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:

 

[Dustydazzler]

And mini trunking outside sometimes too !

Love a bit of external mini trunking

 

[telectrix]

Looks like a good idea to me. I'm in the middle of doing some decorating and I'm planning on putting a new socket in. If I just chisel out enough to glue the socket in then all I need to do is run a 45 deg channel to the new socket. The current one is already a spur so I'll just use 1mm cable (got a reel of black in the van) so that I don't overload it and job done. Saves on the cost of a back box and less work.

congratulations. you has just passed all the criteria to become a masterbatorbuilder.

 

[littlespark]

Seen this at Tesco’s last week. Must be wanting to keep the cable clean and not lie it on the ground.
Wont do the plugs much good I reckon.

 

[Zerax]

Looks like a good idea to me. I'm in the middle of doing some decorating and I'm planning on putting a new socket in. If I just chisel out enough to glue the socket in then all I need to do is run a 45 deg channel to the new socket. The current one is already a spur so I'll just use 1mm cable (got a reel of black in the van) so that I don't overload it and job done. Saves on the cost of a back box and less work.

...and twist those CPCs together so that you can get them into the same piece of sleeving...

 

[Dustydazzler]

...and twist those CPCs together so that you can get them into the same piece of sleeving...

sleevin , dint Talk daft man

bare cpc is the way forwards

 

[telectrix]

sleevin , dint Talk daft man

bare cpc is the way forwards

is that why you have 8 kids? ????????

 

[spynage]

Not typical but a good or should I say bad example of things I find in people's houses. Although typically the worst is saved for rented properties don't you find?
This is what looks to be a hinge screw in the neutral block.

 

[freddo]

Is the thread wrapped in ptfe tape to make it fit tighter?!

 

[telectrix]

Not typical but a good or should I say bad example of things I find in people's houses. Although typically the worst is saved for rented properties don't you find?
This is what looks to be a hinge screw in the neutral block.

at least the cpc's are connected. seen loads cut off. down to the "cpc is to strip T/E, no other purpose" brigade

 

[spynage]

Is the thread wrapped in ptfe tape to make it fit tighter?!

Yup. That second wire supplied the extractor fan while the hob was left unconnected. Boiler pressure at 5+ bar with filling loop boxed in as well. Don't think the 25 year old landlady did anything about it either.

 

[ChipFanDave]

Is the thread wrapped in ptfe tape to make it fit tighter?!

No.....It's to stop the electricity leaking out.

 

[telectrix]

No.....It's to stop the electricity leaking out.

it doesn't leak tese days. that's why tesla invented a.c. as edison's d.c leaked out. with a.c. all the electrons thatr try and leak out are then pulled back by the 180 negative cycle. and it's a never ending thing 50 times a second.

 

[DJAndy]

I'm sure a loop through the roses would have been easier

 

[westward10]

How to relocate a consumer unit, quite why they felt the need to relocate it when it was replaced is anyone's guess.

 

[JBW175]

How to relocate a consumer unit, quite why they felt the need to relocate it when it was replaced is anyone's guess.View attachment 63379

That’s rougher than my head this morning, and that’s saying something after the amount of vino I polished off last night.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Another builders board change

 

[Strima]

It's alright, one of the tenants has sorted the bathroom light problem...

 

[telectrix]

Ruff.

 

[westward10]

Another builders board change

No it was an electrical contractor.

 

[telectrix]

No it was an electrical contractor.

Trade name Bodgit & Scarper, pl.?

 

[JBW175]

No it was an electrical contractor.

FFS, I’d be embarrassed to churn out rubbish like that unless it was for a (very) temporary fix.

for the time it’s taken to mash in that, he could have whacked it inside a nice enclosure and made it look tidy.

 

[freddo]

I want to know what all the brown tape was for!

 

[Dustydazzler]

I want to know what all the brown tape was for!

I know , what a waste of tape ...

 

[Dustydazzler]

FFS, I’d be embarrassed to churn out rubbish like that unless it was for a (very) temporary fix.

for the time it’s taken to mash in that, he could have whacked it inside a nice enclosure and made it look tidy.

If an electrician actually left that as the ‘finished’ job then we might as well all pack up tomorrow as we will never compete with such quality workmanship

 

[moose]

I like the DB move and the boxes at least they didn't just use tape.

 

[nicebutdim]

I like the DB move and the boxes at least they didn't just use tape.

I can't see signs of any connectors in those boxes - just the shadow of brown tape right through.

 

[moose]

LOL I meant without the boxes at all.

 

[freddo]

I've looked again, what is going on here? CPC taped up and folded back????

 

[moose]

It could be trying to escape the humiliation

 

[Dustydazzler]

I think the Brown tape is to hide the fact the grey outer sheath is trimmed back and only the cores are clamped under the grip

 

[freddo]

I think the Brown tape is to hide the fact the grey outer sheath is trimmed back and only the cores are clamped under the grip

Why would you need that on the new cables?! That whole photo is just offensive!

 

[moose]

The DB was once at that location and moved to the right wall

 

[westward10]

I've looked again, what is going on here? CPC taped up and folded back????

Everything was connected and as above the tape is covering the conductors. All gone now and in an enclosure.

 

[moose]

Some really incentive things in here. Could set up a new trade with this stuff. On second thought. I think that's taken. Ruff Sparks are us.

 

[telectrix]

I've looked again, what is going on here? CPC taped up and folded back????

he's already used the cpc'sto strip the outer. what else is he expected todo with them.leave them bare so someone can get electrocuted off his other dodgy wrong connections?

 

[LewisM]

Added the circuit top left and noticed that somebody put all the breakers in backwards....

 

[GBDamo]

Added the circuit top left and noticed that somebody put all the breakers in backwards....View attachment 63689

At least they got the RCBO right..

 

[GBDamo]

Added the circuit top left and noticed that somebody put all the breakers in backwards....View attachment 63689

....and what the hells going on with that SWA?

 

[pc1966]

....and what the hells going on with that SWA?

I think they have left the sheath below the armour on all the way down, and it is (hopefully) glanded properly at the top.

But equally it seems strange to have dangling Henleys and the external meter when they could have got the meter kit for the Hager board...

 

[Strima]

I think they have left the sheath below the armour on all the way down, and it is (hopefully) glanded properly at the top.

But equally it seems strange to have dangling Henleys and the external meter when they could have got the meter kit for the Hager board...

The Hager meters are around 3 times the price of a standard meter.