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  1. S

    "Interesting Installation"

    The men with shiny suits sold this one - wonder if it's on a North facing roof too, that's what I keep seeing them offering our customers.
  2. gnuuser

    worst jolt ive ever got

    i got nailed once by a bessemer condenser tester. it was brought to my shop and put on a rolling cart. it had some damaged test leads that needed replaced. what i didn't know was that they had plugged it in. the cart was against the test bench and its tabletop blocked view of the outlet the...
  3. J

    Best and Worst Christmas Present?

    So what is the best and worst present you have ever received? Opened 3 presents yesterday - all Bloody socks........... What did you get?
  4. A

    What the worst thing that happened to you as an apprentice Electrical Trainee may not apply =]

    Just a thread to see how everyone was abused as an apprentice lol.. I wants that bad as i sorta made them realized not to do stuff when it first happened due to my back then anger problem.. First thing was one of the guys calls me to come help him in this house (we were doing 3 houses next to...
    • axel132132
    • Thread
    • apply apprentice apprenticeship electrical electrical trainee happened thing trainee worst
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Electricians Chat - Off Topic Chat
  5. JD6400

    Whats the worst shock ( Electrical ) you have received and how ?

    Like it Say's what is the largest belt you or anyone you have worked with , received and still walked away from !?
  6. T

    Worst cover versions ever

    Ok guy we've had favourite songs, bands, guitarists etc etc so how about really horrible cover versions that should never have happened. I'll set the ball rolling Stevie Nicks - Rock 'n Roll (Live) HD - YouTube Céline Dion;Anastacia - You Shook Me All Night Long - YouTube Now it's not enough...
  7. B

    Another Bloody Cowboy, is this the worst CU change ever ???

    Came across this recent CU change yesterday while quoting to replace some Storage Heaters. The builder had replaced the original Main CU and seperate Economy7 CU with the unit pictured below. He crammed both sets of tails into the mainswitch by cutting some cores off of each tail and put a strip...
  8. R

    Is this the worst install you have ever seen? *Feedback wanted!*

    Hi everyone, I would very much appreciate your feedback/comments regarding this electricial install to help my cousin who has been ripped off and potentially could have put her life at risk! She has recently had new decking fitted in the back garden and a family friend of hers who I kind of...
  9. W

    Worst day of my Life!

    Apprentice dropped his hammer straight onto a toilet cistern lid, A very decorative one at that! 6 hours searching for a replacement and no joy ! i am close to tears, anybody else had the same misfortune and know were to look?
  10. S

    The Worst Light Fitting of the Year Award 2012

    You'll be familiar with the scenario - quote includes a number of basic white pendants, but you arrive to ... "I found these lovely fittings in John Lewis, M&S, Laura Ashley (delete as appropriate) and thought you could put these up instead "... For me this is now an immediate "that'll be an...
  11. edexlab

    Sour grapes and the worst Electrician i've met

    Installed a system the other day and ended up having a long ''conversation'' with the other quoter for this job , he lost out mainly on price with him not being vat registered and the fact that he's only installed one system on his own house versus our several hundred very happy customers he's...
  12. E

    The worst install ever (maybe?)

    Well I have seen it all now, picture the scene, old buildings with various roofs, which all join up, flat roofs on different levels,and some pitched roofs also. In the middle of all this is a pitched roof that is covered with green mineral felt, there is an air duct (300x300mm) that runs along...
  13. K

    Worst thing you've found in a premise when working!

    House full of cats, stinks, start to drop fittings in kitchen,DEAD cat rotting away on top of cupboards.! Tools packed post haste.
    • Kiers1970
    • Thread
    • council electrical work found health house their thing tools working worst you've
    • Replies: 63
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  14. H

    When the brown hits the fan - Worst bloopers

    Whats the worst bloopers you have done in regards to customers possessions.I've done many but probably the worst was when I was sent to look at an alarm. Got up to the bellbox un-screwed it then casually placed it hanging on the leg of the ladder...Gust of wind ....smash..... damn that isn't...
    • highspark
    • Thread
    • aus brown fan worst
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Australia
  15. K

    The World’s Worst Phrasebook

    From “The Book of Heroic Failures” by Stephen Pile: The World’s Worst Phrasebook Pedro Carolino is one of the all-time greats. In 1883 he wrote an English-Portugese phrasebook despite having little or no command of the English language.His greatly recommended book The New Guide of the...
  16. H

    9.5kw without DNO

    Can a 9.5Kw system be installed, commissioned and signed off without DNO notification and then notifying them or would gemserve or the supplier pick it up, if so whats the worst case scenario rather than waiting weeks?
  17. G

    your first and worst electric shock!!!

    Hi I thought it would be interesting to hear about situations that have happenned to different people in the electrical industry and would be a wake up call for perhaps those who are inexperienced or have not had a shock. My first was when i was a second year apprentice i managed to go two...
  18. SolarCity

    Running a small business - worst day

    I've been running a small business for a good few years now and I can honestly say that today has been the most stressful day of my life. I have been doing paperwork between 4am and 7am every morning since Friday and I've had my laptop, in lap, on the roof all day long. I have been fighting...
  19. Cyberprog

    Worst Install Ever.

    Found this on wimp.com: Worst garage door installation ever. [VIDEO] Even by US standards that's fairly shocking...
  20. M

    Only an apprentice but worst I've seen.....

    Just spent a week at a £1m house bringing it up to scratch. We had JB's everywhere and in most cases no earth where they had JB's with no earth connected, one of them we couldn't find! There was 50 downlights that had to have JB's put on and the lamps downgraded to 35w because the circuit was...
    • mickys86
    • Thread
    • apprentice apprenticeship aus worst
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Australia

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