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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timhoward · Feb 25, 2023

5 amp lighting fuse had four wires.
1 - every light in house (IR of zero)
2 - not identified (IR of >299M)
3 - smokes (IR of >299M)
4 - outside light.

Every pendant had a hidden junction box above it so I was looking for an easy place to break the circuit.
First floor board I pull up:

Oh great.. every fitting probably like this, and separating them didn't improve IR.
Obviously I wasn't going to leave it like that, so I did my own dodgy contribution as I'd run out of cable ties. I felt it was in keeping with the rest of the house.

pc1966 · Feb 27, 2023

Taking down a temporary power feed this morning. had been working perfectly well, last used Thursday I think. Decided to see how dry the Wago box was, lost quite a bit of water before getting this far:

Yup, the lower half (as it sat dangling from the 3 core) was ice and the rest water. I am surprised it didn't trip the RCD, maybe the water was relatively pure?

DPG · Feb 27, 2023

pc1966 said:
Taking down a temporary power feed this morning. had been working perfectly well, last used Thursday I think. Decided to see how dry the Wago box was, lost quite a bit of water before getting this far:
View attachment 106453
Yup, the lower half (as it sat dangling from the 3 core) was ice and the rest water. I am surprised it didn't trip the RCD, maybe the water was relatively pure?

Presumably wicked down along the earth wire.

pc1966 · Feb 27, 2023

DPG said:
Presumably wicked down along the earth wire.

I'm guessing so as it was through the box's membrane like seal. Or non-seal as it suggests...

timhoward · Feb 27, 2023

pc1966 said:
Taking down a temporary power feed this morning. had been working perfectly well, last used Thursday I think. Decided to see how dry the Wago box was, lost quite a bit of water before getting this far.

Can't remember if I posted this, but you wouldn't have had the issue had you followed this exemplarily method of working:

James · Feb 27, 2023

pc1966 said:
Taking down a temporary power feed this morning. had been working perfectly well, last used Thursday I think. Decided to see how dry the Wago box was, lost quite a bit of water before getting this far:
View attachment 106453
Yup, the lower half (as it sat dangling from the 3 core) was ice and the rest water. I am surprised it didn't trip the RCD, maybe the water was relatively pure?

I dont think the membrane seal is intended to seal when you poke a hole in it like that.
a suitable compression gland would have probably done much better.
p.s. the glands need to be done up correctly with a spanner, hand tight will not provide a good seal.

mainline · Feb 27, 2023

timhoward said:
Can't remember if I posted this, but you wouldn't have had the issue had you followed this exemplarily method of working:
View attachment 106455

Well how was he supposed to know it was going to rain, hes an electrician not a weatherman/woman.

littlespark · Feb 27, 2023

mainline said:
Well how was he supposed to know it was going to rain, hes an electrician not a weatherman/woman.

Which reminds me that today, the Tribe Of Toffs song appeared on my spotify.....

"John Kettley Is A Weatherman"......

123 · Feb 27, 2023

pc1966 said:
Taking down a temporary power feed this morning. had been working perfectly well, last used Thursday I think. Decided to see how dry the Wago box was, lost quite a bit of water before getting this far:
View attachment 106453
Yup, the lower half (as it sat dangling from the 3 core) was ice and the rest water. I am surprised it didn't trip the RCD, maybe the water was relatively pure?

In fairness I thought that ice was what was left of the gel

It looks like a Wiska Box rather than a Wago Box though, and I've never seen water in (or ice) in one of those before, but never seen one done quite like that either.

Aaron b · Feb 28, 2023

Buzz buzz...

DPG · Feb 28, 2023

Aaron b said:
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Buzz buzz...

Jeez I'd have been straight out of there.

brianmoooore · Feb 28, 2023

Probably empty. Give it a good prod with a stick.
Some 'interesting wire' there.

Aaron b · Feb 28, 2023

DPG said:
Jeez I'd have been straight out of there.

I think they die off in October but if it was summer I would have been concerned.

James · Feb 28, 2023

As above, if it was buzzzzzzzing, i would Wasp the F out of there.

some interesting collection of wire types and not quite perfect terminations.

Aaron b · Feb 28, 2023

James said:
As above, if it was buzzzzzzzing, i would Wasp the F out of there.

some interesting collection of wire types and not quite perfect terminations.

The house is full of weird and wonderful wiring. It was functional with a working RCD upfront but that was probably to do with nothing being earthed.