Wet Pants why oh why....

[Dustydazzler]

Long story short my brother is having a new boiler fitted , the old one was wired via a plug top to a kitchen worktop socket.
So I (FOC) wired him a new 2.5 radial on its own circuit back to the board fished under the floor and through a cupboard so took about a hour left the end coiled up next the consumers unit. Fitted a nice new surface spur in the cupboard ready to be energised once the plumber was there.
Wet pants has pulled my cable out , removed my fused spur and put the new boiler back on a plug top into the worktop socket just because I couldn't get there when he wanted to liven the spur up.

Argggg...

Why he pulled the cable out and removed the spur I have no idea.

 

[telectrix]

get out the MFT and wander lead. null the meter, fall over the wander lead that tangles round your legs when half way up your steps. clip end on cable at light, then realise that tripping over the wander lead has pulled the croc off at the switch. SOD IT. brown/blue every time.

 

[Risteard]

get out the MFT and wander lead. null the meter, fall over the wander lead that tangles round your legs when half way up your steps. clip end on cable at light, then realise that tripping over the wander lead has pulled the croc off at the switch. SOD IT. brown/blue every time.

No need for a wander lead. Simply put one of the browns on the cpc terminal on the backbox and bell it out.

 

[telectrix]

No need for a wander lead. Simply put one of the browns on the cpc terminal on the backbox and bell it out.

too easy. you'll have apprentices over educated.

 

[pirate]

Tel, you have a ...
headtorch???
Traitor!
and i thought you were old school too...

BTW, I have a 100m drum of twin red if anybody is interested...

 

[pirate]

JK...they are not just stupid, they are evil!

 

[davesparks]

Are single pvc/pvc and earth not readily available? What do you do if you need to take a neutral and earth to a light with a switch wire coming from somewhere else? Just run a t+e?

It's very rare to encounter that situation as the way we wire lighting circuits generally doesn't produce that situation. Plus we are used to thinking in terms of using T&E so would naturally tend to wire the lighting that way.
But yes when a single conductor and earth is needed then we would normally just run a twin and only use one conductor.

 

[Risteard]

It's very rare to encounter that situation as the way we wire lighting circuits generally doesn't produce that situation. Plus we are used to thinking in terms of using T&E so would naturally tend to wire the lighting that way.
But yes when a single conductor and earth is needed then we would normally just run a twin and only use one conductor.

I would suggest that it's not that uncommon with outside lights though, or wall lights etc.

 

[davesparks]

I would suggest that it's not that uncommon with outside lights though, or wall lights etc.

I can't say I recall ever encountering the need for single core and earth for either of those.
Normally I'd just take a feed to the switch and s/l and neutral to the light from the switch, or alternatively use a joint box. But that's what I mean by us approaching the job from the point of view of using T&E rather than having a single core cable available.

 

[JK-Electrical]

JK...they are not just stupid, they are evil!

Aye ..... the spawn of satan.

 

[telectrix]

Aye ..... the spawn of satan.

.that's derogatory to Satan. i'll have to report you for Satanism post.

 

[Pete999]

Aye ..... the spawn of satan.

Why do you say that JK? any specific reason

 

[JK-Electrical]

Why do you say that JK? any specific reason

First reason.

Second reason.

Third reason.

 

[Spoon]

Tel, you have a ...
headtorch???
Traitor!
and i thought you were old school too...

I'm glad he does as I borrowed it when he was doing work at ours. I lost mine, so I have now bought a new one.

 

[Pete999]

First reason.

Second reason.

Third reason.

Safe to say then JK, you don't have a lot of time for Plumbers???

 

[JK-Electrical]

Safe to say then JK, you don't have a lot of time for Plumbers???

Safe as houses Pete.