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:

 

[LewisM]

BG Of course

 

[Dustydazzler]

Nothing screams builders board change more than a BG

 

[LewisM]

Nothing screams builders board change more than a BG

Close, it was the man who came to fix the flat roof that was leaking

 

[timhoward]

BG Of course

That's a cracker!
You can easily see that those two extended cpc's once had a former happier life when they lived in Wylex land....

 

[LewisM]

That's a cracker!
You can easily see that those two extended cpc's once had a former happier life when they lived in Wylex land....

Yup was a old wire rewireable fusebox.

Garage flat roof leaked into light and blew the fuse, man came out to fix the flat roof and said e could upgrade the board aswell and as you can see.......

 

[LewisM]

Also never let the customer measure the cable and say there is plenty to work with

 

[davesparks]

Wow, connector blocks are a rare sight these days, I can't remember the last time I used plastic ones!

 

[LewisM]

Wow, connector blocks are a rare sight these days, I can't remember the last time I used plastic ones!

Yeah I had 10mm butt crimps but no heatshrink

 

[westward10]

Connector blocks have holes in the middle of them for a reason.

 

[mainline]

Close, it was the man who came to fix the flat roof that was leaking

I wonder if he was the same man who did the roof to begin with.

 

[Dave OCD]

BG Of courseView attachment 105701View attachment 105702

Lovely work, both RCDs bypassed with the busbar also connected to the outgoing line and neutral on both. It takes a special way of thinking to produce work like that.

 

[mainline]

Lovely work, both RCDs bypassed with the busbar also connected to the outgoing line and neutral on both. It takes a special way of thinking to produce work like that.

Yes, but you must admit it sorted that tripping problem out.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Yes, but you must admit it sorted that tripping problem out.

Its certainly one way of doing it , its amazing the amount of different ways I come across that someone has used to bypass the RCD

 

[BenCos18]

Yes, but you must admit it sorted that tripping problem out.

Haha that's for sure lol
It always both amazes and annoys me how badly some people do the work tbh

 

[littlespark]

I wonder if he was the same man who did the roof to begin with.

No. That was the electrician.

Connector blocks have holes in the middle of them for a reason.

Easier to snap apart?

Never liked using them as a fixing hole, unless it’s a really thin screw.
The thread cutting into plastic could get too close to a live terminal.