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[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:

 

[Mike Johnson]

That's terrible, no grommet on the back box. ?

 

[loz2754]

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Never seen that before.

 

[littlespark]

Ahh, the cores have been tinned with solder??
I though it was just old alu stranded cables

 

[loz2754]

Ahh, the cores have been tinned with solder??
I though it was just old alu stranded cables

Not just tinned with solder, an actual soldered joint.

 

[LewisM]

Matey reckons it was like that for 40+ years his mate who was a marine engineer did it for him

 

[Pete999]

That's terrible, no grommet on the back box. ?

IF the cables are fixed so they don't move ,then a grommet is not required, I believe,

 

[Mike Johnson]

IF the cables are fixed so they don't move ,then a grommet is not required, I believe,

It was meant as a humorous comment, taking into account the amount wrong in that particular installation, good grief Pete must have been a heavy night.

 

[Pete999]

It was meant as a humorous comment, taking into account the amount wrong in that particular installation, good grief Pete must have been a heavy night.

Not heavy just a normal evening just like the nights in Bath during it's ,

 

[Pete999]

Not heavy just a normal evening just like the nights in Bath during it's heyday , don;t even try asking O value my existence get the picture?,

 

[Julie.]

Not heavy just a normal evening just like the nights in Bath during it's ,

Bath nights still a special evening then.

 

[pc1966]

Bath nights still a special evening then.

Depends with whom...

 

[Mike Johnson]

My closest neighbour is a marine engineer and spends normally ten weeks on board getting to wherever they are going, but as he says being on the water in the Atlantic you make do with what you have to hand.

 

[telectrix]

every Xmas whether i need one or not.

 

[static zap]

Matey reckons it was like that for 40+ years his mate who was a marine engineer did it for him

Working on well rotted , Landy wiring ,a good layer of solder makes for a low rot joint . (But hopeless for screw terminals as solder creeps under compression.
(so would not surprise me it that was a marine way)

 

[DJAndy]

Something wrong with the shower mate...

 

[Dustydazzler]

snapped earth , nice find

 

[DJAndy]

snapped earth , nice find

It looks like the end had been bent into a terminal once upon a time - the last person had just wrapped it round the supply CPC though.

 

[timhoward]

Nice supply….

 

[Pete999]

Nice supply….
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Lovely??

 

[timhoward]

Lovely??

Mains via 6 core alarm cable to the nearest light fitting. Discovered at the light fitting.

 

[Mike Johnson]

As far as I can remember when I installed our alarm, the power is supposed to be off a switched fused supply, in France it has to be off its own MCB.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Seen bell wire used quite a few times but never 3 pair alarm wire

 

[Dave OCD]

And he put in built in strain relief, by way of a knot in the cable. ?

 

[pc1966]

And he put in built in strain relief, by way of a knot in the cable. ?

I have seen that a few times on PA amps for musicians several decades ago, and the (unclamped) cable twisted round multiple times till the CPC breaks off. There were (mostly) pre-RCD times and I really wonder that so few musicians dies on stage if what I was was a representative sample

 

[MrPupsi]

Where to start….

 

[Dustydazzler]

Core blimey that is dreadful , it’s so laughably bad it’s good

 

[nicebutdim]

A lot to take in.

Almost missed the beautifully positioned MET.

 

[timhoward]

Wow! Special! Personally I'd start with the size of the link wire between the main earth and the cpc's (that took me a moment to find) as that is quite seriously iffy. No, cancel that, just seen RCD wiring!
Everything out!

 

[westward10]

I assume the left side rcd serves no purpose probably from nuisance tripping.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Looks like the left rcd has been decommissioned, blooming thing kept tripping out

 

[ipf]

Looks like the left rcd has been decommissioned, blooming thing kept tripping out

Was gonna say.........at least most of it's dead.....by the looks??

The yellow caps are on the bar spares.....what's the problem? ?

 

[MrPupsi]

So it’s a new DB mounted on top of an old 3036 board carcass, with the original earthing terminal still in situ. It was actually hidden behind the back of the plastic DB, I took at it with a pair of pliers to expose it!

The RCD is just there for decoration now, it’s been bypassed. If you look closely you’ll see a brown tail going into the bottom of the last circuit on the left to provide power.
Out of interest I wired it correctly to see if the RCD would trip out and it didn’t, and I didn’t pick up anything on the EICR either!

 

[Dave OCD]

I reckon that was a DIY job, you just couldn't make such an awful mess of meter tails if you tried, that and a dozen other things.

 

[ipf]

I reckon that was a DIY job, you just couldn't make such an awful mess of meter tails if you tried, that and a dozen other things.

Not so sure about the DIY. With some of the crap these days it wouldn't surprise me if they were with one of the scams.
Got the wibbly wobblies with them tails.......in the unit, they look like Olive Oil's legs on Popeye.

 

[LeeH]

This is literally a £1,000,000 worth of machine here.

 

[Dartlec]

This is literally a £1,000,000 worth of machine here.

Was the pen holder an extra? That's where they always get you on these machine, the extras list....

 

[Mike Johnson]

This is literally a £1,000,000 worth of machine here.

And does what exactly?

 

[Mike Johnson]

Was the pen holder an extra? That's where they always get you on these machine, the extras list....

I remember when British Leyland reduced the cost of a Mini by making the heater and spare wheel an extra, well we have gone back to selling cars without spare wheels, I think on the Mini it was to get the cost down below the cc of the engine, 850cc at that time only, the Cooper and Cooper S where in the distant future.

 

[brianmoooore]

I remember when British Leyland reduced the cost ......

BMC. Long before British Leyland.

 

[ruston]

And you could have an Austin or Morris. They had lots of quirks to say the least, but they were great little cars.

And for a bit of Class - The Riley Elf and the Wolseley Hornet.