Top Electrical Tips!

[Silly Sausage]

Viz stylee....

Use your ammeter to find the current rating of fuses and mcbs when the numbers have been rubbed off.

 

[telectrix]

stud your work boots with steel studs.

 

[snowhead]

If you're not sure how long a cable run is just buy more cable than you need.

 

[Kamikaze]

If you don’t like the dark, leave the lights on.

 

[telectrix]

i prefer the dark side. no inland revenue there.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Fill your junction boxes with filler, that will stop the connections becoming loose.

 

[Kamikaze]

i prefer the dark side. no inland revenue there.

Didn’t think about that. On second thoughts, let’s turn the lights off.


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When testing and inspecting a shower, don’t get naked.

 

[Silly Sausage]

After confessing that you're a Electrical Trainee and find you've got a problem with a 3 phase motor......
PM Tony.

 

[kingeri]

Remember to use the accessory you're installing to crush all the wires into the correct place.

 

[scotsparky]

the flick it on and see if it will go bang test is always left to the apprentice

 

[Marvo]

If you're a DIY'er installing your new 18kW shower the existing 2.5mm cable is fine and it will also now double as a towel heater and mirror demister.

 

[44ALLAN]

Bondage is no fun without plastic pipes !

 

[trev]

It's only a few wires, what can possibly go wrong?

 

[Thefailsafe2012]

For all wiring applications, please see my sig.

If that's too complex, it's brown to brown blue to blue, chuck the rest away

 

[silva.foxx]

Mount control panels, enclosues, joint boxes, trunking and traywork by eye with tilted head, so that water runs off them more easylierly.


Cables in panels don't need to resemble rainbows... stick with one colour like black... and don't let numbering spoil the look.


Schematics in panels are fire hazards, remove them to the nearest bin.


In wet areas, panel fan inlets should be low down, sucking in without filtration.