In the confessional....

[Dave Appleby]

Morning everyone.

As the weekend fast approaches I thought a little confessional thread might be in order.

We've all seen and critiqued dodgy work, however, I thought let's try something different.

Have you ever had a moment where you have been on a job and suddenly had an. "Oh you stupid idiot" moment?


I'll start...

Consumer units work far better if you actually remember to insert the busbar.

Felt a right numpty when I finally realised what was going on.

 

[telectrix]

Did you use the yellow as the cpc ??

and I painted green stripes on it.

 

[freddo]

or wiring an industrial plug on the end of a piece of flex only to discover the cover sitting neatly on the counter instead of having the flex passing through it.

Was soldering on a 26 pin connector, got to terminal Y before realising I hadn't fitted the cover.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Went to a customers house, he left key under the plant pot, only after I started filling in the invoice did I realise I had fitted a tethered unit instead of untethered! Easy swap out but felt right daft..
He saw the funny side of it.

 

[littlespark]

Went to a customers house, he left key under the plant pot, only after I started filling in the invoice did I realise I had fitted a tethered unit instead of untethered! Easy swap out but felt right daft..
He saw the funny side of it.

I thought this was going to end…..

“and it was then I realised I was at the wrong house”

 

[Yozza19]

Am I the only one to fall for the classic merlin isobar the gut renching feeling for the couple of minutes whilst you cheak everything before that

 

[Grant1987]

Don't worry, found it last week and put a wago box on it.

Wagos are used in abundance with myself especially when the fancy light fitting offers no room for more than 1 cable to terminate and the customer is watching whilst I try to do the right thing and terminate all cables within the light enclosure. I then regroup myself and pop to the van and return to the property fully equipped with 5,4,3 and 2 way wagos whilst wiping my perspiring forehead and then making the installation look easy pips ?‍ Shame on me

 

[ImpededLoop]

Screwing on the lid of a Memshield DB, hanging the door and then spotting the neutral/cpc terminal covers on the floor.

 

[SparkySy]

Been there,done that too many times!
There is a factory I do work for and every one of their db's is an MEM one, some of the shields were found located on top of the boards the first time I went there! ?

 

[James]

Been there,done that too many times!
There is a factory I do work for and every one of their db's is an MEM one, some of the shields were found located on top of the boards the first time I went there! ?

Maybe it was one I had worked on previously!!

 

[Paul L]

Before the days of ready made ceiling roses and pendant drops (mid 80s) as an apprentice I was given a great big pile of pre cut flex and pendants to make up the drops. Merrily carried on until near the end of the pile when I picked some up and discovered at least six pieces of flex with a pendant on each end of the same bit of flex!. A lesson learnt in concentrating a bit more after a bit of a telling off from the senior boys who were waiting to fit them

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

I thought this was going to end…..

“and it was then I realised I was at the wrong house”

I have done that too. Gone to 1a instead of 1b around the side and started testing. Tenants let me in . Only realised when landlord called asking where i was. Thankfully was only around 30 mins

 

[loz2754]

Before the days of ready made ceiling roses and pendant drops (mid 80s) as an apprentice I was given a great big pile of pre cut flex and pendants to make up the drops. Merrily carried on until near the end of the pile when I picked some up and discovered at least six pieces of flex with a pendant on each end of the same bit of flex!. A lesson learnt in concentrating a bit more after a bit of a telling off from the senior boys who were waiting to fit them

I remember those days only too well! I missed off the lampholder a few times, but never managed to get a double header!

 

[loz2754]

I thought this was going to end…..

“and it was then I realised I was at the wrong house”

Fitted a new shower circuit and shower at the right house but the wrong street! Boss was not amused...
Tenant never said anything (why would they!).

 

[James]

Fitted a new shower circuit and shower at the right house but the wrong street! Boss was not amused...
Tenant never said anything (why would they!).

Now that is great, I actualy laughed out loud!

 

[Fender]

In a hazardous area, I very neatly installed a 50 metre or so run of 4L 1.5 MICC for control wiring. Because it was a hazardous, the whole area was decommisioned for a week.

When I started to strip it, it very quickly became apparent that I had installed a 3L 2.5.

Same clip size, but slightly different cable.