The next instalment of the chicken and egg mystery

[timhoward]

You might remember this delight from the dodgy trade pictures thread....

I finally got back to quote for sorting today.
The chicken and egg question was whether the plumber or the sparks did this. The confusion was there were no fixing holes visible from a previous position. Yet the water pipe is in line with the incoming supply arriving in MPDE though a screed floor. But the insulation is stripped back suggesting it was once in a sensible place.

It was when I noticed that next door's identical house didn't have the door that I was using that the penny dropped.
Yep, new door; the builder did it!

Ok, let's look inside....

So apart from mis-matched devices, being held by one dry-wall screw to the ceiling, wiring stretched to the limit, and IP rating being seriously compromised, it's fine!

Then I saw it:

House is and always has been PME. I'm very familiar with this estate and they are all Legrand normal split load boards. Why the ---- is it a100ma device?!?! Surely that's got to be someone messing up when replacing a failed RCD?

Anyway, a new RCBO board would solve a lot of issues, as hopefully the Neutral's will then reach. And they are only using 12 ways so a smaller board should fit. I have a feeling there's some fun ahead here.

 

[timhoward]

Blimey Tim! Starting a CU change at 3pm is indeed brave. What time did you finish?

I know the housing estate well, having done several EICRs on other properties, so it was a calculated risk! They are all usually ok, normally loose connections in sockets and sometimes ring neutrals mixed up in the N bar.
I was driving away by 6pm.
I went back the next morning to complete testing and paperwork (I was happy I'd tested enough to energise it overnight - I'd checked IR throughout and rings and did live Zs on every circuit)

 

[mainline]

Glass panelled outside door?
Next time you visit, you'll find a 40mm hole drilled in the side of the CU, and the end of a curtain pole wedged into it.

That would be a real botch job, when you could use a 28mm curtain pole.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Nice of them to leave the steps by the CU for you!

 

[DPG]

Nice of them to leave the steps by the CU for you!

That photo was on somebody's thread on here a few months ago.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Tim Howard Dec 1st, who's to blame for dragging it back up again?

 

[Mike Johnson]

That would be a real botch job, when you could use a 28mm curtain pole.

 

[timhoward]

Tim Howard Dec 1st, who's to blame for dragging it back up again?

Ever since the comment about the curtain pole, I think any thread that mentions double pole single pole etc. throws this up as a similar thread!

 

[James]

Ever since the comment about the curtain pole, I think any thread that mentions double pole single pole etc. throws this up as a similar thread!

a 28mm curtain pole is a single pole!!

 

[brianmoooore]

Ooops! My fault then.
...

 

[Mike Johnson]

Does a 28mm curtain pole have a fly lead.

I will get my coat.

 

[timhoward]

Does a 28mm curtain pole have a fly lead.

They tend to be cordless these days

 

[loz2754]

Does a 28mm curtain pole have a fly lead.

I will get my coat.

Pull your yourself together