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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:

 

[telectrix]

Mine was an old cooker hood I took down. Supply had been taken diagonally from a socket above worktop.
Whoever put the old hood up managed to drill through the cpc of a t&e... the rawl plug acted as an isolator between the L and N which hadn’t been cut.
Hood worked, just never been earthed.
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classic. i had one the other week, rawlplug and screw through L courtesy of kevin. screw was live, so he stuck some tape over the screw head and told customer it;s safe now. FFS.

 

[Dustydazzler]

It’s amazing the amount of times someone manages to put a screw / nail through a buried cable breaking the cpc and only just scraping the live and neutral Cores...
Failing to trip the mcb & leaving the cable live but without an earth beyond the hole.
perhaps buried cables should be of screened type so the cpc is fully around the inner cores..

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[littlespark]

Mine was an old cooker hood I took down. Supply had been taken diagonally from a socket above worktop.
Whoever put the old hood up managed to drill through the cpc of a t&e... the rawl plug acted as an isolator between the L and N which hadn’t been cut.
Hood worked, just never been earthed.
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I thought I’d uploaded this pic before.....

From this....

Someone was a lucky so and so - in - UK Electrical Forum

, Someone was a lucky so and so, UK Electrical Forum, ElectriciansForums.net Est.2006 | Free Electrical Advice Forum and page_number.

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Source URL: Someone was a lucky so and so - https://www.electriciansforums.net/threads/someone-was-a-lucky-so-and-so.174087/

 

[ipf]

It’s amazing the amount of times someone manages to put a screw / nail through a buried cable breaking the cpc and only just scraping the live and neutral Cores...

True. The above one is the same. But, in this case, with such a small pin shorting L and N....and the earth having no insulation, it tends to take the majority of the blast.

It was a right job double heat shrinking with the lack of length available.
Sand and cement wall

 

[123]

@ipf mice look like they are fiercely strong in your area

 

[richy3333]

Ah rubbish. Thought someone was going to reference Chris ?

 

[Baddegg]

Called to a job bathroom lights not working....no probs where’s the consumer unit?

handy man had put up a coat rail for the woman, now with the amount of coats on it it was heavy as well! ?

 

[DPG]

Has he tied it to a length of SWA?

 

[Baddegg]

Has he tied it to a length of SWA?

No mate that’s the live incomer ?

 

[James]

No mate that’s the live incomer ?

Oh good, can’t see any problems then!!

 

[Baddegg]

Oh good, can’t see any problems then!!

Neither could the tenant when I said I’m not putting that back on there! ?

 

[James]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CWOgYZlaveo

 

[DPG]

No mate that’s the live incomer ?

Nice one. I wasn't sure - your photography skills seem on a par with the handyman's DIY skills

 

[Baddegg]

Nice one. I wasn't sure - your photography skills seem on a par with the handyman's DIY skills

My photography skills are on par with my electrical skills mate ?

 

[ipf]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CWOgYZlaveo

Candid Camera springs to mind.
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My photography skills are on par with my electrical skills mate ?

Don't bull yourself up....