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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pc1966 · Feb 14, 2023

So close but no cigar:

Welchyboy1 · Feb 14, 2023

Mmmmmmm, where to start here

James · Feb 14, 2023

Welchyboy1 said:
Mmmmmmm, where to start hereView attachment 106158

!has the tape fallen off? Best get some new tape to cover the terminals!

pc1966 · Feb 15, 2023

Welchyboy1 said:
Mmmmmmm, where to start here

I like the attention to detail to label the colour-coded wired L and N with a high contrast pen or similar. Shame they don't seem to have linked up the T&E's CPC of course!

I'm sure the terminal blocks were left like that for ventilation to keep them cool?

It is left as an exercise for the reader to decide if the supply earth or one of the cables would burn out first in the event of a fault...

Ned Gibbons · Feb 15, 2023

Welchyboy1 said:
Mmmmmmm, where to start hereView attachment 106158

Is that multiple T&Es being used as tails?

Dustydazzler · Feb 15, 2023

Ned Gibbons said:
Is that multiple T&Es being used as tails?

Seen that done loads of times on old council flats etc
Quite often 2 x 4mm or 2 x 6mm twin and earth run in parallel , the really posh jobs get 1 x 10mm

Mike Johnson · Feb 15, 2023

Ned Gibbons said:
Is that multiple T&Es being used as tails?

That assumes there is a Consumer Unit.

brianmoooore · Feb 15, 2023

Ned Gibbons said:
Is that multiple T&Es being used as tails?

More multiple singles being used as tails, going by the way they're bundled together, Anybody's guess what the T&E is for or goes.

Welchyboy1 · Feb 15, 2023

Ned Gibbons said:
Is that multiple T&Es being used as tails?

a twin and earth went to an old MEM fuse isolator for the water heater and what looked like a few sets of about 4mm singles (in imperial size), to two 4way rewireable fuse boxes

Cant believe the meter guy wired them back up to a new meter and isolator, but hey at least the main bonding was done!

mainline · Feb 15, 2023

James said:
!has the tape fallen off? Best get some new tape to cover the terminals!

Just fill them with silicon, and if you're really fussy you could buy coloured and get a decent match.

ipf · Feb 15, 2023

Can you get our light working?

Interesting replacing these knackered fluorescent boxes with led frames.

ipf · Feb 16, 2023

ipf said:
Can you get our light working?

Interesting replacing these knackered fluorescent boxes with led frames.
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Been back today to replace isolate the circuit and replace one fitting with led frame.
Awful job trying fix the frame to lath and plaster ceiling and meet up with existing stuff. Besides that, two circuits involved and one fitting looped off without earth (earth in connector)...after linking both circuit earths. Old colours original circuit.

westward10 · Feb 16, 2023

Best thing with lathe, pepper the fitting with holes and hope at least three get a bite.

Dave OCD · Feb 16, 2023

You'd think it wouldn't be too bad as there's a lot more wood than gaps but......

ipf · Feb 16, 2023

westward10 said:
Best thing with lathe, pepper the fitting with holes and hope at least three get a bite.

Agree, but a bit more difficult with the replacement 'fit together' frame about an inch wide with no back.

Managed it...I think it's a 2 man job though. Drilled a couple more fix holes to line up with a joist and then a bit of head balancing.

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