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:

 

[ipf]

It looks more like some farm gate, so maybe the clamp is how it is locked in place from opening?

Nope.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Ah an electrified gate..............

 

[DPG]

That's absolute class that!

 

[ipf]

It's a local expert's floodlight system. One of the flexes goes out to extra lights, the other comes back and goes up the conduit to another.
To$$er didn't even drain hole the box

 

[nicebutdim]

Nope.

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Why would anyone go to such extreme lengths? Maybe this repair was effected during the great hospital saddle shortage of 2021...

 

[LewisM]

Dodgy trade pic goes to Europa for £160 they could definitely make it 15-20mm taller, was a struggled with 6mm, 10mm would be a nightmare

 

[westward10]

I wouldn't use junk like that, poor quality and poor design.

 

[LewisM]

I wouldn't use junk like that, poor quality and poor design.

Yeah I think I'll stick to Lewden

 

[nicebutdim]

Some RCD sockets are very poorly designed. Scame Advance are well thought out, but it seems as though good design attracts a substantial financial premium.

 

[Simon47]

... Europa for £160 they could definitely make it 15-20mm taller, was a struggled with 6mm, 10mm would be a nightmare

Yeah, that's tight. Is that a bare earth bar floating around near live terminals in the middle ?

... it seems as though good design attracts a substantial financial premium.

Obvious really. The sort of manufacturer that employs people with a clue has higher R&D costs and overheads; while the cheap makes cut every corner they can, including on people with experience how their stuff is actually used.

 

[littlespark]

Yeah, that's tight. Is that a bare earth bar floating around near live terminals in the middle ?

I think that’s the clear plastic of a push in connector.

 

[LewisM]

It's a

Yeah, that's tight. Is that a bare earth bar floating around near live terminals in the middle ?

Obvious really. The sort of manufacturer that employs people with a clue has higher R&D costs and overheads; while the cheap makes cut every corner they can, including on people with experience how their stuff is actually used.

It's a 6mm 3 way wago as I couldn't fit 3 6mms in the connector block they supplied

 

[Flanders]

They could of saved some money not fitting the bubble level and made the box 20mm larger.

 

[freddo]

These insightful stickers were on/in a number of control panels.

 

[nicebutdim]