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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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.

mg_smile:

JBW175 · Oct 25, 2022

When you find rubbish like this in your own house.

Wall coming down and getting rewired anyway.

timhoward · Oct 25, 2022

It looks like the electrician lost the race to the plumber. No sign of any screw holes on wall. Estate build in 2014, possibly been like it since new.
This road is always interesting, the CU's are generally behind a garage door rail or high in a kitchen cupboard. The curse continues....

UNG · Oct 25, 2022

Looks like the outer sheath on all those cables has shrunk

James · Oct 25, 2022

could it be that originally all the cables went into the board but someone has pulled it away from the wall and now everything is stretched tight and the inner cores are showing?

mainline · Oct 25, 2022

James said:
could it be that originally all the cables went into the board but someone has pulled it away from the wall and now everything is stretched tight and the inner cores are showing?

I think UNG was being funny.

It looks like the board was wired to be fitted to the wall, but a pipe turned up before it could be fixed.

James · Oct 25, 2022

I know
and some other words

timhoward · Oct 25, 2022

James said:
could it be that originally all the cables went into the board but someone has pulled it away from the wall and now everything is stretched tight and the inner cores are showing?

That was my first guess too. I couldn't see any evidence of it ever being screwed to the wall. I was there to advice on wiring for a proposed new kitchen so good chance its being changed anyway.

timhoward · Oct 27, 2022

James · Oct 27, 2022

Maybe it was the same guy?
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nicebutdim · Oct 27, 2022

James said:
Maybe it was the same guy?
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No way that guy would ever use grey as L2

mainline · Oct 27, 2022

Raptor0014 said:
What’s more amazing is the customer is adamant it’s not DIY. He had another electrician in who left the job half way through and hasn’t been back in touch. I’m guessing he’s fell out with ‘Dave from the pub’.

I’ve disconnected the lot. Initially he was a bit miffed I’d disconnected it all. But I said that’s what needed to be done as it’s not safe. Explained to him a few options of how it can be resolved and he’s asked for a quote and when I have availability.

Can you tell him I'm sorry i didn't finish the job off, but it was due to the covid.
Regards Dave

ipf · Oct 27, 2022

DB replacement....

For some reason, I wonder why

, the Schedule was from an EICR on the
original DB.....?

Raptor0014 · Oct 29, 2022

Text from a previous customer.

“Hi Carl, sorry to message you on the weekend so no rush to reply.
I thought I’d installed the wireless heating system on my apartment fine but now the boiler isn’t turning on. The wireless control unit is talking to the panel that the boilers connected to. However, the unit is then not turning the boiler on so currently no heating in the apartment.”

So I said send me a pic of what you’ve done……

After explaining that all he’s done is supply power and there should be some other wires. I asked him to take that plate off and show me what was behind it……