Think you had a bad day?

[mickys86]

Think you had a bad day? Think of me. Managed to stupidly drill through main over head 3 phase supply cable. Yes it went bang. Yes it took out at least 4 streets of houses and one large commercial site.

No one was hurt and All sorted now, Just thought you'd all like a giggle haha

 

[mickys86]

How big was that cable?

Not sure. If I had to guess it looked about the same size as 16mm swa. Obv it was concentric cable thou.

 

[Silly Sausage]

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[telectrix]

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you mean he should have been standing on one, or he is one?

 

[Marvo]

Or he should be walking one???

 

[JD6400]

I feel for you , one of our lads went straight through the centre of the 3ph incomer to the farm which he was converting to tt , last year .
As you can see , they came out in force !

 

[Silly Sausage]

Lucky he didn't go through his foot!

 

[JD6400]

I think it would have been cheaper

 

[happysteve]

I feel for you , one of our lads went straight through the centre of the 3ph incomer to the farm which he was converting to tt , last year .
As you can see , they came out in force !

Blimey! Someone with that skill and accuracy is in the wrong business, he should be prospecting for gold!

 

[JD6400]

Blimey! Someone with that skill and accuracy is in the wrong business, he should be prospecting for gold!

That is a fair point .
The DNO boys were actually very impressed !

It was made worse by the fact the farmer had sworn blind that the incomer was the other side of the fence , so our lad did not bother to cat scan it first . Not realising that they usually ( I tend to find so ) leave a loop at the bottom of the transformer post !

 

[JD6400]

Took all three in one go

 

[ipf]

Give over moaning, maad ---. I've just had 2 hours of my friday night in the usual boozer listening to some stupid Rod Stewart impersonator.......at least you had your defenders on...

 

[Besoeker]

Think you had a bad day? Think of me. Managed to stupidly drill through main over head 3 phase supply cable. Yes it went bang. Yes it took out at least 4 streets of houses and one large commercial site.

No one was hurt and All sorted now, Just thought you'd all like a giggle  haha

Ouch!!

 

[Pete999]

I Don't do things by half haha

A bit off center with your measurements, but not bad lol

 

[Resu]

And I thought I did well chiselling through the cord of the hammer drill I was using on Thursday!

 

[Geordie Spark]

Think you had a bad day? Think of me. Managed to stupidly drill through main over head 3 phase supply cable. Yes it went bang. Yes it took out at least 4 streets of houses and one large commercial site.

No one was hurt and All sorted now, Just thought you'd all like a giggle  haha

I hope you haven't blunted the drill.

These days there aren't many blokes know how to sharpen them properly.

Just seen the piccy of the drill & think you should be able to braze a new bit of tungsten carbide on the end of it ok.

You'll need a green grit grinding wheel and a diamond lap to sharpen it though.

Piece of pi$$ really.