Electrician Terminology - Spoken Around the Building Site?

[LukeScotty]

Hiya, Just wondering if people could list all the electrician talk they hear around the building site, as I've just started out, Finding it a bit fustrating when I don't know what their talking about. At the moment its a foreign language to me.

So any help would be apprectiated

regards Luke



Chopping a Box - Using a Hammer and chisel to create a sqaure hole or box for a backbox to fit init

 

[tony.towa]

Rat's nest - A mass of unidentified cables which seem to go in all possible directions (often found in old three phase rewireable distribution boards or lofts where "Barry the Bodger" has been at work.

Cable Monkey - Lad who pulls in the long runs of large cables.

Snipes - Long nose pliers

Butterfly clamp or cord clamp - Henley gland

 

[spark-doctor]

trainee Picaso = painter/decorator

 

[Gazza D]

Spatterer = Eastern European painter!!

 

[Dan]

Bump

 

[telectrix]

wood butcher...joiner

wet-pants.... plumber

muck spreader........ plasterer

cable spiker......... drylining fixer

hot pants...... female spark

 

[mhar]

Lying b***ard - tape measure

 

[Pete999]

House Basher, a so called electrician who does only new builds, which in all honesty yer Wife or GF could do it after a week or so.
Wood Butcher Carpebter.

Ba-stard site agent

Muck, Mortar for filling in chases, well I used to when I wer a Lad

Dip Stick, Apprentice Mate what ever

Kleins, Pliers for the Americans among us

Scran, Sarnies

Brew, Tea or Red Wine in my case.

Poxy, chippies, Plasterers, Plumbers anyone who isn't an Electrician

I could go on.

 

[GMES]

Irish screwdriver = Hammer

 

[Pete999]

Vernier adjuster was my preference for a hammer, or knocking stick

 

[Pete999]

Little Scrote, Apprentice, only kidding,
Long Weight
Bucket of Steam
Tartan Paint
Go and get my hole saw sharpened
3/4" holes
Sky hooks
etc etc

 

[Pete999]

Spreads, Plasterers
Paddies (it was OK in those days) ground workers

 

[Deleted member 93172]

Don't forget the box of assorted knots for the floorboards next to the tub of iron filings for files, ah those were the day's.

 

[Merl]

Not been on here for a long while, sorry!

"Labrador" doesn't always go down very well with the labourers on site at times!!
Slappies - Painters

 

[Marshall Elec]

You will know when another tradesman thinks he is a bit of an electrician when you hear him say "Megger it". Ive never "Meggered" anything. Im a Kewtech kind guy

 

[telectrix]

You will know when another tradesman thinks he is a bit of an electrician when you hear him say "Megger it". Ive never "Meggered" anything. Im a Kewtech kind guy

and i'll bet you never say "hoover up the muck" when you use a henry.