Why do people do it?

[Bradzz]

Why do some people have such a poor standard of work and get away with it.

 

[rocker]

Yhe sink half way up the wall is farking hilarious.

 

[SMB]

Hmm Part "p"....



I'm doing testing on landlords' supplies in blocks of flats for a london borough, the other week I was asked to PIR a flat which was having prepayed meter fitted (the switchroom is kept secure so tennant wouldn't be able to access the meter).
The flat had been rewired a matter of weeks previously and here's a rough list of my comments on the PIR...
no rcd label
no inspection label

Enginerr68..smirk....

Do we really care about labelling?

I don't.

the earthing isuse you mention is of major importance.

the comment about labels is laughable ( !!! )

 

[Silly Sausage]

MP's daughter was Jenny Tonge, Hampton Hill. The install wasn't to bad apart from the diagonally run cable they put the screw through.

If that installer had followed this advice...
http://www.electriciansforums.net/e...rical-forum/32981-steel-pvc-3.html#post271536
you might not have had part P now...

 

[SMB]

Hmm Part "p"....

I'm doing testing on landlords' supplies in blocks of flats for a london borough, the other week I was asked to PIR a flat which was having prepayed meter fitted (the switchroom is kept secure so tennant wouldn't be able to access the meter).
The flat had been rewired a matter of weeks previously and here's a rough list of my comments on the PIR...
no rcd label
no inspection label
no harmonised wiring label (roomstat wiring was existing 3 core+earth)
missing blanks in consumer unit
absent main protective bond to water service (they had tried to piggy back from the gas bond but had used a 50mm through crimp which fell apart!!!!)
4x double sockets unspurred from ring circuit
loose connections in almost all accessories
NO MAIN EARTH CONNECTED!!!!!!!!!

I forget the rest but I truly have never seen such an awful installation, it looked like whoever did it had absolutely no idea. There was skirting trunking throughout and instead of stripping out the existing wiring and using that they ran YT2 all over the place, massive gaps at joints and bends, diagonally across ceilings to light fittings and all sorts.

This is a COUNCIL owned flat but had no completion certificate. The council employed the subbies who installed it so how does that work? A domestic customer has to pay extra for an registered sparks who will have to go through the rigmarole of notification etc but as the council own the property all that goes out the window???

I REALLY WANNA SWEAR!!!

Quick....get the stickers stuck on.

Im joking.


Labelling is a real important part of an electrical installation. If its domestic then its not too confusing to work out what mcb controls what. If your working where I am then no labelling is a pain.

I couldn't care less about no "rcd label", no "inspection label", and no "harmanised wiring label" (thats the most funny one by the way).



What I do care about is if the sparks who have worked on the installation in the past have taken the time to mark-up the mains unit. It takes 30 seconds to do this.


"harmonised wiring label" my butt.

 

[SMB]

Quick......sleeve-up your red wires brown (don't forget to sleeve up the black one blue).


3 Phase.........? Be careful what you do with the blue.



Harmonisation?.........laugh.