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I was called to a house where they said the fuse for the sockets kept blowing.They had kept replacing the fuse until it didn't blow anymore but now the sockets have no power!.

When i arrived to have a look they said another electrician had come out and in order to fix the fault had replaced the consumer unit! The sockets still had no power to them.
Anyway i had a look and found the house to wired in rubber cable.Obviously the blasting had totally destroyed the conductors blowing apart the fault and now was sat there with no power.

I turned my attention to the consumer that the 'electrician'(and i use the term loosely) had fitted.
Heres what i found.
http://i.Upload the image directly to the thread.com/OVG1tOt.jpg

He has used the old cotton covered tails and fed it through an unbushed hole with the red clearly digging into the consumer unit.

Also the main earth cable looked like it was only 2.5mm!
http://i.Upload the image directly to the thread.com/ADKv2od.jpg
No earth bonding to gas or water.
Heres the inside.
http://i.Upload the image directly to the thread.com/ooOlYg2.jpg

Needless to say there was no certificate,no labels,no part 'p' notification etc.

I am gob smacked at the incompetence of this so called electrician.

What do others think?

[ElectriciansForums.net] Cowboy electrician
 
They got him off Facebook.I know who it is and have been in contact with him to give him a roasting.The customer has threatened him with trading standards unless he gives them their money back (ÂŁ250).I don't thing he's in any scheme(i wonder why).I have to go back next week to rewire the house properly.The lighting is in plastic but has no earths so thats being done as well.It goes without saying i will be replacing the tails with 25mm and the earth with 16mm and bushing the hole properly.Main earth bonding will be carried out to gas and water.
I am an Approved NIC domestic installer so they will get a proper job done and certs at the end when safe.
He wants more than a roasting.
 
They got him off Facebook.I know who it is and have been in contact with him to give him a roasting.The customer has threatened him with trading standards unless he gives them their money back (ÂŁ250).I don't thing he's in any scheme(i wonder why).I have to go back next week to rewire the house properly.The lighting is in plastic but has no earths so thats being done as well.It goes without saying i will be replacing the tails with 25mm and the earth with 16mm and bushing the hole properly.Main earth bonding will be carried out to gas and water.
I am an Approved NIC domestic installer so they will get a proper job done and certs at the end when safe.
I know it doesn't make it right but who the hell gets a tradesman off Facebook??? Sometimes customers don't exactly help themselves?
 
Here that left rcd has tripped has he left a fault there.
It's the 32A mcb thats tripped (though I did have to look twice) I guess that's the faulty socket circuit, though I guess the neutral is ok since the RCD still holds :)
rest of the install is class, I'd be proud to put my name (Billy the Kid)to that.
 
I know it doesn't make it right but who the hell gets a tradesman off Facebook??? Sometimes customers don't exactly help themselves?

Can't blame the customer here. The advertising method does not indicate quality of tradesmen. Plenty of cowboys in the Yellow Pages. Daz
 
I was called to a house where they said the fuse for the sockets kept blowing.They had kept replacing the fuse until it didn't blow anymore but now the sockets have no power!.

When i arrived to have a look they said another electrician had come out and in order to fix the fault had replaced the consumer unit! The sockets still had no power to them.
Anyway i had a look and found the house to wired in rubber cable.Obviously the blasting had totally destroyed the conductors blowing apart the fault and now was sat there with no power.

I turned my attention to the consumer that the 'electrician'(and i use the term loosely) had fitted.
Heres what i found.
http://i.Upload the image directly to the thread.com/OVG1tOt.jpg

He has used the old cotton covered tails and fed it through an unbushed hole with the red clearly digging into the consumer unit.

Also the main earth cable looked like it was only 2.5mm!
http://i.Upload the image directly to the thread.com/ADKv2od.jpg
No earth bonding to gas or water.
Heres the inside.
http://i.Upload the image directly to the thread.com/ooOlYg2.jpg

Needless to say there was no certificate,no labels,no part 'p' notification etc.

I am gob smacked at the incompetence of this so called electrician.

What do others think?

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Class job (NOT) what a lash up
 
If you hear the customer had an electrician from Facebook you instantly cry a little inside. Very poor job, I've seen worse like but that is impressive how many regs he's managed to break in 1 job.

I've used BG in the past, but not out of choice. Give me a schneider easy9 for domestic any day and I'll be a happy monkey. I'll even wave a tiny German flag while wiring it up!
 

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