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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mainline · May 29, 2023

Raptor0014 said:
Nicely done! I particularly like how they have left some of the bedding material on the conductors to give that little bit of extra protection. It’s little touches like that which sets them apart from other installers…

I agree it’s probably one of the best worse.
It looks like they couldn’t be bothered with the cabinet door either.

happysteve · May 29, 2023

Looks like phase sequence is out, too

mainline · May 31, 2023

mainline said:
The man from next door helped this recent widow out by doing a little electrical work.

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Went there yesterday to disconnect and this pic almost made me knock his door to tell him he shouldn’t be messing with electrics.

Dustydazzler · May 31, 2023

Don't really see any issue

It worked didn't it ?

littlespark · May 31, 2023

Its an air gap.... perfectly suitable form of insulation

is that 1 out of 7 cores on the line being used?

mainline · May 31, 2023

Dustydazzler said:
Don't really see any issue

It worked didn't it ?

Yes your right

Grenfell towers worked fine for many years as well.

mainline · May 31, 2023

littlespark said:
Its an air gap.... perfectly suitable form of insulation

is that 1 out of 7 cores on the line being used?

Yeah I think he did some adiabatic calcs and decided he only needed 1 core

Dustydazzler · May 31, 2023

mainline said:
Yeah I think he did some adiabatic calcs and decided he only needed 1 core

the others are future upgrade cores

Raptor0014 · May 31, 2023

No idea how this hasn’t ever tripped. Found it purely due to IR test and luckily it was in the bathroom at the end of the circuit. RCD protected and supplying a working fan.

Couple of others I found.

Lives in chocbloc and shoved in ceiling. Completely ignored the loop terminal on the rose.

Making sure the CPC is fully sleeved….

littlespark · Jun 3, 2023

This is at the funeral directors I’m at today.
Behind a locked door, so no immediate danger, but I’ve told them to talk to DNO.

3ph cut out. L1 unused, L2 does the funeral parlour and L3 (which I suspect is a link) runs upstairs to another fuse for a flat.

Should have been noticed when the meter was changed last September.

L1 has two exposed terminals, L2 has its spare terminal capped off with a plastic pin and L3 has 1 exposed terminal.

BenCos18 · Jun 3, 2023

littlespark said:
This is at the funeral directors

Job security right there

Sorry had to make the joke haha

LewisM · Jun 4, 2023

Can't have flat plate accessories in my (new build) new house I guess....

Dustydazzler · Jun 4, 2023

You can , but you will need to remove the 25mm box , hack out another 11-12 mm of wall and put a 35mm box in

LewisM · Jun 4, 2023

Yeah I know but thought it would be a nice easy swap but most boxes mounted onto a dot and dab wall protrude by like 4mm

Dustydazzler · Jun 4, 2023

LewisM said:
Yeah I know but thought it would be a nice easy swap but most boxes mounted onto a dot and dab wall protrude by like 4mm

you will probably find the 25mm boxes are screwed straight on the block work hence they are sticking out 4-5mm

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