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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[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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Raptor0014 · Jan 24, 2023

Call out this morning for an elderly couple as they had no power due to the RCD tripping all the time. It also caused a flood due to the toilet pump not working and overflowing. Electric had been off all night it seems.

So diverted from the job I was going to and went to sort the problem. After a bit of testing and fault finding I discovered this. All done by an ‘electrician’.

One of the diodes in the light had blown causing the fault. Maybe due to the fact it could pull 32a if it wanted to!

James · Jan 24, 2023

ah, friday afternoon, cant find a switched fuse in the van, light switch will do!!

mainline · Jan 24, 2023

James said:
ah, friday afternoon, cant find a switched fuse in the van, light switch will do!!

Damn, that's a proper bodge, just wago in a mcb and wrap a load of tape around it.

Raptor0014 · Jan 24, 2023

Been to look at a job this evening on the way home. I do love rich folk with farms and stately homes.

‘We need the sheds connecting back up. There’s a board etc in there which is fine. Just need the power back in there’

Here is said board which is apparently fine…

The T&E is the old supply cable. And the yeehaw

glanded armour is supply to another shed.

7029 dave · Jan 24, 2023

Steve T said:
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Surely they could have done it neater than this... maybe drill a hole so the cable pops out behind the hand dryers just to the right of the FCUs? Or at least loop the cable neatly. They're not even remotely level either!

If they raised the hand driers hopefully the fcu would be at least level

Dave OCD · Jan 24, 2023

brianmoooore said:
FCUs don't even match. One front entry and the other bottom.

Sounds a bit like a few films someone told me about.

Raptor0014 · Jan 25, 2023

Yeehaw

Ride em home, cowboy.

Now this takes thinking outside the box to a whole new level of special kind of stupid.

BenCos18 · Jan 25, 2023

Aaron b said:
Yeah I think your right. I thought this looked iffy too:

Yep those wires definitely aren't attached to the insulators right
They should run in the groove on the top not be attached at the side

MJPD29 · Jan 25, 2023

Raptor0014 said:
Yeehaw Ride em home, cowboy.

Now this takes thinking outside the box to a whole new level of special kind of stupid.

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That is far more difficult than fitting the correct breaker

Raptor0014 · Jan 25, 2023

MJPD29 said:
That is far more difficult than fitting the correct breaker

You’ve gotta hand it to them though. They didn’t take the path of least resistance.

mainline · Jan 25, 2023

Raptor0014 said:
Yeehaw Ride em home, cowboy.

Now this takes thinking outside the box to a whole new level of special kind of stupid.

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Defiantly wrong using mixed manufactures

littlespark · Jan 25, 2023

mainline said:
Defiantly wrong using mixed manufactures

shouldnt matter, as technically its not INSTALLED IN another manufacturers board..... Its not IN any board!

mainline · Jan 25, 2023

littlespark said:
shouldnt matter, as technically its not INSTALLED IN another manufacturers board..... Its not IN any board!

I'll tipex out the c3 then

Raptor0014 · Jan 26, 2023

Called out to a boiler not working and keeps shutting off. Plumber blamed the boiler, Manufacturer sent an engineer who said it’s wired wrongly. Plumber said his spark has wired it properly and the property has obviously got dodgy wiring.

I’ll let you draw your own conclusions and yes. That is a 3pole fan isolator.

davesparks · Jan 26, 2023

Raptor0014 said:
I’ll let you draw your own conclusions and yes. That is a 3pole fan isolator.

It's normal to fit a 3 pole isolator next to the boiler if the switchfuse is remote from the boiler, this satisfies manufacturers and gas-safe requirements for a local isolator to the boiler.
Obviously it needs to be 3 pole in order to isolate live, neutral and switched live.