New Twist n An Old Problem

[truckster]

We have all come across the juction box with cpc's connected on the outside but I found this beauty today. A two switch arrangement in a JB wired with T&E using the cpc as a switch wire which was the joined outside the box, at least they sleeved one side of it! As you can see it was stuffed in with the pipework just to add that extra dimension!!:uhoh2:

 

[Marvo]

Scary thing is that it's done too neatly for a DIY'er, looks like it was a sparky to me.

 

[Guest123]

Innovative........:dots:

 

[KFH]

A friend could not get one of his new wall lights to work and thinking he had damaged the cable called me to fix it. Checked the cable visually and it was Ok so connected light, neutral cut off at wall, and power was comming through live but no neutral. Traced cable and carefully cut floor board along joist in bedroom above and managed to cut through the two cables to the wall lights. The cables had just been laid on top of the joist, I know I should have been even more careful. Opened the junction box and found the cause, the cpc had been used as the neutral and not sleeved at either end. My friend had wired his metal wall lights with the cpc connected to the metal work, he had sleeved the "CPC" though. The original work was done by an "electrician" who had rewired the house under the supervision of architects.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

John wayne rides again..........

 

[Silly Sausage]

The thing that really cracks me up about work like this, I've seen in it friend's houses with plumbing work as well, it just looks like so complicated and it must have taken them hours to do, it is just so much easier to start from scratch.

The human mind works in a strange and wonderful way!

 

[MarkieSparkie]

Another classic case of 'Necessity is the mother the horrendous botch job.'