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:

 

[westward10]

It doesn't incorporate overcurrent protection.

 

[Darkwood]

It doesn't incorporate overcurrent protection.

That is one of a few!

 

[westward10]

How does it get a neutral?

 

[Darkwood]

How does it get a neutral?

You got it, they cut the pin off and notched the rcd, put it top of the board to allow it in at the back, 100% for inginuity but not the way to do it lol.
As much as this is rough you have to give a little credit.

 

[timhoward]

This one is just strange.
Crabtree Starbreaker box, Hager main switch, CGD RCBOs, one Fusebox MCB, bus bar fed from bottom of main switch into one of the RCBO's by that red wire underneath.
What irks me is that it's all fairly neatly done....can't be DIY...someone knew what they were doing here.

 

[SparkySy]

I would imagine the person responsible for the installation of the Fusebox MCB is also responsible for tampering with the bus bar and the link cable!

 

[nicebutdim]

I would imagine the person responsible for the installation of the Fusebox MCB is also responsible for tampering with the bus bar and the link cable!

Considering that starbreaker board would come with a plug in bus bar, it's more likely whoever installed the Hager & Lewden gear tampered with the bus bar - otherwise nothing would have worked.

 

[richy3333]

Wiring up for an ASHP yesterday. Plumber had been in before and had his apprentice repurpose and wire the existing immersion supply. Bless, at least he tried.

I later found the immersion was wired from an existing ring final. Had to open the JB to remove cabling (then rana new circuit). Think that vermin family all died together.

 

[Teddy Lop]

Installed 25 yr ago and "passed" a few EICRs since!

I mean J.C.

 

[Simon47]

Is that a bit of busbar linking the load side of those 3 single breakers top right ?

 

[freddo]

I also see the cables have just been chopped off at the neutral bar instead of unbolting the lug, how lazy.

Saw the same thing today on some isolators where the load had been removed.

 

[freddo]

What's the minimum bending radius for 4H4 MICC again?

Another view, the other end of these cables is very nicely installed and I can only assume this end was once. It hurts seeing stuff like this. There is no excuse, especially as these are all metric cables with new pots and glands readily available. Even if they were old imperial cable there is no excuse. Out of view some of the other cables are too long so loops have been buckled into them to 'shorten' the cables. Pathetic.

 

[UNG]

Any MI installation that use plastic cable ties is likely to be a rough job in more ways than one
And that installation is dog rough

 

[timhoward]

It's particularly painful when chances to play with MICC are rather low for most of us, and the chance to do a neat re-pot and gland job would have had me salivating over my joy-stripper. (thought I'd better add a hyphen there)

 

[freddo]

Any MI installation that use plastic cable ties is likely to be a rough job in more ways than one
And that installation is dog rough

To add insult to injury the tie tails have all been roughly cut off leaving sharp edges everywhere.

 

[Simon47]

It's particularly painful when chances to play with MICC are rather low for most of us, and the chance to do a neat re-pot and gland job would have had me salivating over my joy-stripper. (thought I'd better add a hyphen there)

I rather fancy the chance to do a bit of pyro - not done it since we had a very short lesson when I was an apprentice <cough> decades ago. Of course, have no tools and it wouldn't be worth getting them for any amount I might find an excuse to use it for - I'm sure I could find an excuse to do some at church. SWMBO tells me off when I'm at a different church and I'm admiring some neat pyro instead of following the sermon (or whatever)

 

[freddo]

The problem with Pyro cable is it is now so expensive it is now mostly reserved for special applications. Then you add glands, seal kits, special back boxes, special lugs etc. A shame as I used to really enjoy working with it.
I do have a few full reels home here for my own uses though.

 

[Simon47]

I've suddenly turned all Yorkshireman ... HOW MUCH !
Yes, at that sort of price it's going to be a niche application.

 

[Teddy Lop]

Because air con fitter

 

[Teddy Lop]

Because gardener

 

[Teddy Lop]

Because kitchen fitter

 

[Teddy Lop]

Because plumber

 

[Teddy Lop]

Because decorator whatever

 

[Teddy Lop]

Because Coco the clown (reduces earth faults though)

 

[Teddy Lop]

Because washing machine