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.

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timhoward · Nov 8, 2022

DPG said:
In guessing he thinks the RCD will trip on over-current as well?

Even if he thought that, does he really think the single insulated outgoing conductors are fine?!

DPG · Nov 8, 2022

timhoward said:
Even if he thought that, does he really think the single insulated outgoing conductors are fine?!

Good point. Never even noticed that!

Raptor0014 · Nov 8, 2022

marconi said:
It was not unknown but thankfully rare that a pilot would land an aeroplane with the undercarriage up even though all the cockpit indications say it is up. Nowadays a computer will monitor the situation and provide a stark warning.

With this in mind I wonder if your colleague has done this work so often he has lessened awareness of what he is actually fitting ie In=40A triggers in his mind that the device has current overprotection as well as earth fault, or in other words he believes (not thinks and knows) he has fitted an RCBO. He has been unconsciously incompetent.

Maybe, like you, I would review what I have done later on and thereby detect the errors in my work. Perhaps he does not.

Just a thought.

I am very OCD and always check the type of device, especially with it being my signature on any paperwork.

I’m far from perfect. However I do try to get the basics right and if I’m unsure, I check the good book, ring tech help or ask another who’s more experienced. Rather than blindly stumbling on and getting it wrong. I’ve even asked on here and had members ‘jog my memory’ in a not so polite way. But with skin thicker than a rhinoceros it doesn’t phase me and I just note it for future.

Others though seem to think they don’t need to ask and get a bit uppity when questioned.

littlespark · Nov 8, 2022

Gotta love the "230v" sticker stuck to a bit of wood, and nailed onto the frame.

ipf · Nov 8, 2022

marconi said:
Maybe, like you, I would review what I have done later on and thereby detect the errors in my work. Perhaps he does not.
Just a thought.

Yep, he needs a right kick up the Khyber for that.

nicebutdim · Nov 8, 2022

marconi said:
It was not unknown but thankfully rare that a pilot would land an aeroplane with the undercarriage up even though all the cockpit indications say it is up. Nowadays a computer will monitor the situation and provide a stark warning.

With this in mind I wonder if your colleague has done this work so often he has lessened awareness of what he is actually fitting ie In=40A triggers in his mind that the device has current overprotection as well as earth fault, or in other words he believes (not thinks and knows) he has fitted an RCBO. He has been unconsciously incompetent.

Maybe, like you, I would review what I have done later on and thereby detect the errors in my work. Perhaps he does not.

Just a thought.

I've not been working in this industry very long and see few domestic installations, but in a small number of domestic jobs have seen several RCCBs being used to protect shower circuits. I tend to believe it comes down to a lack of knowledge as these installations all predated common used of RCBOs.

happysteve · Nov 8, 2022

Yeah, that'll buff up just fine...

Welchyboy1 · Nov 11, 2022

Don’t know who was worse on today’s discovery, the ‘electrician’ who charged £800 for this cu change or the meter installer

By the way thats 3 bits of 2.5mm cpc in place of a 16mm earth

happysteve · Nov 12, 2022

Welchyboy1 said:
By the way thats 3 bits of 2.5mm cpc in place of a 16mm earth

Terrible that so-called "electricians" don't know their 2.5 times table...

At least they used 2mm sleeving rather than baggy trousers, so @westward10 would probably give it a pass

westward10 · Nov 12, 2022

I reckon that is 3mm

happysteve · Nov 12, 2022

westward10 said:
I reckon that is 3mm

Obviously I concede to your superior knowledge of sleeving sizes, by bad!

Raptor0014 · Nov 12, 2022

Currently doing a EICR at my mums as she wants the board changing and moving from under the stairs.

Recently she had a garden room built and they took the power by spurring off an outdoor socket.

Now I’m hazarding a guess they didn’t bother their arses to check the circuit prior. Because there’s no minor works Cert for a start and even with that ‘spur’ disconnected I still get massive reading on the CPC - CPC.

It starts at 2.77k-ohms and gradually creeps up to around 2.95k-ohms, then jumps to 4.11k-ohms before settling at 3.77k-ohms.

Can’t wait to go hunting for this fault as loads of the sockets are inaccessible and means emptying rooms.

L-L & N-N get same reading.

CPC - CPC gets this.

timhoward · Nov 12, 2022

Raptor0014 said:
It starts at 2.77ohms and gradually creeps up to around 2.95ohms, then jumps to 4.11ohms before settling at 3.77ohms.

Did you notice the little "K" on the screen btw?

westward10 · Nov 12, 2022

timhoward said:
Did you notice the little "K" on the screen btw?

I was about to quote the same thing.

Raptor0014 · Nov 12, 2022

timhoward said:
Did you notice the little "K" on the screen btw?

Yeah I did, for some reason it autocorrected to ohm rather than k-ohm

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