Tell us about your faults!

[kung]

Hi ALL
Just thought id put this one up for all those faults we find.
heres one to kick it off !
Domestic RCD tripped and wouldnt reset cause was a blown low energy light bulb.
There you go now for yours !

 

[sedgy34]

is quite a common thing in Eastern Europe to have sockets in bathrooms. Quite common to have a washing machine there too.

The pic is in the uk mate it's the installer from Europe lol

 

[DNS]

Checking the electrics at a neighbours house, I came across this in the airing cupboard. It is a spur taken from the emersion heater circuit, for the themostatic shower with a 13 amp fuse not a 5 amp. Apparently the guy wiring it was English,just couldn't read or rite..lol Non of this was protected by an RCD.

 

[hermetic]

found this today at a friends joiners shop, three phase bandsaw isolator, I was removing the machines to fit new roof to building. Needless to say this will be rewired when it goes back in!

 

[Bobster]

found this today at a friends joiners shop, three phase bandsaw isolator, I was removing the machines to fit new roof to building. Needless to say this will be rewired when it goes back in!View attachment 14305

Still quite common on old industrial sites, just remember that's asbestos by the looks of it.

 

[hermetic]

Yes, it is asbestos, but I was more concerned with the fact that the incoming three phase supply had been connected directly to the fuses, instead of actually going through the switch first!!

 

[Bobster]

Yes, it is asbestos, but I was more concerned with the fact that the incoming three phase supply had been connected directly to the fuses, instead of actually going through the switch first!!

Must admit I didn't look that closely. Oh dear lol.

 

[HandySparks]

Yes, it is asbestos, but I was more concerned with the fact that the incoming three phase supply had been connected directly to the fuses, instead of actually going through the switch first!!

Not saying you're wrong, but are you sure? It's hard to tell from the photo (without knowing the model of switch in question) which set of switch contacts the cable entering the bottom is connected to.

 

[needasparks]

Yes, it is asbestos, but I was more concerned with the fact that the incoming three phase supply had been connected directly to the fuses, instead of actually going through the switch first!!

He's right, easy to miss that one when just glancing.

 

[ayjay]

its an old "mem"front handled isolator-- its been wired backwards
it just goes to prove that sparkys were idiots in days gone by, as well as now
Idiot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[ayjay]

btw the fuse carriers have aspestos ribbon lining them, dont breath it
replace the fuses, that way you will be ok, then use a nail bar to remove the isolator from the wall

 

[hermetic]

Not saying you're wrong, but are you sure? It's hard to tell from the photo (without knowing the model of switch in question) which set of switch contacts the cable entering the bottom is connected to.

Yes, I am sure, there is only one set of connections at the bottom, and one at the top, the incoming supply goes to the bottom, thus switching off isolates the fuses from the supply, so when the cover is removed, which can only be done with the switch in the off position, the live terminals are behind the paxolin (brown stuff) flash guard, and it is safe to remove the fuses. In this configuration the top fuse terminals are exposed and live all the time. If you click on the picture it will go full screen. I am quite confident this was not wired by a sparky!

 

[HandySparks]

Thanks, I see what you mean now. They've incorrectly wired the supply at the top and load at the bottom.

 

[Engineer54]

btw the fuse carriers have aspestos ribbon lining them, dont breath it
replace the fuses, that way you will be ok, then use a nail bar to remove the isolator from the wall

Here we go again, .... asbestos is present so Death is just around the corner!! lol!!

 

[Knobhead]

It's like a cracked record, it just keeeps going on and on.

 

[ayjay]

hi ,my workmate died last year after a long terrible illness, "aspestosis"
he was 58
ive inhaled aspestos dust in the past ,crawling over old pipe lagging in hotel roof voids