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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Teddy Lop · 2025-01-11T12:37:58+0000

sunray said:
A colleague found this during a PAT on a builders welder back in 2012, the white cable was on the welder
View attachment 119267

Initially he was just going to change the blue socket (wrong gender) on the welder to a plug and put the blue socket on the black cable, however the white cableView attachment 119268

The full extent of it wasn't found until I exercised a screwdriver:
Blue socket wired incorrectly (L= blue, E= brown N & earth not connected) and no cord grip, yellow plug altered to fit into the blue, yellow socket (used as a join) no cord grip, 13A plug not sleeved and what doesn't show in the pics is the black rubber cable was brittle and cracking (perished).
However the yellow cable was almost pristine and repaired as a 110 extension.
View attachment 119269
Oh and of course the user didn't think there was anything wrong with it other than sometimes tripping breakers, but the boss apparently gave him grief

A colleague of mine on the leccy board put a 13a plug and socket in the middle of his board-issue 110v extension, thereby making it dual-function! he was well impressed with it...

Teddy Lop · 2025-01-11T16:36:16+0000

After being called out for a reported electricity failure, the DNO cut this (rental) off citing an illegal connection and demanding a new duct/cable to the street, the service head and meter look to have been moved and probably not by them, so may be a separate issue.

No idea what to make of this - kitchen wiring was probably tripping the RCD but I can't understand quite how you arrive here whether your plan is to steal electric or circumvent the RCD.

Landlord completely ignorant, says it was all in the hands of the agent.

Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

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