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:

 

[HandySparks]

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.

Presumably it could have been fitted with a 20A DP switch instead?

 

[freddo]

It should have been! I fitted a new one with the new heater.

 

[freddo]

Found during a T+I yesterday, extensions into a new 3ph DB. There is so much wrong in this photo, but most of the terminals are 2.5mm size, the conductors in the bottom are 4mm, some terminals have 2 conductors jammed in, heatshrink has been used to cover crimps but has been held in place with tape, there is 16mm in one end of the crimp and 10mm in the other, the blue conductors are tri-rated singles and are not fitted with ferrules,there is no top to the DB and so on.

 

[Wilko]

Hi Freddo- I wonder what the last inspection report says? Will you get the job to fix it? Cheers.

 

[freddo]

This is the first this DB has been inspected, it was fitted last year There are other problems in the DB itself with poor supply cable terminations, unsupported cables, undersized main earth conductor, grossly incorrect circuit labels, no RCD protection on any circuits, missing blanks, neutral and earth conductors incorrectly numbered... Yes we will be correcting the problems. The installation has a 2000A supply and around 90 DBs. We've started testing/inspecting a part of the installation, testing and repairs will continue in stages to the other parts over the next 4 years.

 

[Harwoodandy]

Oh dear! Is that box/rail earthed?
Heat shrink held in place with tape? lol! Not even the right coloured tape. Is that main earth joined under the tape as well?
Needs some grommet strip round that top as well

Think you're gonna be in that place for a while if the other 89 DB's are nearly as bad

Keep up the good work

PS
Bet that fcu was a bit smelly....

 

[freddo]

Bloody plumbers! Ripped this wiring out on Thursday, some of the worst heating system wiring I've ever seen. Look closely and you can see why. It's a good job the pipework was all copper with main bonding as the heating electrics had no earth connection. Some cpcs had been cut out and used for switched lines, even though spare insulated conductors were available. Total madness. The joint box was jammed behind some pipes in the airing cupboard. The supply was all wrong as well, fed from a SFCU the incoming and outgoing neutrals were in the same terminal, wired in .75 flex connected to a 30A 3036 fuse.

 

[darksideby182]

Nice use of connection block and gaffer tape, also check the earth being used as a neutral supplying a extract fan. (pic 3)

 

[Rpa07]

No words! Had a chuckle though!

 

[Pat H]

Does the artex covering help prevent any fire spreading?

 

[Rpa07]

Yes it's full of asbestos - keeps the fire in and the fire out WIN WIN!

 

[Pete999]

Does the artex covering help prevent any fire spreading?

No but it's a buggers muddle to get at the connections

 

[freddo]

Good job that heater will last forever then! Well maybe a new element or 2...

 

[Rpa07]

The more I look at it the more I like it - it's genius!

 

[Wilko]

The more I look at it the more I like it - it's genius!

And they've used a maintenance free isolation switch too !