Anything wrong with this socket install?

[Pete999]

 

[LankyWill]

What more do you expect from a man with a chin strap beard on a side note Heath Robinson would be proud.

 

[telectrix]

17 minutes!. thought I was slow. I'd have done it in 8 minutes, and I'd have allowed enough cable to dress the flex conduit neatly.

 

[Octopus]

Why would any one film themselves doing that?

Did I miss the dead tests?

 

[telectrix]

and the live tests. shocking.

 

[Spoon]

I quite like his comment about there being no minimum depth.....

 

[LankyWill]

Watching him faff with the drill was painful, he needs to go back to road mending.

 

[Spoon]

Another interesting comment...

 

[Wilko]

Cheap flexible plastic conduit laid on the ground. Yep, no chance of water or spade ingress there ... (sarcasm alert) . Well the cable is made of pvc and that's waterproof, right? (2nd sarcasm alert).

 

[Pete999]

I quite like his comment about there being no minimum depth.....
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Missed that bit

 

[LankyWill]

Is he an Electrician or just a plastic domestic installer?

 

[telectrix]

he's partly correct there though. the regs. say it should be buried at a depth where it's not likely to be damaged by normal activities like gardening. in soil, the sensible depth would be around 600mm but under paving, could be a lot less.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I saw him put in 3 screws, then he tightened 2 of those and 1 that I didn’t see him put in but didn’t tighten the other?
I also think he needs a new level.

 

[Pete999]

he's partly correct there though. the regs. say it should be buried at a depth where it's not likely to be damaged by normal activities like gardening. in soil, the sensible depth would be around 600mm but under paving, could be a lot less.

And there's more

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I believe the accepted minimum depth is about the depth of a garden fork or spade.
Of course if the cable is under a vegetable plot, then double depth would be preferable.

 

[Spoon]

he's partly correct there though. the regs. say it should be buried at a depth where it's not likely to be damaged by normal activities like gardening.

But he is just twisting the regs there in my opinion... You should allow for a depth greater than gardening tools like spades or forks.

in soil, the sensible depth would be around 600mm but under paving, could be a lot less.

I agree

 

[telectrix]

this one takes the biscuit for endless useless waffle.

 

[Spoon]

I do like the chalk pen though..

 

[AJshep]

Wonder why someone would do this, this is how i imagine the conversation went.

Barry - "Janet can you just come outside and video me putting up an outside socket"..

20 mins later..

Janet- " You are good Barry, that £3000 was really worth the money, maybe you could even go into teaching"

Barry- " I know, electrics is easy. Here you go, hold that.. seeing as ive got my tools out you may aswell that a video of me putting up a new light".

Janet " Ok love".

 

[Resu]

The best one is the fella that recesses the outside socket, will see if I can find it.