Why part P is here.

[GiZmorob]

I turned up to this job just before Xmas.
I was called out to help this lady who had tried to unscrew a G9 bulb and broke it off in the fitting.
While working on the fitting at the bottom of this image I noticed the cpc sticking out of a junction box so had a look and this is what I found.



To top it off while packing some tools away in the hall I see a socket with writing on "NO EARTH TAKE CARE".

Isolated these parts until I can get back but brings into question all the circuits. Would of been a call-out but now its I got to go back and put it all right.

What do you guys think??????

 

[telectrix]

des, what about builders? why are cement mixers too small to stuff a builder in? unless we can get them in those readymix ones on ther back of the wagons.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

des, what about builders? why are cement mixers too small to stuff a builder in? unless we can get them in those readymix ones on ther back of the wagons.

well as most builders are a bit like old bricks n stones......you could put em in....and use em to knock off all the old cement in the drum.....

 

[GLENNSPARK]

to raise a phenomenal amount of revenue ( even more than what they've lost by banning smoking in pubs and persuading thousands to give up altogether) the government should impose a walk-in tax to all these diabolical shopping centres. just think, every time a woman walks into matalan, primark, tkmax, etc. electronic sensor £1. kerching!.

yes....you could hide the chip in shoes....
every new pair of shoes she demands....kerching....

 

[telectrix]

knowing most builders, the cement was probably knocked off in the first place.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

knowing most builders, the cement was probably knocked off in the first place.

until they get rumbled...

 

[Des 56]

des, what about builders? why are cement mixers too small to stuff a builder in? unless we can get them in those readymix ones on ther back of the wagons.

Builders ? didn't they evolve from Bricklayers many years ago

It's funny how evolution can take a backwards step

 

[MDJ]

Builders ? didn't they evolve from Bricklayers

No Des, they evolved from Cronic brain diseases

 

[Des 56]

No Des, they evolved from Cronic brain diseases

lol

Wouldn't they need to have one first ?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

lol

Wouldn't they need to have one first ?

oh but they do....heres an examle of one i found in the park......

 

[sparkless]

in fairness I've laid some pretty **** carpets in my time

 

[mamba]

Simple the consumer has got to made aware of their responsibilties and be held more accountable. Fact 83% of electrical consumers do not know of the Electrical Safety Concils let alone Part P or NICEIC or what the requirements are regarding their electrical installation. Also simple solution stop all this hand ringing and act make EICR compulsory every 3 years by law not this recommend of 10 years what rubbish if no EICR with all remidals fixed NO House insurance simple stop all the rubbish in one stroke. We do it with our cars MOT why not electrics??

 

[Geoffsd]

Because very few people are killed by electricity.

Please don't wake up Nicholas.

 

[mamba]

Really !! how foolish of me and there I was thinking prevention is better than cure, and 1 [one] death from faulty or badly installed electrics is 1 to many let alone a FEW??? But hey take you comments on board so in the meantime lets keep selling CU's in B&Q lets keep the Pub do it for a tenner spark wire in showers in 2.5 with no RCD and light circuits with no CPC and all us sparks who give a $%&+ can keep ringing our hands and throwing our arms in the air saying we cannot command a rate that is in line and fair for our skills and qualifications Even better why raise the bar at all lets really dumb our whole industry down

Because very few people are killed by electricity.

Please don't wake up Nicholas.

 

[Geoffsd]

Really !! how foolish of me and there I was thinking prevention is better than cure, and 1 [one] death from faulty or badly installed electrics is 1 to many let alone a FEW???

I was merely responding to your proposal/demand for EICRs as a means to increase electrical safety and explaining why it is not already implemented.

The fact is it is not necessary because electrical installations are not considered, by the powers that be, to be a danger to the public because very few people are killed by electricity - especially in the home.

Your sentiments may be admirable but that is not how the world works.

Far more people are killed (in the home) by simple accidents not to mention the ten a day on the roads.


Edit - I should add that as well as the 'powers that be' it must also be considered unnecessary by the insurance companies.

 

[trev]

so in the meantime lets keep selling CU's in B&Q

So your solution to some of the ills affecting our trade is to ban sheds selling electrical gear? I can walk into plumb center and as long as I can pay the nice man behind the counter he will sell me everything I need to install a heating system, Halfords will sell me anything I need to install brake pads on your car.
Furthermore, that same shed that you're complaining about sells everything anyone needs to build an estate full of houses. I'm not saying it's right but it's just the way it is mate and it will not change because the shed are owned by massive businesses that the government are scared of.