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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Moley · Aug 27, 2022

telectrix said:
mine isn't and it's 14 years old. never skipped a beat.

But in your case MFT is Multiple Fluid Tester and it's calibrated for Old Peculiar ?

timhoward · Aug 27, 2022

My own dodgy pic…
Only socket circuit is dismantled to find faulting section. CU other end of house a long way away. All 18v batteries flat. Needed a multi-tool.
Had a mains multi-tool with me. No extension lead.
Options were rigging up builders board and running 16A cables….or…..misusing some kit…

(The DIY adapter dates back several years to a Robin plug in RCD tester and wanting to use probes to test an RCBO)

Mike Johnson · Aug 27, 2022

westward10 said:
My own dodgy pic. Been testing an empty school with a non time delayed 100ma main switch rcd on TT. It was being a right royal pain in the --- so I took it out of the equation, safe me thinks so.View attachment 100878

OK I will bite, what are the Green/Yellows by passing the RCD for.

Baddegg · Aug 27, 2022

Welchyboy1 said:
had a customer call to say she had a kitchen fitter in to fit a new cupboard around the boiler and he thinks he may of hit a cable

So after chopping out two layers of tiles and some dot and dab found thisView attachment 100816

Did he have a machine gun?

westward10 · Aug 27, 2022

Mike Johnson said:
OK I will bite, what are the Green/Yellows by passing the RCD for.

To stop nuisance tripping whilst testing. It is not time delayed and it kept tripping before the rcbos plus it made testing of the non rcbo circuits easier.

Welchyboy1 · Aug 30, 2022

A few pictures from today’s encounters

A garden install of consumer unit and double socket

(it’s been tripping out the house, wonder why)

and another cable repair job

Dustydazzler · Aug 30, 2022

Looks like an old builders site temp ?

Welchyboy1 · Aug 30, 2022

Dustydazzler said:
Looks like an old builders site temp ?

Really odd set up the cabling went from the consumer unit over the fence and into the garage behind supplying lighting and another double socket in 1mm t&e which the owner has been plugging a 13A EV car charging lead into

DPG · Aug 30, 2022

Welchyboy1 said:
Really odd set up the cabling went from the consumer unit over the fence and into the garage behind supplying lighting and another double socket in 1mm t&e which the owner has been plugging a 13A EV car charging lead into

I bet it's an old guy who did that.

ipf · Aug 30, 2022

This is a strange one, seeing as it's been in and operating for years.
Found it today, in operation, of course.

davesparks · Aug 30, 2022

ipf said:
This is a strange one, seeing as it's been in and operating for years.
Found it today, in operation, of course.

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There's a gas pipe going into that socket!

telectrix · Aug 31, 2022

davesparks said:
There's a gas pipe going into that socket!

electrical conduit from China?

Mike Johnson · Aug 31, 2022

The face fixings screws where probably tightened with a torque screwdriver.

littlespark · Aug 31, 2022

Mike Johnson said:
The face fixings screws where probably tightened with a torque screwdriver.

You mean an impact, Surely?

(Go on… someone say it!)

DPG · Aug 31, 2022

littlespark said:
You mean an impact, Surely?

(Go on… someone say it!)

I nearly did, but didn't want to be picky. I agree, though.

Mike Johnson · Aug 31, 2022

We need a torque in cheek Emoji.

pc1966 · Aug 31, 2022

littlespark said:
You mean an impact, Surely?

(Go on… someone say it!)

Clearly stupid as they did it to both screws without learning from the 1st!

ipf · Aug 31, 2022

davesparks said:
There's a gas pipe going into that socket!

People have some weird ideas. Not much work on so give the lads paint and brushes to make things look a bit tidier and that's the result....It doesn't cover up the sh8te standard of work of the additions and alterations, though. It's a few years back now but some RCD sockets had to be changed after being painted over.

Dustydazzler · Aug 31, 2022

I do some work at a couple sport centres and when it has been quiet instead of the staff sitting around picking their ears they have been painting all the door frames , conduits , surface trunkings and ever light switches and sockets BLUE to match the walls

ipf · Aug 31, 2022

Mike Johnson said:
The face fixings screws where probably tightened with a torque screwdriver.

So they have a job changing the RCD socket, eh? Swap it, fix it back....oh, the lugs have snapped.....let's just leave it????

It's happened whilst in use, somehow.

Dustydazzler · Aug 31, 2022

Mike Johnson said:
The face fixings screws where probably tightened with a torque screwdriver.

24v impact would have been the weapon of choice to mangle those massive 3.5mm box screws and lugs

jay sean · Aug 31, 2022

Dustydazzler said:
I do some work at a couple sport centres and when it has been quiet instead of the staff sitting around picking their ears they have been painting all the door frames , conduits , surface trunkings and ever light switches and sockets BLUE to match the walls

I hate it when tube and trunking is painted the same as the wall..... trunking and tube needs to stand out....its a work of art

nicebutdim · Aug 31, 2022

jay sean said:
I hate it when tube and trunking is painted the same as the wall..... trunking and tube needs to stand out....its a work of art

Especially when that paint is applied one day after installation of conduit.

timhoward · Aug 31, 2022

jay sean said:
I hate it when tube and trunking is painted the same as the wall..... trunking and tube needs to stand out....its a work of art

When recently on a day trip to York, I amazed my daughters by requesting a visit to Urban Outfitters.
"Why????" they said. "It's the most amazing maze of galv conduit I've ever seen, I could stare at it all day...." I replied.
Sadly I don't have a photo and can't find one online.

jay sean · Aug 31, 2022

ive been to national grid substations where MICC has been made off into english electric fuseboards... wow

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