Do other trades actually think ????????????

[Octopus]

Came across this today, whilst fault finding. Fortunately I didn't need to look inside it or isolate any of the circuits ............

Could get interesting ....

 

[Baddegg]

Speechless......

 

[Pete999]

Oh well life goes on

 

[Toneyz]

Oh well life goes on

Except when a circuit breaker trips!

 

[littlespark]

I thought that was 2 galv conduits and thought why would a spark do that?

Now I see it’s the garage door runners. Can’t really put them anywhere else. Why was the CU put in such a silly place

 

[Octopus]

Why was the CU put in such a silly place

The garage was built long before electric garage doors were invented ...

And I suspect the installer didn’t give a txss

 

[Pete999]

Daft place to put a CU in the first place, Kevlar, hard hat and whatever else I might need well and truly in place.

 

[markc123]

I thought that was 2 galv conduits and thought why would a spark do that?

Now I see it’s the garage door runners. Can’t really put them anywhere else. Why was the CU put in such a silly place

True, but anyone with an ounce of common sense would arrange for the electrics to be relocated prior to the garage door being installed.

Client just as much at fault.

 

[Octopus]

Client just as much at fault.

Done by previous owner

 

[markc123]

Done by previous owner

Send my apologies to the client.

The previous owner is a ...... (insert word of choice)

 

[telectrix]

nowt up that an angle grinder can't fix.

 

[BruvDunk]

World is full of nuggets...

 

[Dave OCD]

I've had this exact same problem- the fairly elderly customer rang asking me to move the CU lower down but the only way I can get to it is for the garage door cretins to temporary remove the door automation assembly and refit after the CU resite, the door itself could be left to manually open and close for security as it would be more than a days work for me. But the board is still in the silly place as they quoted her £800 + VAT !!

 

[Deleted member 9648]

I recently did a high end refurb and kitchen which included new CU's in the intake cupboard at one end. Nearing completion I arrived one morning to find Kev had fixed a handmade unit and shelf around one of the CU's so that it was impossible to open the top hinged door flap to access the RCBO's.
"I thought you'd finished?" he helpfully suggested when I enquired what the £&ck he was playing at.
I didn't have to tell him he was a muppet....client was on a site visit and told Kev himself.

 

[Octopus]

mind you, nobody is perfect

This is the 3rd CU inside the main house ..

Its all nice and neat ..........well sort of, but turning off the main switch doesn't isolate all the cables inside it ........ the installer has used this CU to terminate SWA from other circuits in the 2 other CU's to it.....................

Its now sporting a big label warning the next person who opens it

 

[sparkdog]

Looks like a knitting machine, I think I can see a pair of socks emerging from the top.

 

[Risteard]

I thought that was 2 galv conduits

So did I!

 

[davesparks]

Daft place to put a CU in the first place, Kevlar, hard hat and whatever else I might need well and truly in place.

I agree it’s a daft place to put a CU in the first place.
But it was clearly there first and two wrongs don’t make a right.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Came across this today, whilst fault finding. Fortunately I didn't need to look inside it or isolate any of the circuits ............View attachment 44913

Could get interesting ....

What a crazy electrician, installing a CU behind those pipes!

 

[HappyHippyDad]

PS.. I think all trades are the same, it just depends on the person you get. Some electricians will not think about how their work affects other trades and some will, just the same with plumbers, plasterers etc etc.

Of course we're the best though, so that does kind of give us a right to do what we want.

 

[telectrix]

option 1: move CU.
option 2: installl roller shutter door.
option 3 :customer is a numpty and deserves what he gets.

 

[Octopus]

What a crazy electrician, installing a CU behind those pipes!

It's not pipes, it's the garage door runner

 

[Octopus]

Today it was a stupid carpenter..

 

[telectrix]

What a crazy electrician, installing a CU behind those pipes!

them's not pipes, these are pipes:

 

[Pete999]

Normally mistakes happen, and things get obstructed by one trade or another, it's inevitable on some jobs, but being Human and caring we get over these things one way or another, you could blame the Electrician for putting the CU there, equally the Plumber is a complete Idiot for installing those pipes, looks like the art of consideration and communication are a dying art, terrible to carry on, the Plumber probably though well I need the money not my problem if the CU can't be opened, I have had this sort of thing happen on some of the jobs I used to work on, makes you want to take the culprit to one side and give hi a stiff talking too.

 

[Pete999]

them's not pipes, these are pipes:

No mate that's a Pipe
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bull-Brand...&creativeASIN=B007X2SCNU&ascsubtag=A5B5T4I8JP

 

[sparkdog]

" A stiff talking to" Give him some stiff lessons on the pipes he won't forget.

 

[Pete999]

" A stiff talking to" Give him some stiff lessons on the pipes he won't forget.

Well that's what I meant Mate, was trying to be diplomatic.

 

[sparkdog]

Yes, get 'im playing Scotland The Brave and Marie's Wedding before he knows what's hit him.

 

[-Matt]

This one was a fun one with a RCD tripping callout.....

 

[freddo]

 

[Deuce]

mind you, nobody is perfect

This is the 3rd CU inside the main house ..

Its all nice and neat ..........well sort of, but turning off the main switch doesn't isolate all the cables inside it ........ the installer has used this CU to terminate SWA from other circuits in the 2 other CU's to it.....................

Its now sporting a big label warning the next person who opens it

Hang on... That PSU is din mount, supposed to be in an enclosure. The primary power terminals are fully exposed

 

[Deuce]

mind you, nobody is perfect

This is the 3rd CU inside the main house ..

Its all nice and neat ..........well sort of, but turning off the main switch doesn't isolate all the cables inside it ........ the installer has used this CU to terminate SWA from other circuits in the 2 other CU's to it.....................

Its now sporting a big label warning the next person who opens it

Hang on... That PSU is din mount, supposed to be in an enclosure. The primary power terminals are fully exposed

 

[oracle]

One installation had a split board with the main switch and breakers inside the cupboard neatly separated from the RCD and associated breakers by the cupboard side. No cover for the CCU.

The same installation had a long flexible cable from the CCU to a tree in the garden connecting to a metal garage unit supplying the garden lighting!