Good Morning Thread - Come say good morning, tell us what you've got on today. :)

We have this thread on TilersForums.com and it's just been restarted because the old thread had 20,000 replies and 500,000 views. And there were 700 pages. Started to lag a bit on slow connections.

I think we had a bash of this before, but I can't find the thread, so thought I'd start another one off.

If you have time in the mornings, come post in the thread before you head off to work, let us know what you've got on and what the weather is like in your area etc. Anything at all is fine.

Posts and likes get counted towards your total stats in this thread.

So GOOOD MORNING PEOPLE - WEATHER IS NICE TODAY IN STOKE. I'M THANKFUL IT'S FRIDAY, HAD A RUBBISH WEEK. THANK GOD IT'S OVER.

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[brianmoooore]

Test post.

 

[brianmoooore]

Well that worked. Why has there been no posts since 8.30 this morning? Where is everybody?

 

[Moley]

I spent the first half of today dieing in bed (manflu) then 4 hours driving to Chester for work tomorrow. It is very quiet on here today.

 

[brianmoooore]

Ah, another human. Beginning to think that the forum was down, but for some reason I still had access.

 

[littlespark]

I think I’ve got that man flu thing too. Every time I tip forward, my nose is streaming… and I don’t mean it’s playing music over the internet!

Had to wipe the phone screen twice now typing this.


Want to get the grass cut, but might have to take a day off work to find time. Busy weekend coming up.

Will start getting messages from accountant soon about end of year… so I better start looking at that too.

Sometimes I hate being self employed.

 

[Moley]

I think I’ve got that man flu thing too. Every time I tip forward, my nose is streaming… and I don’t mean it’s playing music over the internet!

Well, you didn't catch it off me. Haven't been to Scotland for a while but that'll change on Sunday. Up to Glenrothes for a weeks work at Markinch power station.

 

[littlespark]

Did a little board change yesterday. Customer had a smart meter put in, so I’d asked if there was an isolator. No, so they came back and fitted one.

The old board was ancient. Fuse carriers replaced with the push button mcbs… some had lost the little off button. Split board, as there had been a separate feed for water heater at some point.

House had pumped in cavity wall insulation… which had found its way into the board from the hole between the CU and the external meter box. This was about 4” deep in compacted white insulation at the bottom.



Note the main tails coming in at the top right to feed the upper row, and also the much smaller tails bottom left feeding a single 30A breaker. With a further unused mainswitch with 15A

I changed this to a Proteus all RCBO board. Yes, Proteus… not the best on the market, but I had seen they’ve changed a lot of the design, so wanted to give it a try. I’ll review the board on a different thread.


This next photo shows the meter side, with the new isolator. Connector blocks sealed up for some unknown reason.
You can see the smaller live tail going into the block…. But I am holding the corresponding neutral….
That single mcb would never have worked. Customer did say at the beginning that they didn’t use it… luckily.





Meter monkeys.

 

[Moley]

Well, last full day in Scotland today. Tomorrow is just a drive back home. The weather has been stunning up here. I had to ask someone to check I'm actually in Scotland.

 

[littlespark]

Well, last full day in Scotland today. Tomorrow is just a drive back home. The weather has been stunning up here. I had to ask someone to check I'm actually in Scotland.

Thats not sun..... someone just forgot to turn the big light off

 

[Moley]

I thought I was mistaken but today we finished early so went to Dysart 'beach' near Kirkcaldy and I was walking around in a T Shirt (and trousers!). If this is global warming I'm all for it

 

[James]

I thought I was mistaken but today we finished early so went to Dysart 'beach' near Kirkcaldy and I was walking around in a T Shirt (and trousers!). If this is global warming I'm all for it

i used to visit my gran regularly in windygates, just up the road from kirkcaldy, and i can honestly never remember an occasion worthy of putting on a pair of shorts!!

 

[ferg]

Well, last full day in Scotland today. Tomorrow is just a drive back home. The weather has been stunning up here. I had to ask someone to check I'm actually in Scotland.

The weather here has been outstanding for the last few days.
I've had 4 days off, after the madness that is the run up to the tourist season starting, my first in weeks if not months.
Drove to my nearest scrappy yesterday, 3 hrs each way, absolutely stunning drive in this weather.
Weighed in just over 300kg of scrap cable that has been cluttering up my container.
Today I walked the dog for a couple of hours, looked at the pile of paperwork I had to do...... decided to play a game for a couple of hours.
Went to a call out where someone had cut some cables lifting a floorboard..... 6 quickwire connectors and a couple of metres of T&E later took the dog out into the forestry for another couple of hours.
Now browsing the forum and typing inane replies.

 

[Moley]

i used to visit my gran regularly in windygates, just up the road from kirkcaldy, and i can honestly never remember an occasion worthy of putting on a pair of shorts!!

Been staying at the Premier at Glenrothes. Seen a few people walking past in shorts. It really has been that hot.

 

[Moley]

This mornings breakfast was an Empire Biscuit. Might have a pineapple tart for dessert. I really wish I could get both of those down here. I have to buy loads whenever I go to Scottyland.