is this acceptable?

[LankyWill]

Did some work for a friend and want to know if i did it right. As in regs compliant. I came off an existing lighting circuit to a sw fused spur. I used a 3A fuse to stop nuisance tripping. All the bends are done by hand and there was previously no conduit so i altered previous work. I sealed the all holes with silicone and made sure the connections were bomb tight. Im only newly qualified and did this off my own back. Any advice/ideas would be nice.

 

[Diddy]

Hmm. The outside looks ok except the T+E which you are going to sort. As for the inside....
Pic 1 conduit looks horrible - Why not double set it so it looks level and tidy ? Looks like you used 1 saddle for that run too. You could have even kicked the conduit out near the top of the wall and run it in a straight line on the ceiling with a final right angle down to the box.
Pic 3 The spacing of the saddles looks wrong/horrible to close to the switches and bends. (But you are only following the other conduit drops which already have badly spaced saddles so you were kind of restricted.)
You form your own bends then ruin it by using an inspection 90....just don't look right.
Lack of saddles and badly spaced...Sorry bud if this comes over negative but if you are just starting out I am more of the camp that likes to point out the faults rather than hope you get better over time. At least you have the balls to post up and ask so kudos for that.

**Edit to add - that run of conduuit along the top did not even need a stop end....you could have went straight through the wall at top level and come into the back of a through box on the outside and went on from there.

 

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Pic 3, left hand side socket drop...is that a coupler in the middle of the conduit drop? For such a short drop a coupler is a little shabby imo

 

[guest119]

Hmm. The outside looks ok except the T+E which you are going to sort. As for the inside....
Pic 1 conduit looks horrible - Why not double set it so it looks level and tidy ? Looks like you used 1 saddle for that run too. You could have even kicked the conduit out near the top of the wall and run it in a straight line on the ceiling with a final right angle down to the box.
Pic 3 The spacing of the saddles looks wrong/horrible to close to the switches and bends. (But you are only following the other conduit drops which already have badly spaced saddles so you were kind of restricted.)
You form your own bends then ruin it by using an inspection 90....just don't look right.
Lack of saddles and badly spaced...Sorry bud if this comes over negative but if you are just starting out I am more of the camp that likes to point out the faults rather than hope you get better over time. At least you have the balls to post up and ask so kudos for that.

**Edit to add - that run of conduuit along the top did not even need a stop end....you could have went straight through the wall at top level and come into the back of a through box on the outside and went on from there.

Are you for real? Clerk of works or what?:bobby:

 

[Diddy]

Just a spark who likes to leave and encourage others to leave a nice neat tidy job. I am as critical of my own work...I would bet most others are too. IMHO it's all about standards and a little bit of pride in your work.

 

[LankyWill]

I take the comments on board but I have just realised God status still needs to be achieved. [emoji1] I'm only 21 so I suppose I've got a while to perfect stuff.

 

[mechelec]

Only a thought and it is hard to tell from the pics, couldn't you have drilled through the wall below the light and saved the conduit on the outside ?

 

[LankyWill]

There's a steel support along the top of the garage that prevents you from going into the back of the fitting. It runs tight to the ceiling which is a pain

 

[Diddy]

I take the comments on board but I have just realised God status still needs to be achieved. [emoji1] I'm only 21 so I suppose I've got a while to perfect stuff.

Mate don't take my criticism to heart. I was more moved to comment when I saw you were just starting out......It's more to encourage you and get your head thinking hmm yep maybe I could have done this/that. Or even that Diddy is a grumpy fussy idiot....as long as you think lol.
My standard saddle placement is 12"/300mm away from each box/bend and saddles spaced out equally between as required. That makes for a tidy job that looks all symmetrical ect when you stand back and look at it. Like I say I know I am a fussy git....just trying to throw a few pointers out there to a newly qualified fellow spark. Be neat and tidy mate it will be what separates you from the chancres in our industry.

 

[LankyWill]

Thanks for the advice diddy, I hope I didn't come across as cocky just realised you learn more when your qualified. I like the 300 idea. Neat is defiantly the way foward.

 

[mechelec]

There's a steel support along the top of the garage that prevents you from going into the back of the fitting. It runs tight to the ceiling which is a pain

i thought there here would be a reason.

 

[Risteard]

My standard saddle placement is 12"/300mm away from each box/bend and saddles spaced out equally between as required.

I use 9" from accesories/bends with a maximum of a yard between.

 

[Silly Sausage]

I use 9" from accesories/bends with a maximum of a yard between.

An Irish man using Imperial?!?!
It always amuses me when I go over to Eire, all the road signs are in Km, we all know it's two fingers to the UK! :smilielol5:

 

[Risteard]

An Irish man using Imperial?!?!
It always amuses me when I go over to Eire, all the road signs are in Km, we all know it's two fingers to the UK! :smilielol5:

LOL Well there's still some who refer to 25mm conduit as inch conduit.

 

[7029 dave]

With the first pic, I would have liked to see an double set on that, BUT on the whole not bad at all, don't see an problem with using black pvc conduit externally (heavy gage), t&e outside not a good idea. but well done.

 

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