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Strange that it didn't seem to trip either.

 

[Mikegh]

I was thinking there was 2 bangs looks like only 1

 

[ipf]

Those cutters seemed bit dull, a tough cut and good weld.......leaving them dangling.

 

[oscar21]

As I've mentioned previously we do a bit of work for insurance companies that put right council/housing association properties after fires/floods etc. (this one was a fire caused by a weed grow). What we usually find in a lot of council properties in our area is the kitchen (if its still there) has been upgraded recently with a new ring and cooker circuit and RCBO's installed in place of the non protected circuits but usually the original consumer unit remains, usually very badly done. this was todays example doing an EICR.

Only a little thing but it took me about two hours to rectify, all because they tried to cram a cooker switch into a 25mm box, couldn't get it back so trimmed the cables down as short as possible. Stuff like this wouldn't normally bother me but we get major grief of the council bods for the slightest thing we do wrong (it might be we put 0.4s in the disconnection box on the cert instead of 5s or fit a 230V 9V backup heat alarm instead of a lithium one) yet the actual dangerous stuff they are totally oblivious to and I come across it time after time.

 

[pc1966]

Was reading a thread about repairing imperial MICC and remembered this abomination near me where someone has replaced a Coughtrie light with something of a different size:

 

[nicebutdim]

Was reading a thread about repairing imperial MICC and remembered this abomination near me where someone has replaced a Coughtrie light with something of a different size:
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They had to feel good standing back and looking at that upon completion.

 

[lozarus]

Yes. Much easier.

Need to be careful with these. I chased down an issue at work recently where these had been used but a few hadn't been cut perfectly flush. Results in them not sitting square and breaks contact.

Also in damp environments they can occasionally get a bit fusty at the bare ends and again make poor contact.

In defence of the LV folk, i started in this trade - and there is an art to it - just like with mains. A caring LV installer will confirm that with enough practice and the right technique its possible to make a sound and easy crimp, first time with traditional RJ45s.

 

[Simon47]

... there is an art to it - just like with mains. A caring LV installer will confirm that with enough practice and the right technique its possible to make a sound and easy crimp, first time with traditional RJ45s.

Indeed. By the time you've done a few hundred, or thousand, it gets easy. At a previous job, we used to get work experience kids from school - I'd show them how it's done, let them do their own (with assistance), and then they could take home their very own patch cable that they'd made. It went down well.
Plus it was easier than explaining all the other stuff I did - without giving away too many secrets.

 

[miamia]

Was reading a thread about repairing imperial MICC and remembered this abomination near me where someone has replaced a Coughtrie light with something of a different size:
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Really?

 

[timhoward]

Still live, discovered by a friend who will be rebuilding the shower area:

 

[timhoward]

Stolen from internet - landlord tried to swap an oven bulb with an LED bulb from poundland:

 

[pc1966]

Stolen from internet - landlord tried to swap an oven bulb with an LED bulb from poundland:

I'm actually impressed that it still lights up after that amount of thermal abuse!

 

[freddo]

Stolen from internet - landlord tried to swap an oven bulb with an LED bulb from poundland:

You would have to be quite stupid to think that soft plastic would survive the temperatures found in an oven. That's an amazing bulb to still be working!

 

[mainline]

Stolen from internet - landlord tried to swap an oven bulb with an LED bulb from poundland:
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Pound land does seem to be value for money.

 

[pirate]

Big Clive thinks so! (sometimes...)

 

[Thomas knott]

Great selection of equipment for outside lighting underneath street lighting bollards. An ant nest colonised this one causing earth fault. SWA glands weren't even on properly and only BW type... All of the bollards were like this.

Client "the outside lighting hasn't worked for years and nobody can find out why"

 

[Thomas knott]

Earlier this year, solar PV fire... Tripped out the main ryefield fuses back at the origin of supply. Looked into it, solar ac supply was just wired directly into the tails by the meter. Lucky the 90min fire protection of the riser worked!

The client was shouting asking for the building to be re-energised and I refused until further investigation. Took a while to find this mess and came back next day to fault find fully. If anyone had put fuses back in, the solar PV would be straight back into fault.

 

[oscar21]

Who needs grommets.

 

[Raptor0014]

Suspended ceilings are classed as an enclosure, aren't they........? And it seems standard T&E clips are rated for prevention of premature collapse during a fire, especially when the fire barrier has been smashed up!

 

[nicebutdim]

Saw some similar junctions recently. Why worry about fireproof enclosures or connectors, when you can use plastic and not need to worry about screwing on a lid.

Conductors don't appear as though they were ever pushed into that box.

 

[James]

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Suspended ceilings are classed as an enclosure, aren't they........? And it seems standard T&E clips are rated for prevention of premature collapse during a fire, especially when the fire barrier has been smashed up!

Suspended ceilings have always been the best place to hide the worst workmanship!!

 

[Raptor0014]

Suspended ceilings have always been the best place to hide the worst workmanship!!

According to the landlord I’m too thorough.

 

[nicebutdim]

Suspended ceilings have always been the best place to hide the worst workmanship!!

Data monkeys seem to use them for archery practise.

 

[Thomas knott]

Wagos are great but I've heard many people say "they are enclosed so don't need an enclosure". But its better than connector blocks wrapped in tape that used to be the norm before I guess!

 

[littlespark]

Saw some similar junctions recently. Why worry about fireproof enclosures or connectors, when you can use plastic and not need to worry about screwing on a lid.

Conductors don't appear as though they were ever pushed into that box.

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That looks like fp200 fire alarm monkey cable.

12, maybe 24v. Untidy, but dangerous?

At least they used IP rated glands

 

[timhoward]

Wagos are great but I've heard many people say "they are enclosed so don't need an enclosure". But its better than connector blocks wrapped in tape that used to be the norm before I guess!

Still plenty of it about, earlier this week found this:

 

[James]

Wagos are great but I've heard many people say "they are enclosed so don't need an enclosure". But its better than connector blocks wrapped in tape that used to be the norm before I guess!

Connector blocks wrapped in tape was always the best way for someone to bodge up a job so they could finish early on a Friday (or any other day)

people that don’t care about the quality of their work and are only interested in the payment will always cut corners like that. Wago‘s have just made it a bit easier for that type of person to just “make it work“ so they can go home early

 

[James]

Still plenty of it about, earlier this week found this:
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Are you going to re use the tape!!!

 

[nicebutdim]

That looks like fp200 fire alarm monkey cable.

12, maybe 24v. Untidy, but dangerous?

At least they used IP rated glands

Galv enclosure and porcelain connectors might be worth investing in. Not much point in using FP cable with joints that'll be gone quicker than the guy who fitted them.

 

[ipf]

Data monkeys seem to use them for archery practise.

Skipping ropes.

 

[Raptor0014]

Power to a garage CU, from a plug, using SWA.…

At least they used a RCD socket. I’m guessing the blood on the reset is where they cut a finger on the exposed armour!

 

[freddo]

Everything in that photo is a complete mess!

 

[mainline]

Everything in that photo is a complete mess!

Yes, not wiping the blood off is a psss poor show.

 

[timhoward]

"Just need new circuit for induction hob and new kitchen ring 1st fixing"

I think it was originally dual RCD and they have since been removed. The Neutral bar links are creative:

 

[GBDamo]

Not dodgy work but, has anyone seen green goo in lighting wire?

 

[westward10]

Seen it plenty of times in modular fittings.

 

[bill01803]

Found this the other day, the whole place is wired in it.

 

[ipf]

Seen it plenty of times, most recently all the lighting system in a small steel foundry plant.
YY oh Why???

 

[mainline]

Found this the other day, the whole place is wired in it.View attachment 111967

He Probably walked away thinking a job well done

 

[MJPD29]

Seen it plenty of times, most recently all the lighting system in a small steel foundry plant.
YY oh Why???

Is that not sy oh why?