10A light switch used to isolate shower supply

[spinna]

I was doing some work on a propertly a couple of weeks ago and found this to my horror !

Its a 10A metal clad light switch used as a isolation switch for a shower fed via a 30A fuse and the circuit had no RCD protection,

 

[Snapester]

lol did they sleeve the earth in white! Nice job..........

 

[GLENNSPARK]

i see the CPC has been `done away with`....naughty....

 

[spinna]

Yes , must have ran out of green and yellow lol

 

[GLENNSPARK]

nope...correction...they have `jointed it`......ahh well...thats better.....

 

[Baker1988]

Haha you got to love people who just dnt have a clue haha

 

[Baker1988]

Thats crazy have u seen how much exposed wire there is on the lives and the actual light swich plate is not even earthed haha

 

[spinna]

crazy what people do

 

[DurhamSparky]

i predict a "Fire"

 

[GLENNSPARK]

kitchen n bathroom fitters perhaps?..lol...

 

[GLENNSPARK]

i predict a "Fire"

well better aim the showerhead at it then...fast!!...

 

[Snapester]

I would have at least got my green and yellow pens out to colour that with.

 

[ipf]

With a bit more wiring they could have used the 2way...dipstick.

 

[DurhamSparky]

well better aim the showerhead at it then...fast!!...

I predict a "funeral"

 

[Octopus]

So how long had it been like that?

 

[spinna]

Not sure to be honest the property was empty when i was doing the work there

 

[robsparky1975]

Did you disconnect the shower supply by any chance from the board?

 

[DPhilpott]

What goes through their mind? Just mad

 

[spinna]

It was a VOID property so was brought up to current standards

 

[plugsandsparks]

was wondering if it worked but guess the shower had not been used for a while.
Would have thought it would have "blown" almost immediately especuially if they tried to switch it off when under load. Hey ho

 

[GLENNSPARK]

so given the new colours.....was this `install` RCD protected....i know its besides the point but......

 

[pencilpusher]

"Its a 10A metal clad light switch used as a isolation switch for a shower fed via a 30A fuse and the circuit had no RCD protection"

Apparently not

 

[GLENNSPARK]

yeah....sorry about that...just re read the first posting..lol....

 

[Guitarist]

It had obviously worked for a while judging by the discoloured choccy block...