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

[IAmSparkytus!]

Not a dodgy picture but found this amusing today. Funny how times have changed and this would have probably been quite a deterrent at the time. Any clue as to what the implications are of cutting them off now?

 

[Dustydazzler]

That label would just egg me on to cut off the tags just to see how long it takes for my £5 penalty letter to drop on the door mat

 

[Fazz711]

£5 probably a lot of money when that was new

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Probably got a bit lucky here. Did Zdb and didn’t visually see what was going on, been testing Easy 9 boards this week so the line on the right didn’t really click with me. Turned the main switch on to do the RCD tests and my eyes caught how the cables were coming into the back of the board so I was wiggling round right next to the neutral bar, then I saw it ?.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Probably got a bit lucky here. Did Zdb and didn’t visually see what was going on, been testing Easy 9 boards this week so the line on the right didn’t really click with me. Turned the main switch on to do the RCD tests and my eyes caught how the cables were coming into the back of the board so I was wiggling round right next to the neutral bar, then I saw it ?.

 

[SJD]

Lounge light, with '"low-profile" pull-cord switch:

which of course is mounted in the ceiling void above:

 

[DPG]

Probably got a bit lucky here. Did Zdb and didn’t visually see what was going on, been testing Easy 9 boards this week so the line on the right didn’t really click with me. Turned the main switch on to do the RCD tests and my eyes caught how the cables were coming into the back of the board so I was wiggling round right next to the neutral bar, then I saw it ?.

Nasty!

 

[brianmoooore]

You certainly can't criticise the IP rating of that bathroom switch.

 

[Mikegh]

Nasty!

Brings me back to the discussion about cooker isolators and the requirements for one or not

I actually remember a discussion with an inspector

He told me how a kitchen fitter had been electrocuted after switching off at the MCB only, reverse polarity as well

 

[brianmoooore]

This is what Voltsticks are for.

 

[timhoward]

Probably got a bit lucky here. Did Zdb and didn’t visually see what was going on, been testing Easy 9 boards this week so the line on the right didn’t really click with me. Turned the main switch on to do the RCD tests and my eyes caught how the cables were coming into the back of the board so I was wiggling round right next to the neutral bar, then I saw it ?.

About 20 years ago I turned a Wylex off at main switch, cut through a T+E cable with damaged wire cutters, got a right bolt and blew the main fuse. Whole board was reversed.
Once bitten twice shy, and been sticking a 2 pole on the N and E ever since.

 

[Mikegh]

This is what Voltsticks are for.

100%

Prove dead and confirm with a voltstick always

 

[Pete999]

This is what Voltsticks are for.

I hoe you are kidding. Mate please say you are volt sticks are only as good t as the person using them, and that says a lot

 

[brianmoooore]

I hoe you are kidding. Mate please say you are volt sticks are only as good t as the person using them, and that says a lot

Voltsticks should never be used for proving dead, but are absolutely invaluable for indicating may still be live.

 

[telectrix]

easywy. switch off what you think is the OCPD. plug in kettle. if you ain't got tea within 5 minutes, it' proven dead. 9unless , of course, the kettle is FUBAR, then it's guess again.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I know a sparks who used to turn circuits back on to boil his kettle then forget to switch the circuit back off before grabbing the bare cables he was just working on before brewing up , must have seen him zap himself 3 or 4 times one month like this …

he was an cps approv sparks as well

 

[telectrix]

he was an cps approv sparks as well

says it all, more money than sense, brains in underpants.

 

[Mikegh]

100%

Prove dead and confirm with a vol

L

I hoe you are kidding. Mate please say you are volt sticks are only as good t as the person using them, and that says a lot

That is exactly the point

The more you use voltsticks the more you depend on them

I don't go near anything without one

 

[ipf]

L

That is exactly the point

The more you use voltsticks the more you depend on them

I don't go near anything without one

That's a bit desperate!

......and the more you use one the quicker it goes faulty or the batteries knacker.

Don't depend on a voltstick.

 

[telectrix]

L

That is exactly the point

The more you use voltsticks the more you depend on them

I don't go near anything without one

i have 3 of them in my toolbag. 1 is slightly different.it has a forked business end, so in a bunch of conductors, as you sometimes get in multiple switches. it don't pickupfrom adjacent cables. you just put the forked bit over the suspect conductor.