Good Old Delroy, he gets all the best Jobs :)

[Dustydazzler]

 

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He has no idea about what type of earthing system it has, bonding sizes etc, and still doesn't.
He should have called the dno to verify and then irrespective of their response he should not have clamped to the cable simple.
For a TT the zs was good there was no need to alter it, by doing so the potential to be dangerous is there.

 

[Petej999]

He has no idea about what type of earthing system it has, bonding sizes etc, and still doesn't.
He should have called the dno to verify and then irrespective of their response he should not have clamped to the cable simple.
For a TT the zs was good there was no need to alter it, by doing so the potential to be dangerous is there.

like mentioned earlier / a chancer

 

[Petej999]

From his videos I honestly think his work is fairly poor. The way he leaves some jobs leave a lot to be desired.

equals a chancer

 

[Lister1987]

@dseselectric thank for you taking the time to come on and talk shop. There's a plethora of YouTube sparks out there; some with GOOD things to take from thier videos, some with BAD but you know I thank them nonetheless, I can take some good practice away from some, I can take practices to avoid from others.

There are without a doubt some great educational creators out there; GSH, Joe Robinson, eFixx (when it's not constantly promoting products - Regulation Corner anyone?), SparkyNinja, John Ward, e5 and for channels where tht content creator isn't or hasn't been a spark; Engineering Mindset and a few others I can't recall

 

[Aaron b]

My own installation has remnants of rubber, lead, vir, tinned copper and modern PVC/PVC. It's difficult to know what was originally intended. I even found a old earth rod with a mystery cable. With rcd protection and bonded metallic service pipes under the building I would be happy that I would have a sufficient earth path even if the clamp was loose.

Del has bigger balls than me though, I haven't checked the tightness against the sheath.

 

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My own installation has remnants of rubber, lead, vir, tinned copper and modern PVC/PVC. It's difficult to know what was originally intended. I even found a old earth rod with a mystery cable. With rcd protection and bonded metallic service pipes under the building I would be happy that I would have a sufficient earth path even if the clamp was loose.

Del has bigger balls than me though, I haven't checked the tightness against the sheath.

He's not allowed to clamp or make a connection to that sheath, I would have only made that connection as a last resort if there had been no earth at all, and it was going to be temporary.

What he should have done is re-instate the 30ma rcds put the cover on and home for tea.

 

[Petej999]

He's not allowed to clamp or make a connection to that sheath, I would have only made that connection as a last resort if there had been no earth at all, and it was going to be temporary.

What he should have done is re-instate the 30ma rcds put the cover on and home for tea.

Agree

 

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Are you saying that although you know that he shouldn't be connecting to the cable, you don't know the reason as to why the dno prohibit it ? Surely if you read all the regs etc then you would know.

 

[DPG]

This is being dragged out a bit now.

 

[Petej999]

Watched up to about 5 minutes

Not great that he earthed the socket but ignored the rest of the circuit, if that's the way he left it

Lets not forget not every job has a massive budget to make significant changes , some jobs the customer only wants to lay out the bare minimum money possible

Del does of lot of HMOs and Rentals which again landlords only prepared to pay for what work is 'absolutely necessary'

costs shouldn't equal poor workmanship Mate, if they wont pay for a safe job walk away, leave it for someone that doesn't care about safe jobs. Come on!!!!

 

[Petej999]

This is being dragged out a bit now.

Agree

 

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Bloody hell, I may have to watch tv.

 

[Petej999]

Not as good as Del's posts Mate

 

[dseselectric]

Bloody hell, I may have to watch tv.

You could watch some idiot on YouTube.

 

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You could watch some idiot on YouTube.

Its a busbar david