what do you find most annoying when doing electrical work?

[NAC]

just thought i would bring up a topic about things that frustrates you when doing installations in domestic or industrial, and if you or anyone has trips to to solve these problems people have, so in a way this topic is for tips for other peolpe to use to make life easyier and just intersted in seeing what gets on peoples nerves.
well i shall start, i hate it that no matter what you do the cable reels (singles) get caught on everything.

 

[Darkwood]

Help your frustrations i slide them on a cable reeler one reels off anti-clockwise the next clockwise then anti-..... and so on this stops them wrapping over each other on the reeler as for catching on other things just one off the jobs pains, my pet hate is on site guys who think they know a bit about your job but know jacksh.., the hover round you like flies explaining how they just wired their mates outside light.

 

[tizbad]

ginger haired, freakishly tall plasterers who cut all the marks off of 1st fixed cables, just cos you slept with their girlfriend about 20 yrs ago when at school

 

[SirKit Breaker]

people who dont think they have to pay now and want to send a cheque next week when you send a bill.

 

[scotsparky]

Speaking to company clients who just assume you will do work on the side for them as you are a spark. I had one guy just say" give me your mobile no so we can sort out when you can do my new d.b" it was the first he had mentioned it and he was 40 miles away!

 

[ryanryan]

apprentices that dont listen, tell lies and seem to have no real interest in the job...

 

[chocolate]

- builders who ( a ) don't know whatthey are actually meant to be building, and ( b ) builders who couldn't organise a round of drinks at a bar.

- apprentices ( in agreement with 'ryanryan' ) who don't listen and learn less.

 

[Lou7]

when the ends fall off t+e cable drums

 

[flukey]

newly insulated lofts

 

[claire_r]

when a customer asks what the problem is two seconds after you have taken the fuse board cover off

 

[Modernelectric]

having to explain bonding and rcd's!

 

[silva.foxx]

I'm a raggedyarsed spark in a factory so often have to pander to the needs of machine operators:

when called to a problem that "... is only a five minute job" ... 2 hours later you're still gonad-deep. Or them other 5 minute troubleshooting jobs... how do they know how long it takes?

"It says on the screen 'emergency stop pressed in' but I've checked them all!" ...apart from the one where you usually lean, mate.

Doing a tidy job wiring up some SWA then a smart assed operator hands you the boot and asks if he should've told you before you terminated.

Operators asking you about doing 'foreigners' for 'a few beers'.

Operators asking why their mum's cousins' shower keeps going off. ESP and Crystal ball required!

Getting lacerations due to apprentices not cutting off tie-wrap ends flush! Oooouchhh, you little...

The offer of suggestions by fitters on how 'they correctly install 2.5 T&E into a 13A plug top for their pond pump'.

When you're troubleshooting a machine and the fitter states: the problem is in the plc. You troubleshoot the program to find a faulty 5/2 valve that should've been a 5/3 valve... that they'd changed earlier!

Running in T&E, clipping then finding you have a twist in the run.

SY braid sticking in your fingers like needles!

Picking up your crimp/ferrules box which isn't clipped together then playing 1000-piece-pick-up!!!

Kneeling on M3.5 screws.

... to name but a few!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Gravid]

Boring out fan holes. Especially when your using a drill with a knackered clutch, you never know when that buggers gonna snag on a brick tie or something.

 

[Mr Mark Sparks]

2 things

while you are here...........
can you just............

 

[claire_r]

hehe at mark.....usually as your doing the paperwork and trying to make a quick exit