Biggest mistake as a sparky

[Old Jag Lover]

Time to man up confess your sins,what are your worst disasters for me,2.First drilling through a bundle of 6 bundled pyros in a large office block as an apprentice,my then boss said 3 ft from the wall,not true it was 3 metres,3pyros 4000Amp risers using ESR system second 3 2000A risers DC 3 wire for elevators in Sydney lots of downtown didn't get the AC till 1979.Second,sending a guy to replace a contactor in a Ward Leonard setup said look here the diagram does not agree 6 and 9 are reversed,told him don't worry factory mistake,no no no,resulting in no field on output motor,causing birdcaging,causing catastrophic rotor failure repair costs to us,100000 bucks.ouch.

 

[tidyboiler]

And just when you thought it safe to go to bed without having nightmares.......................... Jackie Stallone appears.


bless her!!!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

what happened to her?

 

[danzor]

Hard paper round I guess.

 

[tidyboiler]

what happened to her?

Been standing too near a naked flame I reckon.

 

[LeeH]

Jumping out of a scissor lift the wrong way with a high vis coat on. It got caught so I was left there hanging up like a coat on a hanger with me still in it!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

And just when you thought it safe to go to bed without having nightmares.......................... Jackie Stallone appears.
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bless her!!!

she got `aquantinted` with current...

 

[Pete999]

God shes nice ain't she, just imagine wakin up next to Jackie uuurrgghhh

 

[snowhead]

Old saying,anyone who has never made a mistake has never learned anything.

In 46+ years working I've learned a lot..

 

[Dizzy_Maskell]

Lad I served my time with made a classic mistake he was told go the shop and get some bits and one guy said I'll have 20 Marlborough lites and if they don't have them get me something else instead.
The lad came back and said no Marlborough lites so as you said get me anything else here is a mars bar,
No joke he was that thick

 

[shanky887614]

Guy here got asked to bring a pair of cable shears. Got handed a pair of crimpers (red, yellow and blue crimps)

 

[Geordie Spark]

Lad I served my time with made a classic mistake he was told go the shop and get some bits and one guy said I'll have 20 Marlborough lites and if they don't have them get me something else instead.
The lad came back and said no Marlborough lites so as you said get me anything else here is a mars bar,
No joke he was that thick

Haha ........... that's a bit like me as a 15 year old apprentice. I had to go out & get the lads ciggies, fish & chips etc. anything & everything really.

One lad who was 23 and engaged to be married was a real tight fisted sod and always counted his change when I handed it over to him. He was so tight that on the odd occasion when he gave me a lift home he wanted my bus fare.

Anyway, one day he gave me a 10 shilling note and asked me to go to the barber shop around the corner (Half Moon Lane, Gateshead) and get him a packet of Durex.

Now, I was a young innocent lad and had never seen these things of myth and legend so was a bit apprehensive about going into the barber shop, but plucked-up the courage and entered.

The barber asked: "Yes?" and I said; "a packet of Durex please". He asked "Three shillings or three and ninepence?". I was stumped and bearing in mind the tightness of the bloke who wanted them I wanted to be sure I got this right so I asked; "What's the difference?"

The barber replied "Ninepence".

 

[tidyboiler]

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Now, I was a young innocent lad QUOTE]

Jeez how times have changed. :dita:

 

[Geordie Spark]

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Now, I was a young innocent lad QUOTE]

Jeez how times have changed. :dita:

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Tell me about it

 

[tidyboiler]

Tell me about it

never mind Geordie.............. your day will come.

 

[Guest111]

I was doing some work for a conservatory firm and quite a few clients had the work done while they were away,anyway this client at 86 arranges his to be done while they're abroad for a fortnight,all we need is a tap and a power supply says the boss,we'll get it up and send our spark when you come back,as he'll need access to the house.The lads go round dig up and lay footings.lads go back lay a slab and build dwarf walls.The following week they go back and erect the conservatory,all ok so far now all I have to do is wait for the guy to come back from holiday and nip round and wire it up.Monday morning comes and the phone rings and it's the customer ranting on about how we've done sod all and he ain't happy,boss is adamant job was done and he'd personally gone to number 68 to check quality of work! OOPS,someone made a major boob didn't they!