a better view of the consumer unti when the cupbaord was removed, above it a large cavity leading into the bedroom floor space, and this from a kitchen
The two deep fat fryers ? in a domestic kitchen, add in the 3 electric showers 2 upstairs, one in the shower block of the pool, the water heater in the pool, the fans and pumps in the pool and a full electric cooker and you have a little more than 60 amps ?
oh and I forgot the bar outside as well
200 amps at a rough guess
oh and I forgot the bar outside as well
200 amps at a rough guess
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Strictly speaking I’ve screwed up there. Had I fitted the switch sideways, it would have switched the lights on when the door is opened and back off again when the door is closed.
I cant say too much about this one as its liable to go to court
plumber had fitted another C/U from the existing, but had removed the meter cabinet to drop the cable to the shower into the cavity ?? then forgotten to reconnect the main earth
the whole thing was nasty
no CPC on the lighting circuit ( pre66) and metal fittings and switchplates everywhere
grommets absent on tails
DNOs earth pulled away from cable ??
lovely bit of termination aint it !!!
cold water feed to shower, missing cover and water flowed down into the terminals ?
oh and the shower switch was inside the shower as well
plumber had fitted another C/U from the existing, but had removed the meter cabinet to drop the cable to the shower into the cavity ?? then forgotten to reconnect the main earththe whole thing was nasty
no CPC on the lighting circuit ( pre66) and metal fittings and switchplates everywhere
grommets absent on tails
DNOs earth pulled away from cable ??
lovely bit of termination aint it !!!
cold water feed to shower, missing cover and water flowed down into the terminals ?
oh and the shower switch was inside the shower as well
nicely placed cooker switch on another job, installed by a kitchen and bathroom company ( muppets)
another DIY job
the idiot had knocked down a wall, so he shoved the lightswitch up above the ceiling ???
the idiot had knocked down a wall, so he shoved the lightswitch up above the ceiling ???
Heres a nice one
doing a favour for the family, I went to look at a house a young couple had bought, when I opened up the C/U all of these beads fell out, the main tails inside the C/U were melted due to polymer migration and high temperature
the origional cables had been dropped down in the wall cavity
as well as this metal light switches and fittings and no CPC and some amazine other bodges by barry the big mouthed know it all builder
where the new cables passed through a wall, the muppet had covered the big hole with a tin of PU foam and filler ?
There was an SWA in the garage, but no evidence of it inside the house, or a termination into PVC, until I lifted the floor and found this wonderful job
the C/U when removed showing damage to bus bars insulation
the C/u in the garage with the SWA nicely terminated
why me ??
doing a favour for the family, I went to look at a house a young couple had bought, when I opened up the C/U all of these beads fell out, the main tails inside the C/U were melted due to polymer migration and high temperature
the origional cables had been dropped down in the wall cavity
as well as this metal light switches and fittings and no CPC and some amazine other bodges by barry the big mouthed know it all builder
where the new cables passed through a wall, the muppet had covered the big hole with a tin of PU foam and filler ?
There was an SWA in the garage, but no evidence of it inside the house, or a termination into PVC, until I lifted the floor and found this wonderful job
the C/U when removed showing damage to bus bars insulation
the C/u in the garage with the SWA nicely terminated
why me ??
Went to a commercial job, large equestrian building open to the public, owner decides on change of use, and adds a new door, now the sensible thing would have been to consult me first to relocate the fire alarm cables, no he cut them and joints them like this, and straight up baulked when I quoted 300 pounds to remove the entire section of cables and run new sections correctly
he also wanted me to install caravan supplies onto a wonky old fence ??and a few other jobs
I was polite but said dont waste my time
he also wanted me to install caravan supplies onto a wonky old fence ??and a few other jobs
I was polite but said dont waste my time
same job, this was the 3 phase board ??all working in public area, and even worse in an adjoining buidling where the main incoming supply was terminated, the roof was missing and water was running down onto the DNOs equipment
Lovely eh ?
supply cable to an outbuilding
in this case the client had called a builder in to convert the garage into a bathroom and utility room
his muppets fitted a new C/U even wrote out a ticket, but failed to test or inspect the existing circuits
then the problems started trippingout when it rained
and of course our team could not be located
I had to get the DNO to supply a new earth to the property as the muppets had failed to test it ( made the readings up)
replace the external supply, several lights and sort out the new bathroom
supply cable to an outbuilding
in this case the client had called a builder in to convert the garage into a bathroom and utility room
his muppets fitted a new C/U even wrote out a ticket, but failed to test or inspect the existing circuits
then the problems started trippingout when it rained
and of course our team could not be located
I had to get the DNO to supply a new earth to the property as the muppets had failed to test it ( made the readings up)
replace the external supply, several lights and sort out the new bathroom
same job, this was how the stupid gombeens had supplied an earth to the C/U
the DNO engineer was not impressed and took their details
I gather they are no longer carrying out electrical work
the DNO engineer was not impressed and took their details
I gather they are no longer carrying out electrical work
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ha haLovely word - Gombeen ! Bet Mr. O Connell wasn't happy eh
no
oddly enough he told me that as he was in possesion of an electrical certificate then it was safe
I pointed out that a car with a bent MOT was not safe ?
in fact I nearly told him to go and boil his head, I dont need that hassle at my age
the DNO engineer put him right
by the way Gombeen comes from an old poem the Gombeen man
I relishy using the english language to its full potential, so much better than swearing, recently I suggested a rather shoddy tradesmen should avail himself of a frontal lobotomy !!
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StevieSparky
Hi, Stevie here. I posted a new thread as I didn't see this - here's the consumer unit(s) I bumped into for a 1 bedroom flat which you can access by simply climbing up through a 700mm square hatch and crawling along the top of the 600mm suspended ceiling for about 10ft
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starlored
This is what we discovered after an annual test on a factory, this was protecting a 32 amp circuit.
Spot the mistake.
Switch was placed to close to a cupboard and had to be moved?
Not exactly dodgy Electrical work but back in 1995/96 I was doing rewires for the council and we would regularly come across 7029 cable and in one case we had to rewire an old cottage that was still using 15amp sockets, complete with the socket spur of of the cooker switch.
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Dipzy
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Nice one Bett there were a lot of light in the loft! Surprised they bothered with an RCD to be honest.
Bett there were a lot of light in the loft! Surprised they bothered with an RCD to be honest.
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OK OK we should never ever ever ever mess with DNOs precious seals, but ffs don't do this!
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This was found as is, not even bodged with tape, at a height of seven foot and easily touchable.
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This was found as is, not even bodged with tape, at a height of seven foot and easily touchable.
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Some people never cease to amaze me with what they think is safe work, I have got to start taking some pic's of the stuff I see at some of the Blue Chip companies we do work for, Done by there "Multi-skilled Engineers".
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