well..i`v seen some crap of late but.....

GLENNSPARK · Jun 19, 2013

evening boys...

heres some pics of someones idea of a temporary supply at a site we went to look at today:

[ElectriciansForums.net] well..i`v seen some crap of late but.....

thats a 1.5 flat twin coming straight out of the head....the bullit had gone....replaced with....yep, you guessed it a bit of 6mm

here, take a closer peek...

heres the twin going out of the cutout area

and its off around the grounds...

a `joint` in the garage...

and here`s my solution to the issue...not perfect but...

temp supply with 25A RCD...i used some 2.5 3 core hi-tuff from the cutout and replaced the bullit with a 60A...the hi-tuff then feeds a single trailing socket...which then feeds the temp supply box via 13A BS1363 plugtop.....
the commando feeds the socket outlets (3 off) which have been placed at the bottom of the stairs of each dwelling....the existing wasn`t even earthed...it is now.....rod with a Zs of .97 at the furthest point...RCD times good...

there were various trades on site using a variety of class 1 & class 2 equipment oblivious to the potential dangers here....
the owner seemed surprised when i tugged this little lot claiming `well, its worked fine so far`...
getting to be a standard response just lately....:frown:

stuartcourt · Jun 19, 2013

any pics of how it was before you sorted it

GLENNSPARK · Jun 19, 2013

stuartcourt said:
any pics of how it was before you sorted it

cheeky devil..
the first few pics show it as found....

Edd · Jun 19, 2013

If that wernt so dangrous it would be funny!!

amo · Jun 19, 2013

Typical builder temp supply

Outspoken · Jun 19, 2013

And why is this site not using a 110V centre Tap Tx as per HSE ACOPS?

stuartcourt · Jun 19, 2013

It beggars bloody belief, people dont care yet if scaffold unsafe or gas bodged in another matter

Guest55 · Jun 19, 2013

let me guess.......

customer didnt want to pay dno for proper job so left pilc cable flapping in the wind ready to blow ?

picture 7 ........ nice job on bonding the lemonade can. ;-)

Edd · Jun 19, 2013

Outspoken said:
And why is this site not using a 110V centre Tap Tx as per HSE ACOPS?

Because this is the real world where most people dont own 110v tools!! LOL

GLENNSPARK · Jun 19, 2013

stuartcourt said:
It beggars bloody belief, people dont care yet if scaffold unsafe or gas bodged in another matter

and talking about scaffolding....the owner saw me banging the rod in....
then asked what the point in that was as there was plenty of scaffolding around to get an `earth` from....
most of which was sat on wooden pads anyway....lolffs....lol...

GLENNSPARK · Jun 19, 2013

Edd said:
Because this is the real world where most people dont own 110v tools!! LOL

what we`v done edd is give them some points on an RCD....they can then step it down as necessary.....
all i did here was get it into some semblance of order....as that was just hidious....

Kamikaze · Jun 19, 2013

I have always said that consumption meters are extremely unnecessary. :angel_smile:

ChrisElectrical88 · Jun 19, 2013

Wow that is some shoddy work, surely no electrician in the land would do something like that and if thay had that's scary! Is that just clotheslined across to the garage as well? Would be interesting to see how many amps it was pulling with a few tools going off it to?