Things that make your blood boil...

[Breeze]

I don't think there is, unless you are thinking of the requirements for PENs?

Not sure. I know I've read it somewhere, I will look tomorrow

 

[Breeze]

Perhaps I could say people who go to CEF and cause them to still be in business, but that would be horrible thing to say so I wont!:38:

Perhaps you have a choice of wholesalers where you live, unfortunately its CEF near me for the gear you need there and then

 

[Leesparkykent]

When you go to CEF and every time you buy a double socket they charge you a different price

Haha yes, had this with some lamps the other day. I kept tight lipped that I had brought the same lamps and same amount the day before and the price was about £25 more 2nd time. In the end I told him the crack he went red in the face and gave me some crap about not knowing how the last bloke could of give me them for that price,but as he did he would have to honer the same price etc. They just try and see what they can get away with. I hate using CEF unless it's my local branch and even then they are about number 4 on my list out of who I would go to 1st lol.

 

[Breeze]

Haha yes, had this with some lamps the other day. I kept tight lipped that I had brought the same lamps and same amount the day before and the price was about £25 more 2nd time. In the end I told him the crack he went red in the face and gave me some crap about not knowing how the last bloke could of give me them for that price,but as he did he would have to honer the same price etc. They just try and see what they can get away with. I hate using CEF unless it's my local branch and even then they are about number 4 on my list out of who I would go to 1st lol.

Yes just so convenient for me when I on a callout for the local letting agent

 

[Welchyboy1]

Porcelain tiles

IKEA light fittings that dont come with a ceiling hook

 

[Englishman]

What's wrong with using short brown and blue sleeving?

And red! I'm forever nicking red sleeving when I come across loads of it over the switch line, it comes in useful when it's missing.

As for twisted earths, there is a firm near me who work on all the mansions going up, the ----- who owns them specifies it.

As for my hates, badly or non existent labelling on CUs is one, another is stupidly short cables, both at accessories and the CU.

And the length of the cpc flying lead on hager rcbos isn't even remotely amusing.

 

[Leesparkykent]

Yes just so convenient for me when I on a callout for the local letting agent

I do have an account, but I tend to pay by card over the counter when using CEF as kept getting nasty surprises on my invoices at the end of the month (Tried charging me £12 for a MK 60898 mcb once lol). It's handy to have the account though as it's a national and use it when not working locally for the odd bit of material.

 

[sparkdog]

"Its worked fine like that for 50 years".......Yes missus,its probably going to fry someone or incinerate any minute now.
DIY socket wiring where the cable is so short you can hardly even get at the terminals...They must wire it and then pull the slack through.
SWA earthed with jubilee clips.

 

[Leesparkykent]

When someone has split the strands on 10mm bonding cable either side of the single screw on a bonding clamp and the strength of your little finger could pull it out of the clamp. I always lug mine.

 

[NDG Elecs]

1. Customers
2. Clients
3. Punters

Not that I'm ungrateful or anything...

 

[Welchyboy1]

Having to unscrew every mcb and take the busbar out then do it all up again just to add an mcb to a CU

 

[NDG Elecs]

4. The new EIC form. Looks a PITA. Still, it keeps the IET bods busy.

5. DBs that are a complete nest when you take off the cover and you can't find the cables to do your testing without dismantling half the board first.

6. Tradepoint. They make my blood vapourise rather than boil. Without being flippant I truly detest their counters.

 

[PEG]

Sorry for the most pointless post ever but there is in the osg or regs, something along the line of not covering the entire cable,

I think a case could be made,for NOT covering the entire exposed cable,as a small piece of marker,is instantly obvious as a marker on a conductor which you can identify its' original colour also.
Any exuberance of covering up the existing insulation colour,could require excessive effort,to determine what it was covering.

I once worked with a lad who routinely removed the neutral insulation,up into the sheath,then slid a piece of live (insert colour) over the bare conductor back in place...
I pointed out the now severing of the insulation,but he had "always done it"...so,there we are...

Oh,and pet hates....Long-winded examples of minor thread whinge deviation...:yes:

 

[NDG Elecs]

PEG I would like to wager that you will never use the phrase "minor thread whinge deviation" ever again in your life!

Shame really as it has a nice ring to it!!

 

[Knobhead]

People asking damn fool questions about what gets me annoyed!