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nickblake

Why why why do people rush into jobs with out thinking , this would have been a nice little job , 3 story 4 be town house , I was asked to do a PIR , on the property re wired last year , and it was oh my god , it looks like its been rewired 10 years ago the words from my apprentice , just to start one 5 way main CDU main switch 30ma RCD then goes to 3 more 5 way main switch 30 ma RCD's one next to the first then one on each floor , no circuit identification mounted at 450mm from the floor no blanks and exposed terminals , talk about all over the place ground floor kitchen fed off the first floor dist board , first floor kitchen fed off the second floor ground floor kitchen sockets fed off the first floor cdu etc etc 16mm cable to the shower then changes to 6mm at the switch fan isolator in the bathroom in zone 1 of a shower , the owner was told that no need to put in earth bonding because you have RCD's installed , and to top it off the flippin muppets connected all the earths to the CDU's to an earth block of the supply cut out that was not even connected and for the last twelve months the whole house was earthed via the 0.75mm cpc going to the central heating boiler , and guess what no certs issued , guys that did it i belive are claiming to be NIC and are not so i shall be investigating as these guys are giving us sparks a bad name:mad2:
 
that's bad, mate. was going to say even for wales but......... have you got the rip out and start again job?
 
well i have made it safe as it can be the woman has not got the money to re wire it again so ive done the best i can on it and put all the bonds in place installed a time delayed RCD in the main board , blanks in and labled the board up ,got in scottish power to connect the earth the supply was TNS but the muppet cut of the earth from the outer sheath and connected the new ones to the unconnected block , just one simple test would have confirmed it was connected or not , it tests out ok but gee total design cock up CDu's could do with lifting up a bit but what can i do just recommend , wish i got soem pics but camera s defunked just makes me mad grrr
 
well at least you know you have done the best you could to make it safe. hope you made enough to buy a new camera.:smile5:
 
Bondings should take care of any voltages that may appear together with adiquate earthing but for christs sake........NIC they said? where does it all stop........
 

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