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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Baddegg · Jul 24, 2022

Pesky earths…

Outside socket…

mainline · Jul 24, 2022

Baddegg said:
Pesky earths…
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Outside socket…

Yeah, bloody nuisance same as tapping the top and bottom lugs down and not showing the conductor it's fine, nothing's going to go wrong.

Julie. · Jul 24, 2022

ferg said:
Went to look at an electric boiler not working.
Isolated the boiler at the rotary isolator and CU, phoned the owner and left.
Anyone with a stellar memory may recognise the CU as one I posted last year. Apparently the same guy who installed the boiler fixed all the issues I highlighted on the EICR.
Sent a cover my arse e-mail as soon as I got home with advice to get another opinion and another spark.
Funnily enough my quote to rectify all the rubbish I had previously highlighted was rejected as too expensive. Hence the sulk and leaving him to it.

Yeah, why would you bother connecting the cpc on metal cladding kit, suppose that pesky extra unsheathed wire is just for cable stripping after all.

Raptor0014 · Jul 24, 2022

Baddegg said:
Pesky earths…
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Outside socket…

Does this mean you can't use the house fabric, which is built on the earth, as the earth, hence the lead from the backbox to the socket?

Well who knew?.......

By the way that's a genuine question I once got asked by a kitchen fitter who 'knew how to do electrics'!

freddo · Jul 24, 2022

ferg said:
Went to look at an electric boiler not working.
Isolated the boiler at the rotary isolator and CU, phoned the owner and left.
Anyone with a stellar memory may recognise the CU as one I posted last year. Apparently the same guy who installed the boiler fixed all the issues I highlighted on the EICR.
Sent a cover my arse e-mail as soon as I got home with advice to get another opinion and another spark.
Funnily enough my quote to rectify all the rubbish I had previously highlighted was rejected as too expensive. Hence the sulk and leaving him to it.

Does that boiler really have the main supply terminals that close to the edge of the enclosure?! What a terrible design.

ferg · Jul 24, 2022

freddo said:
Does that boiler really have the main supply terminals that close to the edge of the enclosure?! What a terrible design.

Given the mahoosive amount of empty space inside it makes absolutely no sense but yes they are.

TBH with all the things wrong with the install of the boiler and all the issues with the existing install I didn't even notice that.

freddo · Jul 24, 2022

I've always wanted to punish manufacturers and designers by making them install their own products.

JBW175 · Jul 25, 2022

Nice garage DB found on an EICR today, supplying lights, sockets and a heater. No RCD protection, armour not glanded correctly, no earth fly lead at either end; and just look at the choice of OCPD.

DIY Dave strikes again…

James · Jul 25, 2022

to be fair, at least they remembered to put the bus bar cover on.
you guys, always look at the negative aspects of installations!!

brianmoooore · Jul 25, 2022

What's the story behind the B63 lying on the top of the CU?

James · Jul 25, 2022

brianmoooore said:
What's the story behind the B63 lying on the top of the CU?

All DIY Jobs end up with a spare bit or two that the instructions don't cover what to do with!!

JBW175 · Jul 25, 2022

brianmoooore said:
What's the story behind the B63 lying on the top of the CU?

I don’t know, but I did say to the client that at least the installer (previous owner) stopped short of utilising the B63 for the lights…

My sarcasm may have been wasted on him.

He’s lived there 10 years and said nothings ever tripped in the garage, so it must be good.

123 · Jul 25, 2022

JBW175 said:
I don’t know, but I did say to the client that at least the installer (previous owner) stopped short of utilising the B63 for the lights…

My sarcasm may have been wasted on him.

He’s lived there 10 years and said nothings ever tripped in the garage, so it must be good.

...10 years.

Looks like a more modern metal consumer unit...Are you sure it wasn't the current owner that was maybe the installer

Those MCB's don't look like they would be what was intended for that consumer unit? At least, I've never come across a contactum unit that they would have been made for, it's always been the plastic variety

JBW175 · Jul 25, 2022

123 said:
...10 years.

Looks like a more modern metal consumer unit...Are you sure it wasn't the current owner that was maybe the installer
Those MCB's don't look like they would be what was intended for that consumer unit? At least, I've never come across a contactum unit that they would have been made for, it's always been the plastic variety

Whether it was, or wasn’t, he ain’t admitting to it

You’re right about those MCB’s too, I’ve got loads and they’re all from old plastic boards that I’ve ripped out recently.

James · Jul 25, 2022

JBW175 said:
I don’t know, but I did say to the client that at least the installer (previous owner) stopped short of utilising the B63 for the lights…

My sarcasm may have been wasted on him.

He’s lived there 10 years and said nothings ever tripped in the garage, so it must be good.

I have a box load of solid copper links, never had one trip wherever i have installed them!!
All must be good there too!!

Raptor0014 · Jul 27, 2022

I wonder if anyone can spot the problem with this solar setup……..

What’s even worse is the owner has been going full pelt with the solar since it was installed.

There is no way this has been done by a qualified person. Not a chance in hell.

westward10 · Jul 27, 2022

It has Fridays date on it

DPG · Jul 27, 2022

And look how much the bottom has been smashed out of that meter box!

James · Jul 27, 2022

that's got to hurt, finding out you are paying the supplier for all the energy you generate and use.

littlespark · Jul 27, 2022

Edited your own post there, Westy? Friday, not tomorrow…

Yeh…. That’s going to be interesting to explain to the supplier when customer asks for refund.

DPG · Jul 27, 2022

littlespark said:
Edited your own post there, Westy? Friday, not tomorrow…

Yeh…. That’s going to be interesting to explain to the supplier when customer asks for refund.

Needs editing again to put an apostrophe in Friday's as well. Not that I'm one for being pedantic

westward10 · Jul 27, 2022

littlespark said:
Edited your own post there, Westy? Friday, not tomorrow…

Yeh…. That’s going to be interesting to explain to the supplier when customer asks for refund.

I edited it pretty quick how come you noticed.

littlespark · Jul 27, 2022

westward10 said:
I edited it pretty quick how come you noticed.

I must have been reading the thread, and trying to work out what the installer was thinking when you edited it. Was still showing original until I refreshed page.

James · Jul 27, 2022

westward10 said:
I edited it pretty quick how come you noticed.

Do it right, nobody pays attention
do it wrong and everyone is jumping to point out your failures.
it’s not just here it is a world wide thing!!

mainline · Jul 27, 2022

Raptor0014 said:
I wonder if anyone can spot the problem with this solar setup……..

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What’s even worse is the owner has been going full pelt with the solar since it was installed.

There is no way this has been done by a qualified person. Not a chance in hell.