Rubbish products/materials

[Big n Daft]

Right ho chaps and chapesses,
Its time rat out the rubbish. What have you used recently that has been complete and utter poo.
Lets start with anything that has Proteus on the label, and there is some completely useless swa cable out there as well. You know the stuff, its like a coiled spring sitting on the drum waiting to snare you at first pull.

 

[telectrix]

solid strand twin & earth.if it's cold it's a nightmare to work with. not a patch on the old 7/029 and 3/029.

 

[ChristianG]

T&E Cable that has the outer sheath stuck to one of the conductors insulation and you need to terminate a house load of accessories.

Had this experience with cable from City's and Rexel's

 

[Sintra]

Definately anything to do with MCG is pants.


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[Big n Daft]

T&E Cable that has the outer sheath stuck to one of the conductors insulation and you need to terminate a house load of accessories.

Had this experience with cable from City's and Rexel's

Doh!!!

 

[Big n Daft]

Crap swa glands.............
Olive like a ring out of a cracker or its too big and the gland wont go together.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Some pvc conduit my boss had bought the other day (to try and get a job finished) It just would not bend...it just kept kinking and rippling...it wasn`t tecnique.....IT WAS CRAP.........

 

[ruston]

As above. Had 2 out 8 would'nt thread up ,out of separate packets too . Thought I was cracking up.
Most stuff is c9ap now . Cooker outlets with little or no grip, fast fix that pull the ferrules out or wont lead in, could be here all night Lol


OOPS , Not quick enough - was referring to SWA glands.

 

[DurhamSparky]

start from the top

Cavity boxes made by a company other than Appleby ( you know the type)
Any CED Product
Any Chint Product
Any Proteck/Proteus/Marbo product

 

[GLENNSPARK]

As above. Had 2 out 8 would'nt thread up ,out of separate packets too . Thought I was cracking up.
Most stuff is c9ap now . Cooker outlets with little or no grip, fast fix that pull the ferrules out or wont lead in, could be here all night Lol


OOPS , Not quick enough - was referring to SWA glands.

Had loads of fastfix boxes that wont start screws and ferrules pull out myself.........

 

[Engineer54]

Well what can i say!! ...Those totally useless 3/8'' X 1.2m earth electrodes. You can't even extend the dammed things. They should be banned, discontinued, scrapped, or anything else that will get rid of them.... lol!!!

 

[ruston]

Had loads of fastfix boxes that wont start screws and ferrules pull out myself.........

Screws with the leads that do'nt , Board lids that are not made for what you are trying to fit them to , screws that have been made by Mr bean , pattresses that shatter when you open the knockouts,and most J/bs.

 

[baileysufc]

ced plastic conduit :56:

 

[Adam W]

Cheap brass bushes where the manufacturer has totally cheaped out on the amount of brass they put in them; if they're going to do that they could at least have the decency to make a bush spanner that fits them.
I forget the make but on one job I was given some earth sleeving that would split if you rubbed it between your fingers. Why even make something which does that?

 

[Rappid]

Dewalt open-tote tool bag, carry handle broke in under 10 months. They should rebrand their stuff to Black & Decker and change their slogan to 'Guranteed NOT tough'