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]

Builder studded the wall off and added 4 sockets and forgot to add the earth's

 

[mainline]

That's probably because the carpenter told him that It's got an RCD and doesn't need an earth to work

 

[happysteve]

For sale: MEM 404ELH C, BS4293 ELCB. Test button and trip times all good.

Immaculate condition, some minor cosmetic damage only.

No low-ball offers, I know what I have...

 

[mainline]

For sale: MEM 404ELH C, BS4293 ELCB. Test button and trip times all good.

Immaculate condition, some minor cosmetic damage only.

No low-ball offers, I know what I have...

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I don't get paid for another month, could you hold onto it until then.

 

[happysteve]

I don't get paid for another month, could you hold onto it until then.

You sure you can afford it, son? It is a particularly fine example.

In all seriousness, was quite pleased to add this to my collection:

 

[timhoward]

No low-ball offers, I know what I have...

How about a swap?
I can offer two deceptively useful MEM fuses (30A and 5A) in good working order, complete with hard-to-find asbestos liner which you'd struggle to buy anywhere, and a matching pair of ceramic wire-nuts:

 

[James]

Can I buy the liners? i think i could cut them up to fit some smaller fuse holders!!!!

 

[SparkySy]

We use to roll the flash pads up and stuff them in our nostrils to stop the silica dust from giving us lung problems, mouth was accounted for as that was sucking on a capston full strength!

 

[Dave OCD]

You sure you can afford it, son? It is a particularly fine example.

In all seriousness, was quite pleased to add this to my collection:

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Very similar if not identical to Wylex MCBs of that era.

 

[happysteve]

Very similar if not identical to Wylex MCBs of that era.

Yep, got one of them, too...

 

[Raptor0014]

I think they misunderstood the meaning of running the cables upstairs!

 

[Raptor0014]

It’s ok, it’s under the floor/above the ceiling. No one will ever know…

Found whilst I was adding in some additional sockets.

So sorted it whilst I was in there.

 

[timhoward]

I'll just leave this here. (I'm privately slightly impressed at the creative thinking!)

 

[mainline]

It's a new wago adapter, john down the pub sells them.
If you want Cpc its extra.

 

[mainline]

This is from another thread, but had to post it here because it's double dodgy.