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

 

[Darkwood]

I think this is a faulty message and missing an IS off the pen....... then it would be funny :dizzy2:

 

[Strima]

Stupid people walk among us, you really can't make this stuff up.

 

[mechelec]

I went to a job where an old guy was having a new kitchen fitted. He was concerned about all the dust going in his old Hager cu so he took the cover off and brushed the dust out with a paint brush. He was Ok until the metal on the brush got across the not very well shielded incoming terminals and a big flash and bang and the 100a cutout fuse was blown. He was very lucky.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

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.....

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I went to a job where an old guy was having a new kitchen fitted. He was concerned about all the dust going in his old Hager cu so he took the cover off and brushed the dust out with a paint brush. He was Ok until the metal on the brush got across the not very well shielded incoming terminals and a big flash and bang and the 100a cutout fuse was blown. He was very lucky.

How was the brush?

 

[VoltzElectrical]

basil'd boom boom.

 

[Andy78]

Once went to a landlords property to investigate a tripping MCB. The CU was mounted at about 3 foot from the floor in the hallway. The clear cover was missing, the MCBS were arranged with gaps between them, and there were no blanks. The unsupervised toddlers had been posting coins into the board and could have easily got their hand through onto the busbar !!
When we saw the lady of the house swigging wkd in the kitchen while all the kids and dogs ran round at will, we couldn't believe no-one had been killed !

 

[VoltzElectrical]

Once went to a landlords property to investigate a tripping MCB. The CU was mounted at about 3 foot from the floor in the hallway. The clear cover was missing, the MCBS were arranged with gaps between them, and there were no blanks. The unsupervised toddlers had been posting coins into the board and could have easily got their hand through onto the busbar !!
When we saw the lady of the house swigging wkd in the kitchen while all the kids and dogs ran round at will, we couldn't believe no-one had been killed !

unbelievable. but still they breed.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

unbelievable. but still they breed.

oh yes....we see it on an almost daily basis...scruffy unkempt kids....gassed up parents....electrical installation tampered with...evidence of power pinchin.....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......

 

[vincentmcconnel]

**** me, someone else who sees it..
Work all day just to pay for this lot....!!!!

 

[foggy77]

The pen is indeed mightier than the sword!

 

[i=p/u]

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

 

[GLENNSPARK]

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.....

 

[i=p/u]

yep il enforce tomorrow haha