Pete's Videos Quite a competent Sparky I think

[Pete999]

 

[Specialist]

Certainly seems to know what he's doing Pete, makes a nice change to watch.

 

[gazdkw82]

his voice really irritated me.

It would have been nice for him to maybe follow on with all the missing earths with some testing, zs/ze, continuity etc

 

[freddo]

Strangely we were also correcting a no earth fault on a lighting circuit in some offices today, we did carry out earth continuity at every point in the circuit, live to earth insulation resistance efli etc. and completed a minor works certificate. Also changed any green earth sleeving to green/yellow and fitted coloured sleeving where needed.

 

[gazdkw82]

im really interested on why the previous sparks just didn't bother connecting the earths. I mean, isn't that the very basics of working with electrical systems.....

makes me think there was a bigger picture involved. Maybe the sparks found there was no earth to the property and just thought "you know what, there's no point in connecting the earths anyway".

or, maybe he was just a DIY'er

 

[Specialist]

If there was no earth to the property, then they should have rectified that. There's no excuse for doing Shoddy & Dangerous work.

 

[gazdkw82]

completely agree. im just trying to work out why they didn't terminate any earths.

 

[Specialist]

Pretty simple explanation, either he was a butcher or he'd tried to find a fault on his wiring & couldn't so left earths disconnected to stop RCD tripping. (Oops sorry that would also make him a butcher).
Sadly he wouldn't be the first or last to do that.

 

[Squid]

Forum must be slipping, no mention about the OP's spelling mistakes.......... ;o))))

 

[JK-Electrical]

his voice really irritated me.

Me too. I prefer the sound of fingernails on a blackboard.

 

[sparksburnout]

What is this lads missus playing at? Letting him go out in the morning with no cooked breakfast inside him, and having to go to McDonald's for a plastic one. Mind you, I only saw him pick up two tools all day, one of them a dodgy looking socket tester. Spent most of the day supping coffee and yapping, obviously not self employed.

 

[JK-Electrical]

What is this lads missus playing at? Letting him go out in the morning with no cooked breakfast inside him, and having to go to McDonald's for a plastic one. Mind you, I only saw him pick up two tools all day, one of them a dodgy looking socket tester. Spent most of the day supping coffee and yapping, obviously not self employed.

I'm not convinced that he actually has a missus. But I'm pretty certain he's handled more than a few tools in his time.

 

[SparkyChick]

What is this lads missus playing at? Letting him go out in the morning with no cooked breakfast inside him, and having to go to McDonald's for a plastic one. Mind you, I only saw him pick up two tools all day, one of them a dodgy looking socket tester. Spent most of the day supping coffee and yapping, obviously not self employed.

Welcome back

 

[sparksburnout]

Welcome back

Ta. I had an extra self-enforced few weeks off but couldn't resist a return. I am going to be on my best behaviour now, however I will still be monitoring the grammar, I have seen some shocking examples already, and I see George is no better.

 

[sparksburnout]

I'm not convinced that he actually has a missus. But I'm pretty certain he's handled more than a few tools in his time.

Oooo you are awful.