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[Darkwood]

<div class="bbWrapper">Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I&#039;ve done in the Arms..<br /> <br /> Rules....No Offensive material... edit if required before posting as this is the public arena.<br /> Anything to do with the trade or in and around it ...H&amp;S pic&#039;s welcome.<br /> <br /> <script class="js-extraPhrases" type="application/json"> { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.", "lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow", "lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow", "lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen", "lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails", "lightbox_download": "Download", "lightbox_share": "Share", "lightbox_zoom": "Zoom", "lightbox_new_window": "New window", "lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar" } </script> <a href="https://www.electriciansforums.net/attachments/beware-plumbers-jpg.28495/" target="_blank" class="js-lbImage" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-lb-caption-extra-html=""><img src="https://electricians.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/data/attachments/19/19802-83583114289b9f2b1167ccc17eea5e0a.jpg?hash=g1gxFCibny" class="bbImage " style="" alt="Beware plumbers!!!.jpg" title="Beware plumbers!!!.jpg" width="979" height="550" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> I&#039;ve posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/[email protected]/assets/72x72/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="72" height="72" alt=":o" title="Eek! :o" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />mg_smile:<br /> <br /> <div class="bbImageWrapper js-lbImage" title="Beware plumbers!!!.jpg" data-src="https://www.electriciansforums.net/attachments/beware-plumbers-jpg.28495/" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-lb-caption-extra-html="" data-single-image="1"> <img src="https://www.electriciansforums.net/attachments/beware-plumbers-jpg.28495/" data-url="" class="bbImage" data-zoom-target="1" style="" alt="Beware plumbers!!!.jpg" title="Beware plumbers!!!.jpg" width="1919" height="1079" loading="lazy" /> </div></div>

 

[brianmoooore]

<div class="bbWrapper">Seems to be a bit of an imbalance between blue and brown wires in that CU. I&#039;ve seen twin brown and earth, but never twin blue and earth, so why all the blues?</div>

 

[nicebutdim]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 99413" data-quote="brianmoooore" data-source="post: 1835482" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1835482" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1835482">brianmoooore said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Seems to be a bit of an imbalance between blue and brown wires in that CU. I&#039;ve seen twin brown and earth, but never twin blue and earth, so why all the blues? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Neutral fly leads seem to dominate the scene.</div>

 

[littlespark]

<div class="bbWrapper">Why…. How?… eh?<br /> <br /> 3 rcbo’s sitting in the bottom of board, connected with fly lead but no space on busbar. <br /> <br /> Insulated screwdriver? I bet he’s borrowed that just to do the board. <br /> <br /> And how does he get the cover back on?</div>

 

[mainline]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 137911" data-quote="Raptor0014" data-source="post: 1835478" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1835478" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1835478">Raptor0014 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> When the builder says they can do the consumer unit cheaper. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤦🏼‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/[email protected]/assets/72x72/1f926-1f3fc-200d-2642-fe0f.png" title="Man facepalming: medium-light skin tone :man_facepalming_tone2:" data-shortname=":man_facepalming_tone2:" loading="lazy" width="72" height="72" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😂" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/[email protected]/assets/72x72/1f602.png" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" data-shortname=":joy:" loading="lazy" width="72" height="72" /><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.electriciansforums.net/attachments/109961/" target="_blank">View attachment 109961</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>It reminds me of an Afro hair style.</div>

 

[mainline]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 103809" data-quote="littlespark" data-source="post: 1835491" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1835491" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1835491">littlespark said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Why…. How?… eh?<br /> <br /> 3 rcbo’s sitting in the bottom of board, connected with fly lead but no space on busbar.<br /> <br /> Insulated screwdriver? I bet he’s borrowed that just to do the board.<br /> <br /> And how does he get the cover back on? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Caber flooring adhesive works well</div>

 

[bill01803]

<div class="bbWrapper">Is that a MK board with stray RCBOs</div>

 

[littlespark]

<div class="bbWrapper">The mainswitch is taking the “MK lean” far too seriously.<br /> <br /> <br /> My point about the cover was that there is a t&amp;e just leaving the open front. Not be able to replace the cover without cutting a little slot….</div>

 

[DPG]

<div class="bbWrapper">Not sticking up for shoddy workmanship, but that doesn&#039;t look like a finished job to me. Is there more to the story?</div>

 

[Dave OCD]

<div class="bbWrapper">What do you mean ? I finished it a while ago ! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/[email protected]/assets/72x72/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="72" height="72" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></div>

 

[James]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 89568" data-quote="Dave OCD" data-source="post: 1835696" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1835696" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1835696">Dave OCD said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> What do you mean ? I finished it a while ago ! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/[email protected]/assets/72x72/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="72" height="72" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Thought I recognised your work there!!<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😇" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/[email protected]/assets/72x72/1f607.png" title="Smiling face with halo :innocent:" data-shortname=":innocent:" loading="lazy" width="72" height="72" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😇" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/[email protected]/assets/72x72/1f607.png" title="Smiling face with halo :innocent:" data-shortname=":innocent:" loading="lazy" width="72" height="72" /></div>

 

[Conductor]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Vitesse" data-source="post: 1152440" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1152440" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1152440">Vitesse said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I can&#039;t blame a fellow spark for this but some of the previous work was dubious to say the least.<br /> <br /> I got a call to a pub that had previous evidence of a rat invasion and they had chewed through the cable supplying the outside lights under the floor space in the first floor.<br /> <br /> Yesterday whenever the hand dryer was switch on it tripped the RCD. IR test showed a short on all three wires. Followed it back from the gents roof space above to discover this. Ehmmm nice wires says Mr Rat! My understanding is that vermin will chew through anything that blocks their path, rather than the thought that they are simply sharpening their teeth. The hand dryer was spurred off the lighting circuit for the toilets, neither the cable or the breaker were spec&#039;d high enough to handle the power of the dryer anyway.<br /> <br /> At first it wasn&#039;t really obvious that the chewing had happened until you pulled the wires back through the hole in the wall. What gave it away was the black marks all over the cable that something had been passing back and forth. The hole leads back under the living room floor for the accommodation above the pub. So I by passed the dodgy part of the cable back to the CU with a temporary cable, until the laminated floor can be lifted next week to see what lies beneath? My Jack Russell is coming with me next week just in case!! </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 90992" data-quote="charlie76" data-source="post: 1183437" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1183437" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1183437">charlie76 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Even better still, who saw the need for the wedge to hold the door open :nonod: </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote></div>

 

[DefyG]

<div class="bbWrapper">So client says &quot;Wonder what has caused it&quot;?<br /> <br /> I say I&#039;m no expert but could be a damp problem.<br /> <br /> Client says &quot;we dont have damp in this house&quot;!<br /> <br /> Need a second opinion??</div>

 

[nicebutdim]

<div class="bbWrapper">Definitely no <s>American tanks</s> damp in that house.</div>

 

[littlespark]

<div class="bbWrapper">All the available damp has been absorbed into the back box….<br /> <br /> The building equivalent of rice in the salt shaker.</div>

 

[ipf]

<div class="bbWrapper">In a Switch Room.<br /> Who&#039;s thrown that away? Code 1.<br /> 6x6 from bus bar chamber with 90 degree lid missing.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.electriciansforums.net/attachments/img_4561-jpg.110056/" target="_blank" class="js-lbImage" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-lb-caption-extra-html=""><img src="https://electricians.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/data/attachments/73/73612-99636e248182db677f05be889de1d39a.jpg?hash=mWNuJIGC22" class="bbImage " style="" alt="IMG_4561.jpg" title="IMG_4561.jpg" width="250" height="334" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> but is anybody going to stick their hand up?<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.electriciansforums.net/attachments/img_4558-jpg.110057/" target="_blank" class="js-lbImage" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-lb-caption-extra-html=""><img src="https://electricians.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/data/attachments/73/73613-1853f9cb3110d2d1c50cc7dc1524ea29.jpg?hash=GFP5yzEQ0t" class="bbImage " style="" alt="IMG_4558.jpg" title="IMG_4558.jpg" width="250" height="334" loading="lazy" /></a></div>