Biggest mistake as a sparky

[Old Jag Lover]

Time to man up confess your sins,what are your worst disasters for me,2.First drilling through a bundle of 6 bundled pyros in a large office block as an apprentice,my then boss said 3 ft from the wall,not true it was 3 metres,3pyros 4000Amp risers using ESR system second 3 2000A risers DC 3 wire for elevators in Sydney lots of downtown didn't get the AC till 1979.Second,sending a guy to replace a contactor in a Ward Leonard setup said look here the diagram does not agree 6 and 9 are reversed,told him don't worry factory mistake,no no no,resulting in no field on output motor,causing birdcaging,causing catastrophic rotor failure repair costs to us,100000 bucks.ouch.

 

[danzor]

My biggest mistake was opening this thread!

 

[LeeH]

My biggest mistake was opening this thread!

And replying to it.

 

[Welchyboy1]

Time to man up confess your sins,what are your worst disasters for me,2.First drilling through a bundle of 6 bundled pyros in a large office block as an apprentice,my then boss said 3 ft from the wall,not true it was 3 metres,3pyros 4000Amp risers using ESR system second 3 2000A risers DC 3 wire for elevators in Sydney lots of downtown didn't get the AC till 1979.Second,sending a guy to replace a contactor in a Ward Leonard setup said look here the diagram does not agree 6 and 9 are reversed,told him don't worry factory mistake,no no no,resulting in no field on output motor,causing birdcaging,causing catastrophic rotor failure repair costs to us,100000 bucks.ouch.

Wow! Thankfully I've been pretty fortunate compared to that, my apprentice put his foot through a ceiling in a loft twice in a year, but cant compete with the above

i suppose my biggest mistake as a sparky was agreeing to work for builders, my biggest mistake before becoming a sparky was deciding becoming a sparky!

 

[R G]

My God , If that happened to me i would be ready for the funny farm as well …….

 

[Old Jag Lover]

My biggest mistake was opening this thread!

What is yoh problem mr perfect.

 

[Plonker 3]

What is yoh problem mr perfect.

I never thought he became a sparky.

 

[R G]

Im getting there ,,,,lol

 

[Robotstar5]

I forgot to put sugar in 2 of the teas as an apprentice.

 

[Pete999]

Two blocks of flats at different levels, with me so far? good, two stair wells common feed from the same source, linked together via the roof spaces of each block, still with me? Boss says up you go Pete 18" chisel bar 2 lb lump hammer chop a hole through the 18 " dividing wall. What Pete forgot was the difference in height between the two blocks, yep you've guessed it chopped straight through after about 10 mins only to see some pretty wall paper on the other side of the hole, occupier not happy, neither was the boss stopped my pay for the day, barsteward.