DIYer strikes again!!!

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So, just had a call out. Customer said fuse board not wrking at all. On my way to the job, running a few senarios in me head, as you do. Get to the job to find its a new, dual rcd split board. Ok I thought, prob just the rcd thats tripped. I opened the board and all the mcbs and rcds were on. The customer then informs me, in a quiet and polite way, Ive just fitted that board and I went to turn it on and nowt works!!! Tut, tut, tut I said, you should ne be doin that! Anyway, after after removing the cover, I noticed he had all the neutrals in the wong bar and he had also rearanged the neutrals feeding the rcds. So I knew it wouldnt take long to sort it but because this was a DIY that went wrong, I took my time and made the job last an extra hour. I know I shouldnt but it just peees me off that they try and do it them selves.

I informed him that its needs to be tested and notified (by a proper sparks, with proper test gear), and he said he couldnt be bothered!!!

Well I left in shock but what can ya do.


Jay

By the way, he bought the cu from Wikes coz it was on offer. A 13 way board and he only has 5 circuits.
 
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Tesla1980 said:
What and you and your merry men are going to change that your allways going to get people who think they know better the only way to stop it is a change in the law so people can't buy anything electrical to install.

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Hopefully such a thing will never happen, as in Countries where they have such, it appears to have a detrimental effect on safety
 
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Tesla makes a perfectly valid point. You cant stop people from doing what they do, the world is full of idiots. Look at Mark :tt1:. But don't moan at our moaning Tesla, that just makes you a moaning moaner, maybe even one of those extinct types of moaner.... a MOANERSAURUS!!!!!
 
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If he admits to be a Trek fan, i will never enter a thread that MDJ is in again....I simply wouldn't be able to tolerate it. Goes to bed when hes told to AND watches Star Trek.... why don't you just own up and tell us your real name Mike, or should i say... Michael.....BARRYMOORE
 
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MDJ said:
Looks like you need a new sig too Mark
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Yeah, unfortunatley - seen as though Geordie ruined everything, just gone for a casual bit of willy nilly at the moment though.

Jay Sparks said:
Now that IS debatable. Come on Sunday, we will show ya...lol
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Jay...ure United? Im sorry to hear that :( and its Sunday actually bud, we'll destroy you like we did at Old Trafford earlier in the season. Bale destruction.

wade88 said:
the world is full of idiots. Look at Mark :tt1:.
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Tesla1980 said:
it's better than the ****e that you go on about on here night after night
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I was polite to you, now your challenging me to have a blow back haha, I strongly suggest you clam down and stop using swear words, get the thumb out of you backside and pull yourself together, if you think the DIYer who installed a consumer unit by himself and connected all the cables up wrong deserves an easy time then think again, My view is if you do not understand how to install this correctly then don't do it, I hope you understand that view, if not well tough haha
 
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markc123 said:
Yeah, unfortunatley - seen as though Geordie ruined everything, just gone for a casual bit of willy nilly at the moment though.



Jay...ure United? Im sorry to hear that :( and its Sunday actually bud, we'll destroy you like we did at Old Trafford earlier in the season. Bale destruction.



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Now come on, you know I said Sunday!!! Weres wade88 when you need him. As long as Bale stays upright, you may have a chance.lol
 
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Jay Sparks said:
Now come on, you know I said Sunday!!! Weres wade88 when you need him. As long as Bale stays upright, you may have a chance.lol
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AAARGGGHHHHHHH Damn it.... i was busying playing scrabble on my phone.... and i totally just saw Mark's epic fail there too.

Mark, you total spanner.

You might wana give this a little look over for future reference.
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Haha, aslong as Evra is playing we have every chance...Evra religiouslly has a nightmare with Lennon, not sure why because Evra is class but he never seems to perform when lennon's against him. Vidic and Ferd are slow, bale will whiz passed them and whoever is chosen at rb...rafael? he can't defend, just gung-ho attack that lad.

Parker back fit, be a close match...ive gone for 2-2 on my accy, but quietly confident we can nick it 3-2.

Ohh how i love this forum and its tendancy to tread off-topic all the time (probably always my fault though lol) - from DIY to Man United / Spurs in a couple of hours - love it.
 
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Jay Sparks said:
I think you will score goals, I mean, even me and my big belly can score against us this year but you have to stop probably the best strike force in Europe (excluding Barca), I reckon 3 - 2 to United.
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2-2

But it could also go 3-0 to the first team that scores. I reckon both teams will be a little cautious until the first goal.
 
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wade88 said:
AAARGGGHHHHHHH Damn it.... i was busying playing scrabble on my phone.... and i totally just saw Mark's epic fail there too.

Mark, you total spanner.

You might wana give this a little look over for future reference.
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And you were calling MDJ a woman for not going out as much under wife's orders, i recall without going back - you joking saying "i am a vagina"

Scrabble on a mobile ? You wade, are a vagina!

:laugh3:
 
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wade88 said:
Leper, Spin, Leper.

I was trying to drum up some artistic mental scenery for Mark to wonder around in before he considers correcting my spelling again.

Sure Leopards are scary, but a LEPER.... no one likes a Leper. Not even Zoo's keep them
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did you hear about the leper who failed his driving test? he left his foot on the clutch.
 
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If it was me doing that call out would of in formed the chap I had to go to the van to get my tester got in a driven away and let him get someone else to sort it as he clearly was a tight fisted no it all.
But thats me ranting after a hard days graft
 
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If it had been me, I'd have wired up the neutrals to get the RCD's tripping and then explain how more time "fault finding" was required. Once my time was up to the price of a board change I would have left ;)


Then again, I don't suppose I would have :(
 
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Tesla1980 said:
it's getting very boring on here DIYER install and everyone rips it to bits same old same old it's been done to death
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All anybody said was that you should have had the new consumer unit tested and notified, but you insisted it wasn't.
You may think you've saved yourself a couple of quid but how do you know it's safe?
 
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Jay Sparks said:
So, just had a call out. Customer said fuse board not wrking at all. On my way to the job, running a few senarios in me head, as you do. Get to the job to find its a new, dual rcd split board. Ok I thought, prob just the rcd thats tripped. I opened the board and all the mcbs and rcds were on. The customer then informs me, in a quiet and polite way, Ive just fitted that board and I went to turn it on and nowt works!!! Tut, tut, tut I said, you should ne be doin that! Anyway, after after removing the cover, I noticed he had all the neutrals in the wong bar and he had also rearanged the neutrals feeding the rcds. So I knew it wouldnt take long to sort it but because this was a DIY that went wrong, I took my time and made the job last an extra hour. I know I shouldnt but it just peees me off that they try and do it them selves.

I informed him that its needs to be tested and notified (by a proper sparks, with proper test gear), and he said he couldnt be bothered!!!

Well I left in shock but what can ya do.


Jay

By the way, he bought the cu from Wikes coz it was on offer. A 13 way board and he only has 5 circuits.
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and why not...its his house

and?



 
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As soon as the forum goes quiet Glenns up for a scrap :38:

Come on the glenn, i'll take you :p

The first point i can't argue with unfortunatley, so all ive got for you at the moment is... upgrading your CU because you've seen one on offer isn't correct isit? :p It could of been perfectly fine before.
 
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markc123 said:
As soon as the forum goes quiet Glenns up for a scrap :38:

Come on the glenn, i'll take you :p

The first point i can't argue with unfortunatley, so all ive got for you at the moment is... upgrading your CU because you've seen one on offer isn't correct isit? :p It could of been perfectly fine before.
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agreed
 
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I had a good one like this a few years ago , A local Driving instructor noticed the van and asked if I could do a couple of jobs for him, so I go round and he shows me the CU and tells me he did it himself , it had a 6.0mm T&E from the cutout to the CU so I told him he should have used tails and pointed out the size of conductors/ main earth isn't suitable etc
He said it was already there and he didn't want to disconnect it from the cutout as he knew it was illegal........so he did it live !!!!
 
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markc123 said:
lucky boy, especially when incompetent. How he has not been belted god only knows.
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Put your seatbelt on
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And do it everytime
This rule really saved our lives
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This whole conversation is coming to an end....but i just want to make the point, that Scrabble is not a game for vagina's i'll have you know. It is a game for intellectual duelists who enjoy the blusterous word play and challenge that comes with a good understanding of the English vocabulary.

At the moment, my favourite word has been "cokface", used in a sentence like so:

You Mark, are a cokface....

have i spelt that wrong?
 
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