We Can't Keep Whining About 5WWs if...

[Hawkmoon]

We keep freely giving out advice and knowledge when OPs, who are obviously not competent, post for help on basic stuff:


1) Do extra sockets I install have to have RCD protection?
2) Why am I getting high r2 readings on a ring?
3) Why has my extractor fan stopped working?
4) Help me with kitchen socket neutral fault


I appreciate that even those of us who are competent in what we do will occasionally come across an area of the trade that is unfamiliar - e.g. the caravan park thread, or even hairdryers in a bathroom! - and seek help...But if we give our knowledge away freely to every TD&H on a public forum we are worsening the Electrical Trainee effect on our work/pay levels and our trade - why make it easier for them?


If the OP should know the answer, don’t tell him!


[FONT=&amp]Sorry - rant over[/FONT]

 

[Spoon]

Yeah, but then you'd need a different colour bin for them. And it wouldn't get emptied if the lid was sticking up, so it'd be no good them tall 5WWs.. Daz

You are just not thinking about this the right way.... you can super glue their knees to their chest... problem solved...

 

[leep82]

I do hope the diversity comment on a cooker cable isnt in relation to the thread i started. if you care to read it again, nowhere do i say i dont know how to apply it. Also worth noting the different responses i got to my question, so not as obvious as some would make you believe.

 

[Hawkmoon]

I do hope the diversity comment on a cooker cable isnt in relation to the thread i started. if you care to read it again, nowhere do i say i dont know how to apply it. Also worth noting the different responses i got to my question, so not as obvious as some would make you believe.

Yep - fair comment - I did ride roughshod over your post in my rant lol - apologies, will remove it

 

[coldyron]

Some threads make you want to pull your hair out. Can we not have a sticky "RCD problem" just to stop them cluttering up the main board?

However, not everyone knows everything. I am from a purely construction background where the regs aren't used nearly as much as they are in domestic (where I'd imagine the majority of posters on this board are from). I moved into the domestic side about a year ago and my knowledge is infinitely better just from reading some of the posts here.

I don't think you can tar everyone with the same brush. Sometimes you might be on your own, under a bit of pressure and your brain can just freeze so you post a thread on here hoping for some advice.

My only complaint with this board is that a lot of posts in threads don't actually contribute anything to the question asked. "What MFT do you use?", "I agree with insert name hero", "lol another Electrical Trainee wonder" etc.

I think my point is, if you don't want to answer a question asked then don't bother replying at all. I know if I was on here asking questions like "Why is this RCD tripping?" and no one replied then I'd give up pretty sharpish.

 

[Marvo]

.........I think my point is, if you don't want to answer a question asked then don't bother replying at all. I know if I was on here asking questions like "Why is this RCD tripping?" and no one replied then I'd give up pretty sharpish.

This pretty much sums it up for me. If I feel the OP warrantsa reply I'll make one, if not then I won't. It's also true if threads are ignored they drop down the pile very quickly and disappear, if you make irrelevant replies they then appear as a 'hot topic', constantly bumped to the top of the stack and get far more attention than they deserve.

 

[Engineer54]

We keep freely giving out advice and knowledge when OPs, who are obviously not competent, post for help on basic stuff:


1) Do extra sockets I install have to have RCD protection?
2) Why am I getting high r2 readings on a ring?
3) Why has my extractor fan stopped working?
4) Help me with kitchen socket neutral fault


I appreciate that even those of us who are competent in what we do will occasionally come across an area of the trade that is unfamiliar - e.g. the caravan park thread, or even hairdryers in a bathroom! - and seek help...But if we give our knowledge away freely to every TD&H on a public forum we are worsening the Electrical Trainee effect on our work/pay levels and our trade - why make it easier for them?


If the OP should know the answer, don’t tell him!


Sorry - rant over

I wholeheartedly agree with you, the only problem is, that these forum pages will be virtually bare!!
It sadly seems that the vast majority of members on this and other electrical forums are made up from the infamous electrical trainee's and 17 day Whizz Kidz!!
...And why, exactly the same thread questions (maybe with just a minor twist) are being posted on a regular day to day basis... lol!!

 

[michaelk]

Well said!