"sorry love, you need a new metal cu, it'll make everything so much safer"

[goasis]

I can't get my boards as artistic as some of the YouTube sparks but came across this absolute shambles today... I know there's cowboys in all walks of life but do any other trades suffer so much with unskilled people charging money to do skilled work? (and getting away with it)

 

[PEG]

I take it,the neutral insulation damage/scratches on the inside casing,were due to not having a telescopic sight,on his cordless.....?

 

[StephenRowley]

Ww

Likewise, there's no proof that it was installed by a time served professional electrician.

In my eyes its certainly not installed by a professional electrician.

That doesn't mean it was a DIY jobby

 

[DT1991]

Is the lug bent for the cover screw in photo 1?

 

[goasis]

Is the lug bent for the cover screw in photo 1?

Yeah the lug was bent right over somehow, the other half of the board looked a similar mess, there's a selection of jb's around the board extending circuits, Outer insulation on t&e stripped back beyond the jb, fused switch for sub main below the board with a hole in the top big enough to fit 2 fingers through, tape on cu cover over the spare way... Nothing about it said "professional" to me!