Trade pics for your enjoyment.

[westward10]

It is often said on here we criticise others work without having the conviction to show our own work. We have Dodgy Trade Pics For Your Enjoyment so let's show the other side. No job too small or to big, before or after let's see 'em. I can change the header if someone can think of a better one. I shall start the ball rolling with this considerable board change I did today

 

[AJshep]

Little picture of a small LewedenRCBO board I did the other day, on a top floor flat.

The 16mm SWA is glanded in a 4x4 metal enclosure which is recessed behind the DB, which has a fly lead to my earth bar.
Plastic water and gas main.

The board is mounted on 12mm ply as the builders haven't plastered it yet !( i know their choice)

Another pic of a Wylex DB I did last year.

 

[Dave OCD]

Nothing as lavish as the spectacular Sintra job but here's my little effort from today, a nice little job wiring out a new [replacement] detached garage. We reused the existing 10mm 2 core SWA supply and the 6mm earth in the board may not have been that colour originally, didn't have any in the van so you sometimes have to improvise...

 

[Toneyz]

Nothing as lavish as the spectacular Sintra job but here's my little effort from today, a nice little job wiring out a new [replacement] detached garage. We reused the existing 10mm 2 core SWA supply and the 6mm earth in the board may not have been that colour originally, didn't have any in the van so you sometimes have to improvise...

Nice job nothing wrong with the earth. It looks a substantial garage is it designed for building a dormer office ect above at a later date?

 

[Dave OCD]

I don't think there's any intention to build above it Anthony, it's a chap aged 71 who's always wanted a big garage,his wife said he'll be out there a lot pottering about and she'll have a bit of peace. A really nice couple and they were delighted with the job.

 

[westward10]

Those black line conductors on the Wagos need red sleeving

 

[Dave OCD]

They have brown,as do the grey cores ! Brand new 3 core and earths, 1 to each 2 way switch the switched live/neutral to the lights goes back to the CU as well, it was the most economical way to wire it.

 

[westward10]

Doh, I thought they were red and black cables. I jointed an old swa to new T&E today. Sleeved the blue of the swa black and connected to the blue of the new cable

 

[telectrix]

Those black line conductors on the Wagos need red sleeving

don't you mean brown? or is it pink now, or purple, ?

 

[Toneyz]

I don't think there's any intention to build above it Anthony, it's a chap aged 71 who's always wanted a big garage,his wife said he'll be out there a lot pottering about and she'll have a bit of peace. A really nice couple and they were delighted with the job.

It was looking at the engineered joists.

 

[Dave OCD]

Yes I'm not sure why they were used, handy for the lighting wiring though as I ran the cables above the lower timber, nicely hidden.

 

[happysteve]

Did this for a good friend of mine, a carpenter, on a purely materials at cost basis. New (small) workshop, converted out-house. "I want it bright," he said. Took about a day and a half. Great fun.

Realised after I'd done first fix that I needed to put banjos on (to earth) the short 1 foot sections of conduit between the light fittings, which are plastic. No bother - at least I hadn't drawn the cables in at that point.

 

[AJshep]

I know we've all been in these uncomfortable positions....

Had to rewire a lighting circuit in a Chalet bungalow this week..
Tiled bathroom floor above the dinning room light, and the hallway and lounge switch drop had no access above.
Managed to cut two tiles out along their grout line and squeeze in the hole.

Bathroom is getting redone next year but i managed to patch the hole up with some batten and ply and stuck the tiles back with just grab adhesive.

 

[JAWS]

Nothing as lavish as the spectacular Sintra job but here's my little effort from today, a nice little job wiring out a new [replacement] detached garage. We reused the existing 10mm 2 core SWA supply and the 6mm earth in the board may not have been that colour originally, didn't have any in the van so you sometimes have to improvise...

Trainee question & probably a silly question but can you explain by any chance what is happening there with the Wago connectors? not sure I have seen that method before in a CU.

 

[westward10]

It is probably to do with the light switching.

 

[telectrix]

I know we've all been in these uncomfortable positions....

Had to rewire a lighting circuit in a Chalet bungalow this week..
Tiled bathroom floor above the dinning room light, and the hallway and lounge switch drop had no access above.
Managed to cut two tiles out along their grout line and squeeze in the hole.

Bathroom is getting redone next year but i managed to patch the hole up with some batten and ply and stuck the tiles back with just grab adhesive.
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