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.

mg_smile:

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:
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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.

brianmoooore · Feb 28, 2023

Had a regular customer in a semi detached house, with a simple pyramid shaped roof covering both properties.
About 15 minutes after turning the loft light on, there would be two or three hornets buzzing around it, just two or three, never any more. Looked into every corner many times, and never saw any signs of a nest, or any other clue as to where they were coming from.
Was like this, every time, over a period of about 20 years.

littlespark · Feb 28, 2023

I worked in a local village hall a couple years ago.... stuck my head up the attic hatch, pulling cables from the higher roofspace above the actual hall.... working away quite happily.... then i turned around.....

Bloody wasp nest, 2 foot in diameter!.... 2 FOOT!!!!

Aaron b · Feb 28, 2023

I think I would have pooped my pants

littlespark · Feb 28, 2023

Aaron b said:
I think I would have pooped my pants

i think i maybe did!

F**king hate wasps..... nasty little beasties.
I keep a spray can of wasp killer in my van for such eventualities

Aaron b · Feb 28, 2023

I sorted some with no more big gaps once but I can of that is a good idea come summer.

brianmoooore · Feb 28, 2023

littlespark said:
F**king hate wasps..... nasty little beasties.

Not too keen on them myself.
They set up camp inside the solid stone wall of my living room a few years ago, getting in and out through failed pointing in multiple places. A complete can of expanding foam into the wall dealt with them.
They weren't too happy about that and went on the attack, but they don't fly too well with a lump of rapidly expanding and hardening foam on their backs.

nicebutdim · Feb 28, 2023

littlespark said:
i think i maybe did!

F**king hate wasps..... nasty little beasties.
I keep a spray can of wasp killer in my van for such eventualities

Washing up liquid kills them on contact. Spray bottle with a fairly strong solution of it will sort them in no time, without lasting impact on your lungs or expanding foam stuck to everything.

I didn't believe this would work until they decided to begin nesting in our bin - huge swarm neutralised in a couple of minutes.

Mike Johnson · Feb 28, 2023

Had to deal with these bees, at least it was outside, but had to open the window to unlatch the shutters, I found that the Hornets tend to leave you alone if you don't wave your arms around, they where quite happy buzzing around me whilst I was re-pointing the chimney.

ipf · Feb 28, 2023

Aaron b said:
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Buzz buzz...

I'd be more worried about the the shape of those pipes in that pipe insulation

ipf · Feb 28, 2023

nicebutdim said:
Washing up liquid kills them on contact. Spray bottle with a fairly strong solution of it will sort them in no time, without lasting impact on your lungs or expanding foam stuck to everything.

I didn't believe this would work until they decided to begin nesting in our bin - huge swarm neutralised in a couple of minutes.

Scairy Liquid......to the wasps, then?