Old Mill Electrical Installation

No such thing as a code 4 anymore I thought, I was under the impression C1 C2 and C3 where in place now.

As for the boards They are pretty archaic. I would be recommending upgrading if it was me.

TaffyDuck said:

No such thing as a code 4 anymore I thought, I was under the impression C1 C2 and C3 where in place now.

As for the boards They are pretty archaic. I would be recommending upgrading if it was me.

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Archaic !!!
I served my time on boards like that...............wheres me pipe and slippers

bit of a tidy up and a coat of paint required. where's tony?

44ALLAN said:

Archaic !!!
I served my time on boards like that...............wheres me pipe and slippers

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Me too ! On that note do you know where I can find a VDE zimmer frame?

TaffyDuck said:

Me too ! On that note do you know where I can find a VDE zimmer frame?

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Not that old yet lol
Is there no zimmer frame shops on the high street next to all the bookies and payday loan shops

44ALLAN said:

Not that old yet lol
Is there no zimmer frame shops on the high street next to all the bookies and payday loan shops

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Could do with one with a built in commode too. And somewhere to strap a very powerful magnifying glass. And the government thinks I need to work for another 20 years before I retire! Yeah right

TaffyDuck said:

Could do with one with a built in commode too. And somewhere to strap a very powerful magnifying glass. And the government thinks I need to work for another 20 years before I retire! Yeah right

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Sounds like you need a mobile home not a zimmer mate lol

So you think the exposed live connections are ok? Code 4? Is the report quite old then?
I also served my time working on boards like that, and still have the scars to prove it...

Guitarist said:

So you think the exposed live connections are ok? Code 4? Is the report quite old then?
I also served my time working on boards like that, and still have the scars to prove it...

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I can still see some of the old sparks going in with bare hands and pulling the wires to one side .......still live !!
Makes me shiver to think about it.

If these DB's have lost the paxoline (or whatever) shields, then they can certainly be classed as being dangerous... lol!! That aside, i would also deem these fuse boards as being way past there serviceable live and should be renewed. Going by the main supply cable method, this would also include the cabling too, as they look very much like potted heads!! Similar system to the older cable raising mains....

These aren't going to be a cheap board/ CU changes, that's for sure!! lol!!

An old feed mill I worked in for a while had similar issues and all cabling was in galv trunking. When a safety ordit was carried out by the powers-that-be within the Company, they decided that it all had to be replaced at a cost of hundreds of thousands of pounds. This was part of the decision to eventually close the place. (I'm sure it had nothing to do with the fact that the site occupied prime waterfront land valued in the millions )

Tbh, not even sure why the issue of replacement is being queried - it's all been said^^^^^^^
Regards

Those pics made me chuckle,When I was an apprentice we had loads of them at work and for some strange reason one was mounted upside down,now this presented an interesting situation.A lot of the machines were wired in the old varnished cambric inside flexible metal conduit,and due to it's age there would be a short every now and again,this was cured by removing the offending piece of cable individually(the boss was too tight to rewire the machine)now every so often the contact in the fuse holder would need a touch up with a contact file to clean them up.
One day a machine had gone bang as per usual and it was fed from the inverted board now this meant that the top contacts were live instead of the bottom ones.I pointed this out to our fitter as he headed off to file the contacts,at this point I was left to repair the machine.He gave his usual sarcastic reply about me being a lowly apprentice and teaching others to suck eggs,well about 5 minutes later there was a loud bang and a blue flash,followed by the appearence of a rather shaken fitter holding what was left of my file.Luckily for him as he put the file in the slot it was resting on a piece of earthed metal,so with the exception of a severely bruised ego and a change of underwear he suffered no permenant damage.His attitude towards me did change however and whenever contacts needed filing he would fetch the file and hand it to me saying "there you go mate let the expert do it"

Same here, brought up on such DB's, ...lol!! Only difference is, that all our DB's / Switch fuses and the like etc, were regularly maintained and cleaned. This was done every factory shutdown. Fuses pulled and re-wired (3036) flash protection changed regularly and cartridge fuses replaced every second shutdown, all shielding cleaned and all connections checked for tightness etc!!. Internally most looked as good as new, unlike those shown in the photo's above!! lol!!