**Show Us Your Installs!!!**

[Spudnik]

Right chaps,

Due to a few unavoidable issues, we have lost the original thread and pics etc.

Sorry about that!!!

So, if you want to re-upload your pics then great, if not, give us something new!


Cheers!!

 

[Adam_glover18]

Hi I'm only a apprentice but I did this jb about a year ago so go easy on us any criticism constructive or not ill take it on board for next time I was happy with the outcome lol

 

[pepparz]

looks neat.could use correct earth terminals and identify conductors separately.

 

[Adam_glover18]

I would of liked to but that's all we had pal thanks for your reply

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Nice. Possibly a neater job than I would do myself. Only possibly though ;-)

 

[Darkwood]

I agree with boffy35, most people on this forum dont offer real help or advice they just want to take the mick and slate others to make themselves feel competent.

Some are like that but tends to be those who have to hide their own incompetence a lot of us do give regular good advice feel free to check my post history we don't have to do this this we do it to help those who are learning .... but sometimes the level of questioning is far below the competence that the OP should have so occasionally we will express this if not just for the OP safety ..... i don't expect to see a question from a fully qualified electrician asking how to do a basic insulation test ....believe me we get that level of questioning so yes sometimes talking down is justified... ive had enough apprentices to know what level and type of question to expect from each level of apprentice experience so when the questions get stupid then we will treat as stupid.

 

[Darkwood]

I would of liked to but that's all we had pal thanks for your reply

Nothing wrong with the layout i slightly disagree with the separate earth bar comment as this would hinder testing by giving parallel paths on earth as you seem to be extending circuits and would have to disconnect each earth if commoned up here.

My only critique is your core markings as has already been noted you can't have L marker on Neutral and earths as the L identifies them as Live... check table 51

 

[Adam_glover18]

Nothing wrong with the layout i slightly disagree with the separate earth bar comment as this would hinder testing by giving parallel paths on earth as you seem to be extending circuits and would have to disconnect each earth if commoned up here.

My only critique is your core markings as has already been noted you can't have L marker on Neutral and earths as the L identifies them as Live... check table 51

Hi mate thanks for your reply I see what you meen now pal it would look so much better but my gaffa is a mingebag lol cheers for your reply

 

[ipf]

Hi mate thanks for your reply I see what you meen now pal it would look so much better but my gaffa is a mingebag lol cheers for your reply

Is that a 'mingebag' who gives you a job ?

 

[Adam_glover18]

Is that a 'mingebag' who gives you a job ?

In a way yes but he's just the site manager lol

 

[Engineer54]

Apart from the comments on cable marking, that's a neat and well executed installation for an apprentice. It makes a pleasant change to see a bit of care and attention put into a job!! Well Done!!

 

[Adam_glover18]

Apart from the comments on cable marking, that's a neat and well executed installation for an apprentice. It makes a pleasant change to see a bit of care and attention put into a job!! Well Done!!

hi mate thanks for your comment its much appriceated cheers pal

 

[Darkwood]

Only thing i don't like but it is a personal dislike is yellow number kits... the minute the number is accidentally rubbed off or time faded it becomes a pain to identify them, i use the recognised colour and number coded sleeves and regardless if the number wears away the colour still identifies the cable.

 

[Darkwood]

Scatts, Farnell, RS Components .... never had any trouble getting the correct gear, i wouldn't even entertain using general electrical wholesalers to source my gear for panel building.

 

[Engineer54]

Scatts, Farnell, RS Components .... never had any trouble getting the correct gear, i wouldn't even entertain using general electrical wholesalers to source my gear for panel building.

All good advice Darkwood, but at the end of the day, he's an apprentice and wouldn't know too much about the sort of panelwork you're involved in. He get's given the materials and instructions on how to markup/identify the cables. What you can see, as soon as the cover of this JB arrangement is removed, is that a bit of care and thought has gone into it's installation...

Personally i don't like to see cable ties to dress cables, certainly not in a consumer unit or distribution board setting, but in a JB as we have here, i don't see much of a muchness of them being used or not.

 

[shanky887614]

All good advice Darkwood, but at the end of the day, he's an apprentice and wouldn't know too much about the sort of panelwork you're involved in. He get's given the materials and instructions on how to markup/identify the cables. What you can see, as soon as the cover of this JB arrangement is removed, is that a bit of care and thought has gone into it's installation...

Personally i don't like to see cable ties to dress cables, certainly not in a consumer unit or distribution board setting, but in a JB as we have here, i don't see much of a muchness of them being used or not.

Better to not cable tie them and if there is enough cables put in some panel trunking (the one with the fins that snap off on both sides