Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

[Darkwood]

Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

Rules....No Offensive material... edit if required before posting as this is the public arena.
Anything to do with the trade or in and around it ...H&S pic's welcome.



I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago. mg_smile:

 

[Dartlec]

Buzz off with your puns!

 

[Dartlec]

I assume that pic was taken in america? If so that's just a normal US Bee Port isn't it? (yes I'm getting my coat, why do you ask?)

 

[DPG]

I assume that pic was taken in america? If so that's just a normal US Bee Port isn't it? (yes I'm getting my coat, why do you ask?)

I can't tell whether to be impressed or disappointed.

 

[static zap]

Bee board pic stolen from facebook.

I may bee .. a bit sad , but I think that's an advantage , public info.
... For my mental health , I don't actually have to go there nor be snooped on. (Or blasted with adverts .. and online conversations )

 

[Dartlec]

I can't tell whether to be impressed or disappointed.

Why not both ?

 

[littlespark]

I just reflexed my uncles sheep shearing contraption. The picture below is the original flex…. PAT afterwards and all good….
but look. Core colours are red, black and green, no yellow stripe.
uninsulated pins on the plug.
And the flex isn’t damaged by something cutting it…. It’s just so old that it’s cracked along the thinnest parts in a spiral following the the cores inside.

 

[nicebutdim]

I'm guessing that spiral is due to outer sheath having been wrapped - like you might see on some hydraulic hose. Never knew cables were ever constructed in that way, although it's not altogether surprising.

 

[westward10]

That is how they were constructed the cord you can see prevents the conductors being stretched.

 

[telectrix]

I just reflexed my uncles sheep shearing contraption. The picture below is the original flex…. PAT afterwards and all good….
but look. Core colours are red, black and green, no yellow stripe.
uninsulated pins on the plug.
And the flex isn’t damaged by something cutting it…. It’s just so old that it’s cracked along the thinnest parts in a spiral following the the cores inside.

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obviouslyyou'd run outof a bit of tape and some wet&dry.

 

[littlespark]

No…. The flex wasn’t wrapped like suggested… there are some parts intact, and complete without the lines that wrapping would show.

the white string cord inside the flex was used as a strain relief at the motor end.
the flex just passed through a grommit, and two of the strings were tied round a bit of plastic to stop it falling back out.
I replaced it with a stuffing gland.

 

[ipf]

No…. The flex wasn’t wrapped like suggested… there are some parts intact, and complete without the lines that wrapping would show.

the white string cord inside the flex was used as a strain relief at the motor end.
the flex just passed through a grommit, and two of the strings were tied round a bit of plastic to stop it falling back out.
I replaced it with a stuffing gland.

So you left the cable as then? ?

And the string idea's innovative, for farmer. Normally, if it works it'll do.......but the longer it works the better. A few repairs, I'd wager.

A machine that's been shearing sheep for more than 50 years must be interesting.

 

[Doomed]

Came across this on another forum - I know nothing about it but it looks interesting (but I would of turned it off before tahing a picture !)

 

[Dartlec]

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Came across this on another forum - I know nothing about it but it looks interesting (but I would of turned it off before tahing a picture !)

Then there wouldn't be enough light to take a photo!

But I'd be turning the board off before going anywhere near it for sure....

 

[ipf]

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Came across this on another forum - I know nothing about it but it looks interesting (but I would of turned it off before tahing a picture !)

Looks like a new method of fibre optics........Hell fire, that is hot!!

 

[Dustydazzler]

Great Advertisement for the new fandango arc fault circuit intergrated devices

 

[Dartlec]

Great Advertisement for the new fandango arc fault circuit intergrated devices

Except that looks like possibly a lighting circuit, which wouldn't need one in the proposed amendment if I recall?

 

[Dustydazzler]

Except that looks like possibly a lighting circuit, which wouldn't need one in the proposed amendment if I recall?

be on the subsequent amendment

 

[pc1966]

Strange, as in my limited experience of things the only two persistent arcing circuits I have seen were both lights!

Nothing spectacular but the end of wires had fractured and I guess the old 60W bulbs drew enough current to keep a stable small arc going, you could here a slight noise and the last cm or so of the insulation was toast and the end of conductor oddly pointed.

I guess the actual power of such a small current-limited arc was small enough that it did not trigger anything more serious like a fire in nearby materials.

 

[pc1966]

be on the subsequent amendment

Got to keep them profits up!

 

[Mike Johnson]

Got to keep them profits up!

And the legislators in Champers.

 

[ipf]

Strange, as in my limited experience of things the only two persistent arcing circuits I have seen were both lights!

Nothing spectacular but the end of wires had fractured and I guess the old 60W bulbs drew enough current to keep a stable small arc going, you could here a slight noise and the last cm or so of the insulation was toast and the end of conductor oddly pointed.

I guess the actual power of such a small current-limited arc was small enough that it did not trigger anything more serious like a fire in nearby materials.

Not in CU, of course, but shower switches, especially pulls, always seem pretty regular when it comes to arcing/burning.
Fishy smells in bathrooms quite often get misconstrued, I suppose. ?

 

[Dartlec]

Kitchen fitter strikes again...



No idea what makes someone think - I don't need to connect this earth to the terminal on this socket, so it will be safer if I CUT IT BACK.....

Maybe confused by the original socket being earthed by conduit, but ffs....

 

[Dustydazzler]

I regularly come across builders wiring with the cpc cut off ,

my only thinking is they think the bare wire is some sort of ‘spare’ wire

 

[ipf]

Kitchen fitter strikes again...

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No idea what makes someone think - I don't need to connect this earth to the terminal on this socket, so it will be safer if I CUT IT BACK.....

Maybe confused by the original socket being earthed by conduit, but ffs....

Brain dead to$$ers who think they know it all.........not in a shower, is it? ?

 

[Dustydazzler]

At least they used 2.5

the other day I found a brand new kitchen with sockets wired in 1mm

 

[dodger421]

I regularly come across builders wiring with the cpc cut off ,

my only thinking is they think the bare wire is some sort of ‘spare’ wire

It’s the bit they put in for stripping the sheath. Serves no other purpose, if it did the manufacturer would insulate it like the other two.

Better put a smiley in here in case someone thinks I’m being serious

 

[Dartlec]

Brain dead to$$ers who think they know it all.........not in a shower, is it? ?

Thankfully 'only' in a kitchen.... This has been the worst EICR of the crop, but I'm finally more or less there, thank god....

 

[littlespark]

That really is a special kind of incompetence.

Ive just started on a kitchen refurb, and knocking the tiles off found 2 x covered over old sockets with live joints just taped up. But at least the cpc was connected!

 

[ipf]

It’s the bit they put in for stripping the sheath. Serves no other purpose, if it did the manufacturer would insulate it like the other two.

Better put a smiley in here in case someone thinks I’m being serious

'No earth sleeving handy so what's the point of it?'

 

[LewisM]