Engineer54, some hardcore smut for you here ;-)

D Skelton · Mar 21, 2014

Working on another genny today which needs an earth reference. I was an hour out of Brighton so had some lovely clay to play with (as opposed to solid chalk), I'm back next week as the job isn't finished so no test results yet. Thought I'd take some snaps

[ElectriciansForums.net] Engineer54, some hardcore smut for you here ;-)

Feel free to chip in with your abuse everyone

telectrix · Mar 21, 2014

what was the Ra?

uksparks · Mar 21, 2014

That looks nice, looks rather tidy I must say. Presumably the generator plugs in the commando socket then?

Wheres best to get those rod boxes / enclosures from? They are not particularly cheap are they.

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Also, where did you get your plastic / metal warning sign from that you have very nicely riveted on.

itselectric · Mar 21, 2014

I wonder why you haven't protected the cable from mechanical damage going down into the ground.

Or am I nit picking.

D Skelton · Mar 21, 2014

telectrix said:
what was the Ra?

No testing done yet, back to do that next week as the job isn't finished yet.

uksparks said:
That looks nice, looks rather tidy I must say. Presumably the generator plugs in the commando socket then?

Thanks mate, yeah, genny is in a little outhouse across the path. It's a plug on the wall and a trailing socket that fits on to it.

uksparks said:
Wheres best to get those rod boxes / enclosures from? They are not particularly cheap are they.

£20 or something from Yesss. They're made by Niglon I think, they're not that dear.

uksparks said:
Also, where did you get your plastic / metal warning sign from that you have very nicely riveted on.

Can't remember if I'm honest, Probably off the shelf at Citys.

itselectric said:
I wonder why you haven't protected the cable from mechanical damage going down into the ground.

Or am I nit picking.

And it starts! lol

Nah, fair question. There was about 10mm between the end of the conduit and the wall, my thinking; if someone is daft enough to whack a spade in at that exact point, they deserve all they get! Lol

I didn't need to protect the cable in the first place, but I always feel it is good practice when running horizontally underground at a shallow depth.

Rockingit · Mar 21, 2014

You know, it's really stupid now I come to think of it - but I've never thought to rivet those plastic labels before, onto anything!

Silly Sausage · Mar 21, 2014

You're dead in the water D on the 1st pic.
He doesn't like those plastic pit boxes!
Go back and surround it with concrete!

Engineer54 · Mar 21, 2014

All looks pretty soft core to me!! lol!!

JD6400 · Mar 21, 2014

Not sure where Mr D gets the earth pits from ? But we get that type from Newys , and from memory they are around the £30 mark .
But I do not get to see the sales invoice that often now days , so I could be wrong with that price , now !?

Edit ; I am sooooo slow at typing I always end up answering questions about 8 posts to late !

GLENNSPARK · Mar 21, 2014

D Skelton said:
Working on another genny today which needs an earth reference. I was an hour out of Brighton so had some lovely clay to play with (as opposed to solid chalk), I'm back next week as the job isn't finished so no test results yet. Thought I'd take some snaps

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Feel free to chip in with your abuse everyone

yep i will...

the earth pit is too near the building....

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JD6400 said:
Not sure where Mr D gets the earth pits from ? But we get that type from Newys , and from memory they are around the £30 mark .
But I do not get to see the sales invoice that often now days , so I could be wrong with that price , now !?

screwfix do them....

20 odd quid..

D Skelton · Mar 21, 2014

Engineer54 said:
All looks pretty soft core to me!! lol!!

Pah, you're just a dirty barsteward! Nothing will ever satisfy your urges!

D Skelton · Mar 21, 2014

GLENNSPARK said:
the earth pit is too near the building....

It's a meter exactly I'll have you know Glenny boy!

GLENNSPARK · Mar 21, 2014

D Skelton said:
It's a meter exactly I'll have you know Glenny boy!

hmm...

go on then...i`ll let you off..

D Skelton · Mar 21, 2014

GLENNSPARK said:
the earth pit is too near the building....

It's a meter exactly I'll have you know Glenny boy!

Edit: Oh, and it was the only dirt available or I'd have put it a little further, the whole house is surrounded by slab pathway which wouldn't lift.

uksparks · Mar 21, 2014

I think the riveting on of the warning sign is a damn nice touch, just makes it looks nice, shows you care about your work.

GLENNSPARK · Mar 21, 2014

D Skelton said:
Pah, you're just a dirty barsteward! Nothing will ever satisfy your urges!

i guess its ground hog day when he`s around....

Engineer54 · Mar 21, 2014

Archy Styrigg said:
You're dead in the water D on the 1st pic.
He doesn't like those plastic pit boxes!
Go back and surround it with concrete!

Nothing wrong with the substantial plastic earth pit used here. Looks pretty good to me..
Think you are getting confused with those silly waste of space adaptable box type things that can just about accommodate one of those thin twigs....

D Skelton said:
Pah, you're just a dirty barsteward! Nothing will ever satisfy your urges!

You must be thinking along the lines of your own urges, i don't have or need urges these days myself!! lol!!

BTW why did you sink the earth pit box in the ground before driving in the earth rod?? I say earth rod, because i can't see any sign of a coupler being driven into the ground...

GLENNSPARK · Mar 21, 2014

Engineer54 said:
Nothing wrong with the substantial plastic earth pit used here. Looks pretty good to me..
Think you are getting confused with those silly waste of space adaptable box type things that can just about accommodate one of those thin twigs....

You must be thinking along the lines of your own urges, i don't have or need urges these days myself!! lol!!

BTW why did you sink the earth pit box in the ground before driving in the earth rod?? I say earth rod, because i can't see any sign of a coupler being driven into the ground...

he`s just told me on the phone that he`s put 2 in....coupled together...

PEG · Mar 21, 2014

Very nice and neat,good pictures too....by the way,what did you ever do with that 12" off-cut of rod i posted you?........:yesnod:

D Skelton · Mar 21, 2014

Engineer54 said:
BTW why did you sink the earth pit box in the ground before driving in the earth rod??

Dunno really, I've always done it that way.

Engineer54 said:
I say earth rod, because i can't see any sign of a coupler being driven into the ground...

There is one, I can assure you! Lol

Engineer54 · Mar 21, 2014

D Skelton said:
There is one, I can assure you! Lol

If you say so!! lol!!

Clive P · Mar 22, 2014

Hi,

This is not meant to be nit picking, but I prefer the U clamp bolts so that the cable can be lugged and bolted to the rod; but that's just my preference.

Regards.

guest119 · Mar 22, 2014

Nice tidy job D.
Is it cost reasons that you never used a Sarel box for the inlet socket? Then you would have been able to bring your swa in the bottom. Is there an IP washer at the gland?

Boydy

D Skelton · Mar 22, 2014

Boydy said:
Nice tidy job D.
Is it cost reasons that you never used a Sarel box for the inlet socket? Then you would have been able to bring your swa in the bottom. Is there an IP washer at the gland?

Boydy

Aesthetics mate, keep external wiring to a minimal. The NYY I wanted to bring in from the top anyway, both glands are not IP rated as such but internally there is another hole into the plug housing that is IP rated.