Pet Hates

[tbs1983]

1.Twisted Earths,
2. dodgy threads on metal back boxes,
3. that horrible cellophane and foil inside some brands of FP200,
4. cheap soft brass terminal screws on switches/sockets etc.
5. snapping small terminal screwdrivers cos I'm too lazy to get the bigger one out of my toolbox!

 

[telectrix]

and plastic boxes that split when you try and knock out the knockout bit.

 

[johnboy6083]

I carry m20 washers to use if I do come across a larger hole that must be used. These can sandwich the larger hole, and if tight enough, they don't budge.

 

[pennywise]

and plastic boxes that split when you try and knock out the knockout bit.

I always use a step cutter now to try and avoid this, it's a bit less aggressive than a hole saw or bashing screwdriver

 

[telectrix]

yeah. me too. hate cleaning the half melted plastic out of a hole saw.

 

[pennywise]

yeah. me too. hate cleaning the half melted plastic out of a hole saw.

And if your not quite quick enough it sets rock solid in there lol. I could kill when i find someone hasn't removed it after they use it .

 

[johnboy6083]

yeah. me too. hate cleaning the half melted plastic out of a hole saw.

I keep a set of grips handy to put the drill in reverse and get the bit out, or with plastic, I wiggle the holes as whilst drilling and the bit in the middle falls out!

 

[JeanGenie]

People thinking they're helping you by standing on the cable while you're unrolling a drum of armoured.

 

[Stroppy]

Effing plumbers, AGAIN. Burning my beautiful trunking.

 

[Stroppy]

oh yes, and I wouldn't have had to use sh1tty surface trunking if they had put their valves in the right place where their cables would reach the wiring centre. Idiots...

Nice invisible join in your wall boards, too, chippy.

 

[gooner85]

while you are here....

 

[Dean Williams]

pyro
twisting flex strands and getting it stuck in your finger
cheap screws where the heads snap off
tangling leads on test meter
croc clips that come off everything you clip them on
amtech's last 2 packages/updates
bosses that pester u when your on leave

 

[markc123]

CPC's twisted together is bad enough, but when people use the same sleeving for several CPC's AND twist them together still...really does F'ing annoy me - especially when muppets do it on the ring at the DB - niceone for testing nob'eds.

Manufactures that waste endless amounts of screws - the one's they provide with the light fittings and other accessories - they should realise nobody ever uses them, so why bloody make them. Wasting money and materials.

General poor workmanship - not cutting trunking square/to length really annoys me. Half-arseing in general. Seems these days very few have pride in their work, it's such a shame. I do alot of caravan work. and see flex's flung absolutley everywhere, have these people not heard of clips.

Customers who don't understand / don't take 'no not possible' for an answer. Customers who demand the most complex of jobs for the cheapest of price - because they don't care about the regs and because bob the butcher from down the road has said he would do it for half the price.

Plumbers.

 

[mark ju]

Trunking lids missing in mains rooms and plant rooms. If they were ever there to start with then where do they go??
Also lids barely held on to the trunking cos either the turnbuckles have worn or broken. If all else fails, use self tappers rather than leaving it hanging off.

 

[Stroppy]

Where do they go? They are 'borrowed' by people who don't believe cable rods exist to fish cables through places. "Oh look, they've left us some clip-on cable rods, how kind!"

 

[rmc86uk]

Trying to push a Marbo 45A pull switch with two 10mm Twins in up to a cheap 25mm surface box. Last little push and then it went crack! Oh dear I told my mate never to take that pull cord down ever ever again and that's what he gets for buying cheap crap! Before you all say I always buy the Crabtree ones!

 

[rmaynard]

1)poor workmanship (which i normally have to fix)
2)laziness (which i normally end up working late for)
3)untidyness (which i normally fall over)
4)and whoever it is that keeps removing schedules from most of the dbs i have to work in

The DB schedule one drives me nuts

 

[telectrix]

pet hate apart from plumbers is paperwork and hmrc.

 

[Stroppy]

Having to work in a hotel kitchen: "ooh you can't do it between midnight and 23:59, we're open then, mind the gravy on the floor, don't get dust in my soup, get out of the way we're trying to cook, you've just grated asbestos into my canapés, I need to get to the fridge, how long is it going to be off, why has the power gone off? Couldn't you do it some other time?"

Why's the power off? Because nothing is EFFING LABELED and the board is a mess!

(this happens to be the same board that I believe suffered the lost neutral discussed here: http://www.electriciansforums.net/e...09-suppliers-neutral-break-2.html#post6743005 )

 

[VoltzElectrical]

Having to work in a hotel kitchen: "ooh you can't do it between midnight and 23:59, we're open then, mind the gravy on the floor, don't get dust in my soup, get out of the way we're trying to cook, you've just grated asbestos into my canapés, I need to get to the fridge, how long is it going to be off, why has the power gone off? Couldn't you do it some other time?"

Why's the power off? Because nothing is EFFING LABELED and the board is a mess!

(this happens to be the same board that I believe suffered the lost neutral discussed here: http://www.electriciansforums.net/e...09-suppliers-neutral-break-2.html#post6743005 )

OMG, what a mess. Should look like this.

 

[dan86]

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bootiful

 

[RBreeze]

Screwdriver where mag is not quiet strong enough to hold screw in horizonatal position, but same screwdriver over eager to collect filings from all over the place, really does my head in.
Anybody know how to de-mag a screwdriver

Just bang it on any surface, one of grandfathers words of wisdom, also did you know one of the 3 spots on a coconut is soft

 

[longboat1]

A. Cable's that are to short.
B. Customer's that dont know the difference between a quality job or a dog rough one. Or dont care.
C. Junction boxes.
D. Stopping for a red light at a pedestrian crossing, and no one is there, then you see the inconsiderate nob freely strolling along twenty metres down the road.:33:

 

[ayjay]

kids tend to do that longboat
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my pet hate was gavin,. a cock-sure boy, when explaining a job to him he would look away and say"ave doon thousands of them" in a really stupid yorkshire accent then completly muck- it up

 

[longboat1]

kids tend to do that longboat
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well they should stop it.

 

[Stroppy]

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Yep that's a first-class job there. Not too chuffed on your labeling though!

 

[Stroppy]

Pet hates: This forum - I meant to go to bed an hour ago as I've got an early start tomorrow, but instead I've been reading about Lofty Awards and people arguing about separating switches and whether software developers can kill people!

 

[Stroppy]

Plumbers: Rough as guts.... This is on a new build:

 

[pauljpickering8]

Suspended ceiling that hasnt been earthed so the static doesnt build up, coupled with itchy fibre glass tiles

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Plumbers: Rough as guts.... This is on a new build:

clip on the right....split or a 22?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Suspended ceiling that hasnt been earthed so the static doesnt build up, coupled with itchy fibre glass tiles

excerpt from an electricians tricks of the trade thing i have:

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[pauljpickering8]

You must get some stick off the lads for carrying baby powder around with you lol

 

[Essexboy7]

People who write all over nice new site drawings especially when they are the only set

People who leave empty boxes of stuff in the stores such as rawlplugs and grommets.Throw the ****ing boxes away so we can see we are running out!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Welchyboy1]

When the end comes off a brand new 100m drum of cable, when you threw it into the back of the van....DOH!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

You must get some stick off the lads for carrying baby powder around with you lol

its kept a secret....

 

[GLENNSPARK]

When the end comes off a brand new 100m drum of cable, when you threw it into the back of the van....DOH!

loop it back on itself...then tuck the end in the loop....not only is the cable secure...but the end gives a nice carrying handle as well...

 

[telectrix]

think he meant the cardboard side, making it impossible to unreel.

 

[Stroppy]

clip on the right....split or a 22?

Its the right size at 22, they just haven't bothered to clip it together, like they didn't with all the others. I did up the one on the left myself, as such things irritate me.

 

[JeanGenie]

A. Cable's that are to short.
B. Customer's that dont know the difference between a quality job or a dog rough one. Or dont care.
C. Junction boxes.
D. Stopping for a red light at a pedestrian crossing, and no one is there, then you see the inconsiderate nob freely strolling along twenty metres down the road.:33:

D really gets me too. I think it should be made legal that you can get out of your car drag them back by their neck and force them to re cross when the green man comes on again.

 

[Thefailsafe2012]

D really gets me too. I think it should be made legal that you can get out of your car drag them back by their neck and force them to re cross when the green man comes on again.

Haha seconded! Grinds my gears that one.

 

[Thefailsafe2012]

Cpcs and neutrals not in the their respective terminals in big DB's, also don't care much for the coily neutral lead on some RCBOs. And coiled up bonding links, I think they look really gash!