DIY/Electrical Trainee words

[Leesparkykent]

Exporting the earth.

 

[Octopus]

How about Distribution Board? thats what electricians call them.

Yeh right. Its the blxxdy fuseboard!

 

[ian.settle1]

People saying Monkey when they should say Ape!!!!

Oh Jesus the monkey has spat his dummy out again

 

[7029 dave]

Whats wrong with ring main, it was good enough for me days gone by.:angel_smile:

 

[shanky887614]

Conversation with a domestic customer
"Can you show me where your board is please ?"
Blank look
"You know, your distribution board"
Blank look accompanied by slow head shaking
"Sorry I should have said your consumer unit"
Blank look turns to puzzled look
"Your fuse box ?"
"Ohhhhhh that... yeah it's under the stairs buried under mounds of shoes, vacuum cleaners, carrier bags, decorating tools and bits of old carpet"

where's the trip?

under stairs.

trip, fusebox usually work

 

[telectrix]

why/s my fusebox tripping?


too much LSD.

 

[Deleted member 9648]

"I've replaced the tube and starter motor...mad2.....and it still wont work"......?

 

[Paul.M]

Wholesalers are just as bad. I asked for a PIR light switch replacement with "no neutral". He scratched his head, said there was no such thing, went into the back to ask a workmate and came back with a smug look on his face. "Oh, you mean a PIR switch with Lives only"!!!! Same bloody thing aaaahhhh

 

[shanky887614]

Wholesalers are just as bad. I asked for a PIR light switch replacement with "no neutral". He scratched his head, said there was no such thing, went into the back to ask a workmate and came back with a smug look on his face. "Oh, you mean a PIR switch with Lives only"!!!! Same bloody thing aaaahhhh

there are still a couple traditional wholesalers in burton.

they employ ex electricians, very helpful

 

[7029 dave]

I still call GY, green sleeving.

 

[telectrix]

can't think ex - electricians could be helpful when buying a cheap suit.

 

[Deleted member 9648]

One primary school where we did the repairs years ago had a real know it all caretaker,he'd always wait until the problem was sorted and then smugly state " Oh....I thought it was that".
One day it was the usual tube and starter motor...mad2...he'd replaced without success. I popped another choke in it and away she went.
"what was it then?" he enquired.
"You'd put the starter in back to front" I told him......."Oh...I thought it might be that" was the immediate response!

 

[BES]

People saying Monkey when they should say Ape!!!!

Some of your relations on channel 5 at 8 tonight

 

[Paul.M]

there are still a couple traditional wholesalers in burton.

they employ ex electricians, very helpful

Helped me out a lot when trying to fit older C/U's or DB's or Fuse boxes with new MCB's etc. Great lads but this one was just being a rounded door handle. Tried to show me up in front of the que , back fired on him when the crowed chuckled at him when I said "yep that is the one, the live only version without any neutrals, I should have asked for one of those in the first place."

 

[Guest77]

Never used that term in the last 38 years ish

Exactly chuckle