and the neutral the 2 inner connections.

Yeah, from left to right it goes L N N L feed to load.

swaRRR · May 28, 2022

freddo said:
Shame the wires are outside the box!

How would you have run them in? Bit of trunking between or something?

steviethepar · May 28, 2022

swaRRR said:
How would you have run them in? Bit of trunking between or something?

Aye - I am changing the 10mm from rcd box is long enough to get into the consumer unit and there is a spare 40amp breaker in there

pc1966 · May 28, 2022

Some quality protection against some dangerous voltages in a Perth car park:

And going for a walk with a friend up a local hill, some rough as badger's work on adding more LV cables to a feed to one of the antenna mast's equipment:

DPG · May 28, 2022

pc1966 said:
Some quality protection against some dangerous voltages in a Perth car park:
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And going for a walk with a friend up a local hill, some rough as badger's work on adding more LV cables to a feed to one of the antenna mast's equipment:View attachment 98071

IP 1.5 - level of protection provided by Aldi bin liner

freddo · May 28, 2022

swaRRR said:
How would you have run them in? Bit of trunking between or something?

Assuming you were replying to my pic, I did it like this. Not great but it's all being taken out in a month or so. You don't need a ladder to read the meter now either. The shroud on the right is much bigger as it is for a 25mm gland. Where the one that came with the 20mm gland that was fitted I don't know, it was a new gland pack, I know this because the wrapper and all the cable strippings were left on the floor. The whole install from start to finish was isht. At least now there is earth continuity, correct polarity, the terminals are tight with the conductor fully inserted and no exposed conductor or single insulation.

timhoward · May 28, 2022

Trying to quiz a caretaker for any clues why a lighting circuit in a church is 0.5 MOhms IR.
"Any outside lights that might be full of water, or anything dodgy anywhere come to mind?"
Scratches head. "Well, there is a slightly iffy light in the slug cupboard"
"The what?!"
"There's a cupboard under the front porch, very damp, we call it the slug cupboard because they love it. The light works but it's seen better days"
He leads the way and unlocks a door that I've never been able to open.

Snip Snip. 400 Mohms. That will do!

DPG · May 28, 2022

timhoward said:
Trying to quiz a caretaker for any clues why a lighting circuit in a church is 0.5 MOhms IR.
"Any outside lights that might be full of water, or anything dodgy anywhere come to mind?"
Scratches head. "Well, there is a slightly iffy light in the slug cupboard"
"The what?!"
"There's a cupboard under the front porch, very damp, we call it the slug cupboard because they love it. The light works but it's seen better days"
He leads the way and unlocks a door that I've never been able to open.
View attachment 98076
View attachment 98077

Snip Snip. 400 Mohms. That will do!

Mmm, that could be it then eh!

Mike Johnson · May 28, 2022

Ohh more effective that a beer trap.

Raptor0014 · May 30, 2022

Nothing to see here. Just some cables with exposed conductors that are live.

And then got called to this lot. No power, breaker in the consumer unit on but nothing going. It’s supplying a workshop.

And it’s fed by 13a switched fused spur from the sockets. No wonder it blew. If it was just a couple of sockets and lights it would likely be ok. But when it’s a woodworking workshop then not sure why they decided to install it that way.

littlespark · May 30, 2022

Raptor0014 said:
Nothing to see here. Just some cables with exposed conductors that are live.

Are you sure?
Those pen detectors can pick up small voltages, or back feeds on neutral wires.

Stick a wet finger in the end to check for sure.

Raptor0014 · May 30, 2022

littlespark said:
Are you sure?
Those pen detectors can pick up small voltages, or back feeds on neutral wires.

Stick a wet finger in the end to check for sure.

Last time I take your advice…