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[Darkwood]

Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

Rules....No Offensive material... edit if required before posting as this is the public arena.
Anything to do with the trade or in and around it ...H&S pic's welcome.



I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago. mg_smile:

 

[Pete999]

I had a wooden test meter, but it wooden work.

Off to get me coat.

Wooden head ! ! ! !

 

[littlespark]

For the Scots;

I’ve got a Mickey Mouse tester.
It Disney work!

 

[SparkySy]

Yeah they are thin the forks! But it is wylex!!
Ahh my trusty old non bs131 steps have rubber feet and I had switched it off prior to removing the cover, and yes there is no need on this earth to have a db that messy!! I couldn't leave anything looking like that! I did offer to rip it out and do it properly but they haven't got the funding to do it unfortunately

 

[DT1991]

Have they took the top of the DB???

 

[ipf]

I'll bet a few TAILS could be told about this lot....

 

[SparkySy]

@DT1991 Yes mate totally gone! I did explain to them that it would not contain a fire as there is a massive gap straight up into the loft space above! Not even grommet strip round the edges that are left! The worst thing is they had a fire in the building not so long ago, fps didn't work and it was only down to 1 individual that the whole place didn't go up!

 

[mattg4321]

Apparently this large shed/annexe/summer house type thing in the garden was wired by a friend of customers. Apparently he is/was homeless. Maybe his house burnt down?

At least he ran armoured cable from the house, but thats where the good parts of this install ended. Unglanded, 2.5 3 core run direct from a socket on a ring final. Shower is 8.5kw and there was also a mobile air con unit plugged into a socket in the bedroom. MCB had been swapped to 40A.

The cables making up the RFC looked pretty good to be fair, as did the armoured. Not taken apart anything in the garden annexe thing yet. The lever type wagos used to connect the swa to t&e from the back of the socket were in pretty bad shape though! Lightly toasted!

Seriously though, every time I work inside M25 I'm faced with this rubbish. Customers on above job are lovely people, happy to pay our rates and want things done properly, but how do they allow and pay for this type of rubbish. It seems to be rife in London.

 

[pirate]

Is it just me who has a hatred of seeing sockets with the switches "on" and nothing plugged in?

 

[telectrix]

Is it just me who has a hatred of seeing sockets with the switches "on" and nothing plugged in?

a bit like hoisting the mainsail when there's no wind.

 

[Strima]

Is it just me who has a hatred of seeing sockets with the switches "on" and nothing plugged in?

Yes, the amount of wasted electricity leaking out really winds me up, such a waste...

 

[telectrix]

Yes, the amount of wasted electricity leaking out really winds me up, such a waste...

used to be able to stop that with the child socket protectors.
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daren't comment on the state of that shower. i'll get reported for dirtybuggerism.

 

[freddo]

Just fit IP rated sockets and make sure the lid is closed properly.

 

[westward10]

Spent most of the day reconnecting swa cables at lighting bollards as none of the armour has been earthed. Pretty straight forward cables plenty of length, the outer casings come off the bollards and the sun is out. Three to go then this, needless to say the circuit now has three less lights on it.

 

[Toneyz]

I suppose the SWA is not in ducts so that you can pull any slack from the previous bollards?

 

[westward10]

No chance. All the others are bone dry with lots of slack this one looks like it has been underwater.