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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:

 

[Grant1987]

Or like thisView attachment 61446

Wow! You would have to rip it out and start again be difficult fault finding on that one 4 x motorised valves on there must be a complex one to sort out not for the faint hearted that one ?

 

[freddo]

There is always room for more!

That's certainly a creative way of terminating an armoured cable...

 

[Simon47]

Why use a proprietary wiring centre joint box for your heating when there’s a perfectly good one gang box......

At least they tiled round the box. This was from a mate's house, took some effort fishing that choc block out :

For good measure, we also had the old "number of cables & core colours here are different to what we find at the other end" trick - when we ripped out the odl kitchen units we found the JB where the old boiler had been.

Found today while on a job, upfront RCD protecting the whole installation. Anyone for reverse polarity? ?‍

Does that actually matter (much) ? They haven't actually swapped it round at this device, and the RCD won't care.

 

[nicebutdim]

Does that actually matter (much) ? They haven't actually swapped it round at this device, and the RCD won't care.

Check the colours at both ends of that RCD.

 

[Simon47]

I don't know how much is my monitor and how much is my eyesight, but it looks like at the top there's brown in the right hand terminal, and green in the left. At the bottom I really can't see what is in the right hand terminal, but it looks like black on the left. So I'd assumed it was L on the right and N on the left - i.e. the opposite of the markings on the RCD.
Ah, turned f.lux* off, I see the top-left is now blue. Ah again, I can now see what you mean on the bottom.

* For those that don't know it, f.lux is a package that dims the screen (especially the blues) based on time of day. So you get less blue light telling your brain that it's mid day when working on a screen in the evening. Have to say, regardless of whether it's right or not about the effect of blue light on sleep patterns, it's a lot easier to work with when all around is going dark - this full brightness mode I'm on now is hard on the eyes.

 

[telectrix]

I don't know how much is my monitor and how much is my eyesight, but it looks like at the top there's brown in the right hand terminal, and green in the left. At the bottom I really can't see what is in the right hand terminal, but it looks like black on the left. So I'd assumed it was L on the right and N on the left - i.e. the opposite of the markings on the RCD.
Ah, turned f.lux* off, I see the top-left is now blue. Ah again, I can now see what you mean on the bottom.

* For those that don't know it, f.lux is a package that dims the screen (especially the blues) based on time of day. So you get less blue light telling your brain that it's mid day when working on a screen in the evening. Have to say, regardless of whether it's right or not about the effect of blue light on sleep patterns, it's a lot easier to work with when all around is going dark - this full brightness mode I'm on now is hard on the eyes.

is that flux package free?

 

[Dartlec]

is that flux package free?

Yep - https://justgetflux.com/

 

[jakew009]

I love it when you can see multiple installation methods in one example.
In case the pic isn't clear, we have SWA in corrugated conduit, exposed, from the ground up to about 2m, then it's cemented in for a bit, then it emerges and is sort-of cleated for the rest of the run.
View attachment 61305

If it's swa I see they decided that SWA glands were too difficult to fit as well...

The washing line above it is particularly artistic with it's 45 degree slope as well

 

[LewisM]

Silly mistake in an otherwise good install.

 

[James]

Am I being daft?

Only problem I can see with the install is that they have forgotten to put the covers on.

Otherwise, I would employ the person who put that lot together, in a heart beat.

 

[loz2754]

Silly mistake in an otherwise good install.
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Looks like the consumer unit is too close to the ceiling. Lid might not fit.

 

[freddo]

Un-used female adaptor?!

 

[LewisM]

Din rail connectors

 

[freddo]

Live conductors in earth din terminal?!

 

[LewisM]

Yup