Stuck pen in consumer unit... it exploded....now I've no power!!!

[RWJ]

Seriously!!

"Customer put PEN in consumer unit it exploded now customer has no power"

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I didn't go to this job......Shame!!
Turns out plumber had removed the immersion, cabling and trunking to consumer unit. Left a nice hole in the side.

The guy thought that cables were sticking out a bit so shoved them back using a biro.
No one knows quite what happened next but he seems to have shorted the downstairs lighting, which took out the MCB and RCD and blew the end off the pen and also damaged some cables.

No one hurt just shaken!

Made me chuckle when the job came in lolol

 

[VoltzElectrical]

was at work today and seen cable hanging , no copper showing as was clean snip, i said to dude are they live and if so should be in connectors, he said dont know, well i grabbed the line and touched back box and flash bang . so i did my sums and 480A..

would this flow through me, i think no as rubber soles and wooden floor, so im asking what is worse case that could of happened... i just want to argue my point about not blocking them up

is that your ideas of checking to see if a cable is live or not then?

Not good mate is it?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

well i always check anything like that with the steinels...before i procede to touch/work on it....

 

[i=p/u]

nope, dont like it..

 

[SPARTYKUS]

being in contact with an earth path with one hand......and an energised cable end with the other hand.....shock straight across the chest.....the worst kind of shock you can recieve.....

SO GLENNSPARK


have you checked to make sure you're not actually in the afterlife, and this is a forum for inbetweeners, so to speak? Seen Bruce Willis walking around, or Elvis!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

SO GLENNSPARK


have you checked to make sure you're not actually in the afterlife, and this is a forum for inbetweeners, so to speak? Seen Bruce Willis walking around, or Elvis!

no...definately not in the clouds at the mo....or half way there..lol....

 

[mackers]

being in contact with an earth path with one hand......and an energised cable end with the other hand.....shock straight across the chest.....the worst kind of shock you can recieve.....

worst kinda shock i recieved was finding my wife in bed with my best mate!!!!!!!! i do miss him!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

worst kinda shock i recieved was finding my wife in bed with my best mate!!!!!!!! i do miss him!

AWW!!....now thats gotta sting...

 

[mackers]

remember my dad coming home from work one day when i was a kid and going straight to bed said he didn,t feel well ! years later when i started working with him he told me reason was he got 415v while in a buzz bar threw him clean across the room!
mental! came home and slept it off! old school hard !LOL

 

[SPARTYKUS]

remember my dad coming home from work one day when i was a kid and going straight to bed said he didn,t feel well ! years later when i started working with him he told me reason was he got 415v while in a buzz bar threw him clean across the room!
mental! came home and slept it off! old school hard !LOL

Mackers I heard this was the case nearly 30 year ago an ex RAF chap told me about the power of 3ph, said he was at end of corridor working on a panel at top of steps, next thing he knew was 15 feet away on the floor rubbing back of neck looking for the bloke that had threw a book at him

 

[trev]

worst kinda shock i recieved was finding my wife in bed with my best mate!!!!!!!! i do miss him!

I'm surprised you allowed the dog access to your bedroom

 

[Des 56]

I'm surprised you allowed the dog access to your bedroom

There is certainly no need to refer to his wife in those words

 

[SPARTYKUS]

There is certainly no need to refer to his wife in those words

That reminds me of a joke (which is on Trevs joke of day thread)


Hello Des where you been

 

[Geordie Spark]

when i saw the thread title on the forum....i thought he meant pen conductor.....what the hells one of those doing in a C/U i thought.....

You're not alone ...... I thought the same thing !!!

 

[mackers]

I'm surprised you allowed the dog access to your bedroom

2 bitches LOL

 

[trev]

we were in a place about 2 weeks ago where the parents were dealing in front of their kids.....wouldn`t be the first time either......

My all time favourite was on a rewire, cars on the drive included A Porsche 911 a Porsche 4x4 (I forget the name of those bloody ugly things) and a Subaru Imprezza. All the latest electronic kit in a nice place (by council standards)
When asked, the man of the house replied "I've never worked for f...... years mate it's a mugs game"
He did get an awful lot of visitors but none stayed very long, I often wonder how he earned his living