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I've worked down under with Aussies and Kiwis, do they still use catenary wire to tie T&E anywhere they can? and those metal skeleton back plates that fix to wooden "dwangs"?I don't think that's entirely true... they got a bit touchy when I mentioned a few aspects of the trade that I thought were strange.
Thought this would be the best place to vent.
As most of you know I work abroad. Australia. So during my long arduous Nightshift I got talking to some international sparkies. Three Aussie and One Canadian. The old conversation of Standards got brought up. To which I said that I thought very highly of British Standards considering I'm An UK time served Sparks. I got a resounding laughter from the Aussies who's first reply was "You guys still wire Ring mains pre 2nd world war" and what's stopping one leg to become live blah blah blah.
So after my long explanation apparently they see British tradesmen as a bit of a joke. Everyone has a right to an opinion but I found quite astonishing espically I find the British work to be of a higher standard. Plastic conduit is used over here for industrial and commercial installs. Two pin plugs on certain equipment which are flimsy. Most Socket and three phase outlets are plastic. No metal outlets for industrial premises. No fuses in plugs. Testing is not as thorough. Catinary Wire Installs used for cable containment rather then tray. Hardly any use of SWA except where I'm working. In normal circumstances it's orange flex. 240v on building sites. When I said we use 110v. Well they couldn't quite grasp the 55v safe touch voltage.
Rant over.
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