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At a house today to do a job. Had to pull the fuse and found the attached in the meter cupboard. Customer tells me there is another unit in the garage, both serve a caravan (I didn't verify this as it had nothing to do with my work). Both units have had the SWA made-off with BS951 clamps. One of the units was installed yesterday by the 'local' unregistered electrician. Explained to the customer it was wrong, but she didn't care!
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You can tell the standard this guy works too, just by looking how he is fixing the 2 SWA cables to the wall in pic# 2. I doubt if the guy even gave a second thought to crushing the cores together using a 951 clamp!!
 
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phil d said:
unfortunately while you can buy all that gear at the big orange shed armoured glands don't come with instructions and fitting them is a black art to joe public.lol
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seen a hot tub supply when on a domestic test, looked to have been wired by a sparks on first impressions, 16a mcb fedding a neatly cleated 2.5mm 3 core swa fed to a 16a ip66 isolator, i thought i'll just check a gland for tightness/.corrosion and pulled back the sheath ad cut my hand on the unterminated strands poking everywhere, needless to say it didn't look so neat when i had to pull slack out of the corners to gland properly!
 
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He's not a DIYer. He was a 'navel sparky', and works for a local builder usually. Not aware he has any quals though. Went to a house last year where the shower isolator he fitted had caught fire.
 
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