Emergency MICC Termination

Pete999 · Jul 29, 2014

I was thinking back to my youth, or more correctly my early days as a Sparky after completing my Apprenticeship, and having to carry out a MICC termination without the requisite MICC tooling, I had to do one end,only a small one, can't recall the exact size but it was on a lighting circuit. Any way scoured the sheath very carefully I might add with a pen knife, stripped back the sheathing with a pair of side cutters, screwed the pot on and crimped the seal with a couple of mole grips, not ideal you may say, but it got me out of a hole, another Sparky went back a few days later to remake the end off properly. Just wondering if anyone else has had the unfortunate experience of having to make an end off without the right tools?:wheelchair:

davesparks · Jul 30, 2014

shanky887614 said:
toffee hammer? i used me hands and eyes to straighten last piece

Wasn't a very big one then

Try that with 2H16 (actually it was the imperial equivalent I was working on but its as near as dammit)

Lucien Nunes · Jul 30, 2014

Or a 7 core 0.0015 that has spent the last 50 years snaked around the corbels on an ornamental stone balcony, and has just had its seal smashed off and needs a couple of inches wormed along through all the dozen or so double sets. Anneal... roller straightener... anneal again... straightener again... anneal again... now bend you b*****d! Couldn't break in and replace because there was nowhere to hide the joint, had to work it until it reached.

malcolmsanford · Jul 30, 2014

Have to own up Dave never worked on anything bigger than 10mm and that was a bitch enough for me

Lucien Nunes · Jul 31, 2014

I recall sealing 25mm pots when I had left the 25mm tool behind, with two pairs of grips to press the disc in, swapping one for a little g-clamp and then using it to indent the pot edge by squeezing a screwdriver blade against it. Looked and held just like the real thing.

But then, who wants to use makeshifts when you've got gleaming, spotless tools like this. It's the result of a diligent and thoughtful apprentice finishing his work ahead of time!

[ElectriciansForums.net] Emergency MICC Termination

baldsparkies · Jul 31, 2014

Petrol station forecourt pumps.
Sand filled pits soaked in diesel and petrol.
P**sing down with rain, and a pots gone down.
Don't ever talk to me about mi.
My memories are not good ones !!

Pete999 · Jul 31, 2014

Lucien Nunes said:
I recall sealing 25mm pots when I had left the 25mm tool behind, with two pairs of grips to press the disc in, swapping one for a little g-clamp and then using it to indent the pot edge by squeezing a screwdriver blade against it. Looked and held just like the real thing.

But then, who wants to use makeshifts when you've got gleaming, spotless tools like this. It's the result of a diligent and thoughtful apprentice finishing his work ahead of time!

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Nice Diligent Apprentices? where on Earth did you find him/Her