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:

 

[Moley]

And why 2 x 16 and 1 x 32?? That looks like the sort of person I would have rewire my house

 

[westward10]

Can we keep this to dodgy pics and not sidetrack the thread please.

 

[telectrix]

oooopps. thought it said doggy pics.

 

[westward10]

Well they look dodgy Tel

 

[Blissof89]

Back at the DIY disaster again today.

 

[Wilko]

Open it open it, we want see what's inside !!!

 

[telectrix]

Back at the DIY disaster again today.

that conduit looks as if it was made by Nissan.

 

[sweet212]

The classic home made maintenace free joint box.

Step 1 Leave existing metal back box in the wall.

Step 2 Remove all cable grommets and ram in new cables so they can snag upon entry.

Step 3 Use 20A wagos to connect ring final circuit and load. Remember to cross the load and ring neutral over.

Step 4 Cut the back from another metal back box and screw up tight

Step 5 Use a marker pen to put an MF label.

When finished with the ring do the cooker next.

Its a new one for me.

 

[Toneyz]

No protection for the customer's worktop then?

 

[DPG]

As above, hope the worktop is due for replacement as part of the job.

 

[telectrix]

tragedy here is his chisel has broke a tooth off.

 

[freddo]

PVC trunking installed on the front of a church.

New submain cable installed more discreetly alongside existing supply cable.

 

[Rpa07]

God will appreciate the care you took!
Nice job.

PVC trunking installed on the front of a church.
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New submain cable installed more discreetly alongside existing supply cable.
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Not much angle on that ladder, I take it that you adjusted 4:1 before you ascended.
I think that was the angle of the ladder Jacob saw with the angels ascending and descending. Mind you, they weren’t carrying battery drills!
(Sorry Lord for my flippance)

 

[freddo]

God will appreciate the care you took!

It hasn't happened yet, been working with great care in 2 churches for the past month, every time I go to work outside it pours down, took several attempts to fix that cable to avoid the wind and rain!

Not much angle on that ladder, I take it that you adjusted 4:1 before you ascended.

The angle is more than it looks in the photo!

 

[Silly Sausage]

PVC trunking installed on the front of a church.
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New submain cable installed more discreetly alongside existing supply cable.
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Good God!!!
I've always said that white pvc trunking is the spawn of The Devil.

 

[Wilko]

This GU10 fitting was buried under insulation and had been cooking for a while before it started tripping. Scorch makes on ceiling joist etc.

 

[MG201]

The classic home made maintenace free joint box.

Step 1 Leave existing metal back box in the wall.

Step 2 Remove all cable grommets and ram in new cables so they can snag upon entry.

Step 3 Use 20A wagos to connect ring final circuit and load. Remember to cross the load and ring neutral over.

Step 4 Cut the back from another metal back box and screw up tight

Step 5 Use a marker pen to put an MF label.

When finished with the ring do the cooker next.

Its a new one for me.

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I’m just wondering wat was in the other MF backbox

 

[freddo]

I still can't believe they actually wrote MF onto those covers!

 

[Rpa07]

I think it's their signature - he he!

 

[freddo]

I think it's their signature - he he!

That's also 2/3 of my initials!

 

[Dave OCD]

Ah but the MF doesn't stand for Maintenance Free, it's massive #### ##.

 

[Jim_e_Jib]

This is at a local plant nursery. The circuit is fed in 2.5mm T+E from a house to an outbuilding across an unsupported span of about 6m. In the outbuilding this is split in the back of a 2 gang socket with four 2.5mm cables going to various parts of the nursery. One of these cables is in the pictures below.

 

[Pete999]

Nice!!!!!

 

[StephenRowley]

Not mine but spotted on Facebook.

 

[freddo]

Extra low profile 'phone socket.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

With rounded corners to match the Tenby 13A.

 

[Rpa07]

I wasn’t around in the days of fused neutrals, perhaps they are making a come back - or is this just massive incompetence?

Not mine but spotted on Facebook.

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[freddo]

With rounded corners to match the Tenby 13A.

I miss Tenby stuff, the terminals were great, easy to wire 2x 6.0mm2 into a socket.

 

[Toneyz]

I miss Tenby stuff, the terminals were great, easy to wire 2x 6.0mm2 into a socket.

I have made the same comment on the forum a few times Contactum was the same when I used it in the 1980's/90's. Nice large bellmouth terminals. The Tenby flex clamps with one screw were very user-friendly.

 

[UKMeterman]

Spotted at London Bridge station, 400V from a standard socket?

 

[DPG]

Love that. Not sure which sticker to pick so just put the whole sheet on eh.

 

[freddo]

In response to the spam post requesting photos for caught on camera, here is one from PE January. No idea what this bloke is doing, (not sure he does either). Brown to blue, blue to green/yellow?! PPE'd to the hilt yet he is using a neon screwdriver. Checkatrade? Better check a bit more...

 

[dksanders]

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just when I thought I'd seen it all.... never in a million years would I have expected to see that.

 

[ipf]

Work this one out......and then see how many things you can find wrong with it.

 

[freddo]

Wow there is all sorts going on there!

 

[Pete999]

Second pic very poor conduit entry to switch fuse.

 

[freddo]

Second pic very poor conduit entry to switch fuse.

But it's got a rubber grommet to protect the conduit!

 

[Pete999]

But it's got a rubber grommet to protect the conduit!

You jest of course, I hope

 

[ipf]

But it's got a rubber grommet to protect the conduit!

What's a grommet...…..between friends?

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

House built 15 years ago, origional wiring, close call