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:

 

[freddo]

There's quite a lot going on there!

 

[Wilko]

Can I ask what you've got planned? I think I'd need a nice of tea ...

 

[Tony Barnes]

It all coming out. The rest of the farms in just as much of a mess, we have only just done a condition report.Idealey hell have the supply upgrade to 3 phase the we will go from there, but he's not to keen as electric board cost are rather substantial.
Would appreciate any surgestion if I can't get him to upgrade.

 

[gazdkw82]

i cant even make head or tail of that mess

 

[Harwoodandy]

That looks expensive.....

 

[Tony Barnes]

There's another good one we come across led cable still in use

 

[Barry White]

quote Tony Barnes "It all coming out. The rest of the farms in just as much of a mess, we have only just done a condition report.Idealey hell have the supply upgrade to 3 phase the we will go from there, but he's not to keen as electric board cost are rather substantial.
Would appreciate any surgestion if I can't get him to upgrade."

Looks like a split phase supply from an overhead line voltage between the 2 phases will probably be 480v.
Check voltage between the "phases" to confirm .
L1 to N+L2 to N = L1 to L2 its split phase and will be 480v (some 3 phase boards are only rated for 400- 415v)
Split phase is fed from a centre tapped transformer and conversion by the DNO will be cost prohibitive unless you get a few customers together.

 

[Tony Barnes]

Yes its split single phase and comes over on line TT system. To be honest I can't see him going for the upgrade so we may have to work with what we have got. Good point regarding the rating of the 3 phase boards.
Cheers

 

[freddo]

I believe MEM used to make a split phase board but not now, we could not find any DB with a rating higher than 415V last year, in the end we used MEM Exel Switches/ switch fuses which are rated 550V for the 480V bits, feeding single phase boards.

 

[Barry White]

A lot of old farms have one large 480v motor usually on a milling machine. (just ask him as often in weird places)

 

[tomspark93]

First pic is at my local screwfix. Second pics are from a recent barn lash up. Why do we bother

 

[Rpa07]

Such a shame! They really could have tried harder and shown a little pride!

 

[freddo]

Someone paid for that! Unless it was DIY...

 

[freddo]

Found this when replacing a storage heater. This is what happens when you connect a 3.4KW heater to a 13A SFCU.
It had been cooking away for years, it only stopped working when the line conductor in the flex burnt off of the terminal.

 

[freddo]

Sorry for the extra un-edited photo, could not attach or delete images properly, won't let me delete them in edit mode either.