Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

[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:

 

[JBW175]

When you find rubbish like this in your own house.

Wall coming down and getting rewired anyway.

 

[timhoward]

It looks like the electrician lost the race to the plumber. No sign of any screw holes on wall. Estate build in 2014, possibly been like it since new.
This road is always interesting, the CU's are generally behind a garage door rail or high in a kitchen cupboard. The curse continues....

 

[UNG]

Looks like the outer sheath on all those cables has shrunk

 

[James]

could it be that originally all the cables went into the board but someone has pulled it away from the wall and now everything is stretched tight and the inner cores are showing?

 

[mainline]

could it be that originally all the cables went into the board but someone has pulled it away from the wall and now everything is stretched tight and the inner cores are showing?

I think UNG was being funny.

It looks like the board was wired to be fitted to the wall, but a pipe turned up before it could be fixed.

 

[James]

I know
and some other words

 

[timhoward]

could it be that originally all the cables went into the board but someone has pulled it away from the wall and now everything is stretched tight and the inner cores are showing?

That was my first guess too. I couldn't see any evidence of it ever being screwed to the wall. I was there to advice on wiring for a proposed new kitchen so good chance its being changed anyway.

 

[timhoward]

 

[James]

Maybe it was the same guy?
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[nicebutdim]

Maybe it was the same guy?
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No way that guy would ever use grey as L2

 

[mainline]

What’s more amazing is the customer is adamant it’s not DIY. He had another electrician in who left the job half way through and hasn’t been back in touch. I’m guessing he’s fell out with ‘Dave from the pub’.

I’ve disconnected the lot. Initially he was a bit miffed I’d disconnected it all. But I said that’s what needed to be done as it’s not safe. Explained to him a few options of how it can be resolved and he’s asked for a quote and when I have availability.

Can you tell him I'm sorry i didn't finish the job off, but it was due to the covid.
Regards Dave

 

[ipf]

DB replacement....




For some reason, I wonder why, the Schedule was from an EICR on the
original DB.....?

 

[Raptor0014]

Text from a previous customer.

“Hi Carl, sorry to message you on the weekend so no rush to reply.
I thought I’d installed the wireless heating system on my apartment fine but now the boiler isn’t turning on. The wireless control unit is talking to the panel that the boilers connected to. However, the unit is then not turning the boiler on so currently no heating in the apartment.”

So I said send me a pic of what you’ve done……

After explaining that all he’s done is supply power and there should be some other wires. I asked him to take that plate off and show me what was behind it……

Now, I’m not sure here, but I think his boiler must be faulty as those conductors must be irrelevant…….

 

[Mike Johnson]

Why do DIY's always put the cable on the wrong side of a screw terminal?

 

[DPG]

Why do DIY's always put the cable on the wrong side of a screw terminal?

Good observation. Tightening the screw will loosen the connection