Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

We need a torque in cheek Emoji.

littlespark said:

You mean an impact, Surely?

(Go on… someone say it!)

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

davesparks said:

There's a gas pipe going into that socket!

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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.

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

Mike Johnson said:

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

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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.

Mike Johnson said:

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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.

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

timhoward said:

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.

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Go into most modern re-fitted shops like Hollister and they have pulled the old fashion suspended ceilings down you will see lots of galv conduit and tray re-exposed and on show

timhoward said:

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.

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It was similar to this but bigger

I have seen a couple Youtube Vids from over th America and they love a bit of EMT conduit , I have seen runs of 25-30 tubes all side by side then spurring off here there and everywhere like the above picture. I think in certain places over there they have to run cable in a steel or metal system , they can't use any plastic stuff

timhoward said:

It was similar to this but bigger
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It would be interesting to see how that lot terminates etc.
It's a pity they didn't render at least behind the conduit, though.

Got called out to an odd one. Dual RCD board and the left hand RCD went off and wouldn’t come back on. Nothing was being done at the time, couple were watching TV.

So went today and had a look. No shared neutrals.Narrowed it down to the kitchen ring and left hand side upstairs lights and utility extractor fan.

Both circuits had a dead short on IR test.

On the socket ring the L-N was a dead short but the L-E and N-E was fine. End to ends were fine.

The light and fan circuit was a dead short on all 3 for both cables.

However these circuits feed diagonally opposite sides of the building (it’s a huge farm conversion). There’s no loft space as it’s vaulted ceilings. So there’s about 40-50mm of space between the upper floor ceiling and roof at the apex. And approx 30-40mm between downstairs ceiling and upstairs floors

Initially I thought rodent damage, and could still be. But given the seperation of the circuits then I can only guess the rodent damage is close to the consumer unit. Or that it is poor workmanship with some errant capping/dodgy junction boxes.

Going back next week to try and locate the issue.

Anyhoo, after a long winded explanation. I noticed something else today when I had the cover off. See if you can spot it.

To help, the circuits from R-L (starting at the RCD) are

Kitchen ring (with the dead shorts)
Lounge and studio ring
Utility sockets
Integrated oven and microwave
Central heating
Kitchen and patio lights
Lounge, studio and rear patio lights
Upstairs left hand side bedroom and bathroom lights and utility extractor fan. (Again circuit with dead short in both the light and extractor fan circuit)