part p jobby assessment thing

[telectrix]

Hello, fellow sparkies. I’m a fully qualified electricianhaving done a 5 week course , got my Part P and everything. Got my NICEICdomestic installer inspection in 2 weeks. Going to rewire my parents house forthe inspector to see. It’s a prefab, all concrete, built about 1950 and iswired in that awful round copper covered cable that fits into the boxes withbrass nuts. It’s all 2 core cable, so there’s no earth. I’m going to do it allin stickyback plastic trunking, should only take me about a week. The niceicwant a small job as well, so I plan to fit a circuit for washing machine andtumble dryer in the only place in my small flat where they will fit. Thebathroom. As the floor is tiled, I can’t get to the socket cables, so I plan tocome from the bathroom light in the attic, down the corner of the bathroom intrunking, under the bath, and fit a double socket under the bath where the tapsare. I’ve looked up in the regulations, and that’s OK because you need ascrewdriver to get the panel off. Also it makes the plumbing easy, straightfrom the tap pipes. And, because there’s no earth on the lighting, I can fix awire from the earth of the socket to the cold water pipe. One thing I could notunderstand from the course is why I need to use thick cable on showers andcookers. Is it something to do with the bigger cable allowing the amps to flowfaster, like bigger water pipes allow faster water flowing?

 

[Engineer54]

Hey Eng 54

I'm not trying to be cheeky - just want confirmation if I really saw this or was I dreaming.

Ok here it is; I posted earlier on here that I have a Drummond Test Lamp and it's true - I really have - and it's body is made from plastic, but I seem to remember seeing one a very long time ago (1950 something??) that was made from wood.

Can you confirm if this is true or am I going senile please?

To be honest i've never seen one made of wood, the early ones i've seen were made of a thick black bakelite material and hardened glass. They have been around long before i entered the game, my uncle who i used to work with while i was still at school, had a couple of them. So i'd say they were definitely around in the late 50's.

 

[MDJ]

just go down to home base

Or B&Q some good offers on at the moment for the 17 day wonders LOL, I saw this earlier today it was 79 quid, not bad for all the extras which come with it.

 

[Geordie Spark]

To be honest i've never seen one made of wood, the early ones i've seen were made of a thick black bakelite material and hardened glass. They have been around long before i entered the game, my uncle who i used to work with while i was still at school, had a couple of them. So i'd say they were definitely around in the late 50's.

Maybe I have mistaken the Bakelite for wood then.

Like I say, it was a long time ago and the thought of it just entered my head when I got to thinking about my plastic one.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Or B&Q some good offers on at the moment for the 17 day wonders LOL, I saw this earlier today it was 79 quid, not bad for all the extras which come with it.

what the ---- do you need JB's for when changing a CU?

 

[MDJ]

what the ---- do you need JB's for when changing a CU?

LMAO, I doony Know, but the 17 day wonders may be able to answer that question for you haha

 

[Silly Sausage]

Or B&Q some good offers on at the moment for the 17 day wonders LOL, I saw this earlier today it was 79 quid, not bad for all the extras which come with it.

Not bad, but hang on a minute...
2 times 80 makes 160 Amps which is more than the Main 100 Amp switch.
Something wrong there.

 

[egg67]

Just put it upside down and all will be ok
If you do this no need to test as will come under part d not p

 

[Geordie Spark]

what the ---- do you need JB's for when changing a CU?

I was wondering that myself.

Maybe you sell them on Fleabay to make a bit of beer money?

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

And what the hell is volex? They should have a slogan... That loose neutral you have left will kill you.

 

[MDJ]

And what the hell is volex? They should have a slogan... That loose neutral you have left will kill you.

Joking aside, the volex grid switches are basically crabtree, everything else they do is total pants lol

 

[ipf]

And what the hell is volex? They should have a slogan... That loose neutral you have left will kill you.

Better than it used to be, although I dont use the stuff. In the past, we always referred to 'volex' as 'Ward and Goldstone cr*p'

 

[MDJ]

And what the hell is volex? T.

How do you pronounce it in sheep country Spinks?

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Dunno mate, emergrated here from Manc.

 

[JC94]

To be honest i've never seen one made of wood, the early ones i've seen were made of a thick black bakelite material and hardened glass. They have been around long before i entered the game, my uncle who i used to work with while i was still at school, had a couple of them. So i'd say they were definitely around in the late 50's.

I've got a photo of a wooden one from a previous rewire, i'll post it up once I upload it from my phone, by the looks of things and talking to the owner i'd say it was around the 30/40s



Sorry it's not the clearest of photos, photography is not a speciality of mine


Edit: My bad, I didn't read the previous quote, I thought you were talking about a cu for some reason. Long days, not enough sleep, woops.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

To be honest i've never seen one made of wood, the early ones i've seen were made of a thick black bakelite material and hardened glass. They have been around long before i entered the game, my uncle who i used to work with while i was still at school, had a couple of them. So i'd say they were definitely around in the late 50's.

i think the early solenoid testers...such as the squareD.also known as the wigglestone `wiggy` were out of a hardwood....

they were developed in america in the 30s...