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Julie. · Nov 26, 2021

pc1966 said:
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I'm sure it is just "resting in the fuse box" and anything else would be an ecumenical matter

It's not resting,
'E's passed on! This flex is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the CU 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-FLEX!!

Raptor0014 · Nov 26, 2021

Flex still live, shower cable is live too so not sure what that’s connected to yet. But there’s a 7.5kw shower working off something ?

I only nipped in to see what I’d be dealing with as got the call on way to another job and was passing.

Told them I’d be back to do a full EICR as that’s the only way I’m putting my name to any certificate.

littlespark · Nov 26, 2021

Flex is live???!
I hope you stuck a wago box on the end of it in the meantime.

telectrix · Nov 26, 2021

littlespark said:
Flex is live???!
I hope you stuck a wago box on the end of it in the meantime.

WHAT???? all that expense? get the tape out.

Julie. · Nov 26, 2021

telectrix said:
WHAT???? all that expense? get the tape out.

Sellotape or masking tape?

Measuring tape?

Dustydazzler · Nov 26, 2021

I keep some old connector block and gaffa tape for that kind of thing

Wago boxes are strictly kept for posh jobs only...

timhoward · Nov 26, 2021

Julie. said:
It's not resting,
'E's passed on! This flex is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the CU 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-FLEX!!

The cooker fuse is pining for the ~~fjords~~ floor too

brianmoooore · Nov 26, 2021

Julie. said:
'E's passed on! This flex is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the CU 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-FLEX!!

This is weird! Last night I was going to attach this same monologue to the end of my answer to the "sparking SDS drill" thread. Just as I was typing the word "parrot", as I Googled "dead parrot sketch" to check on the wording, Newscast was just starting on the TV, and they said "parrot" at that exact time.
In the end, I decided it was too late in the day to transcribe all that, and now, the first thread I look at this morning, there it is....

littlespark · Nov 26, 2021

Guess who’s buying a parrot for Christmas…. It’s a sign!

Julie. · Nov 26, 2021

brianmoooore said:
This is weird! Last night I was going to attach this same monologue to the end of my answer to the "sparking SDS drill" thread. Just as I was typing the word "parrot", as I Googled "dead parrot sketch" to check on the wording, Newscast was just starting on the TV, and they said "parrot" at that exact time.
In the end, I decided it was too late in the day to transcribe all that, and now, the first thread I look at this morning, there it is....

I just copied and pasted, there was no way I would re-type all that!

brianmoooore · Nov 26, 2021

Julie. said:
I just copied and pasted, there was no way I would re-type all that!

That's what I might have done, but the search led me to Utube, and I ended up watching the whole sketch through from start to finish a couple of times. After that, I decided it was time for a shower and bed.

Raptor0014 · Nov 26, 2021

littlespark said:
Flex is live???!
I hope you stuck a wago box on the end of it in the meantime.

Not wasting a wago on that!

I just told them not to lick it…… ?

I put an old junction box on and wrapped it in electrical tape. Same for end of shower cable.

Raptor0014 · Nov 26, 2021

This was at a different job today.

This plug runs behind the wardrobe...

Past this socket...

Up to this socket to act as an extension. Then there is T&E in a plug to take power down to the socket on the pic above

DIY extension lead

This plug runs down to the nicely coiled knot of cable around the rad pipe and out the hole in the wall to...

Outside and up to...

This light and then across to...

This light. All nicely done from a 13a plug. Pleasing to see they went top entry in the first light and bottom entry in the second. So only one gets affected by water ingress....

Raptor0014 · Nov 26, 2021

“Hi can you take a look at a light we have put up. It is staying on permanently regardless of the position of the switch”

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Raptor0014 · Nov 29, 2021

“My lights don’t work. I tried to replace a dimmer and it didn’t work and I’ve put the dimmer back and now the dimmer doesn’t work. Can you have a look for me and fix”.

telectrix · Nov 29, 2021

Raptor0014 said:
“My lights don’t work. I tried to replace a dimmer and it didn’t work and I’ve put the dimmer back and now the dimmer doesn’t work. Can you have a look for me and fix”.

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Dustydazzler · Nov 29, 2021

Yellow wire hanging out aside , I dislike dimmers crushed into a 16mm box

tiburon · Dec 2, 2021

I'm not a trade but I came across this beauty the other day. My sister wanted her kitchen extractor hood changed. It was wired to a feed taken from the cooker switch. I went looking for the FCU and when I couldn't find one I guessed the connection must be behind one of the fitted kitchen cupboards. I prised the back of the cupboard above the cooker switch apart and saw the connection behind it (first image below). I cut a hole in the cupboard in the area and pulled through the taped connection. It wasn't even a taped block, just wires stuck together and wrapped up. Looks like a safe maintenance-free connection to me.

Intoelectrics · Dec 2, 2021

nicebutdim said:
There was one in my parents house, surface mounted and tight to the carpet.

Seen this many times, quickest solution is to turn the socket upside down, on some single back boxes with the 4 fixing points you can turn the socket sideways, not pretty but a temporary fix till the socket position can be altered.

Simon47 · Dec 2, 2021

tiburon said:
... I guessed the connection must be behind one of the fitted kitchen cupboards ...

We have an interesting feature in our kitchen. To provide for future needs, there's a flex sticking in through the back of two of the cupboards. My thoughts were "along the lines of" WTF is that there for, the last place I'd want to put the connections for an under cupboard light would be inside the cupboard. I got one done a while ago, the other hasn't reached the top of the "round tuit" list yet - but it means taking the cupboard off the wall (a two person job so one can handle the flex while the other handles the cupboard) to route the cable up the back so I can pop the LED driver on top of the cupboard.
But it was a BIY job.