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[Darkwood]

Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

Rules....No Offensive material... edit if required before posting as this is the public arena.
Anything to do with the trade or in and around it ...H&S pic's welcome.



I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago. mg_smile:

 

[timhoward]

Can't fathom where the dark brown tail in the second RCD goes.

Has to be bottom of main switch....somehow...doesn't it? but agree it seems to vanish!

 

[timhoward]

My money's on that being a dead camera now!

Amazing things happen sometimes that seem to defy everything....
No photo's as it was years ago. But someone I knew was once trying to work out why a video was recording pictures but not sound. They wanted to stick a multi-meter on the sound recording head.
But they didn't have one. So they had the astoundingly creative idea of using the analogue to digital converter on a BBC micro joystick port, designed to measure from 0 to 1.8v DC.
As soon as they connected the 0v on the analogue in port to the (presumably) 230v AC on the recording head it blew the 30A fuse (wired).
So when I turned up to replace the fuse wire, I was most curious what state the computer and video were in afterwards. To my utter amazement the computer was perfectly fine and the joystick port worked on all 4 channels, and the video not only worked but now recorded sound.....!

 

[GBDamo]

Has to be bottom of main switch....somehow...doesn't it? but agree it seems to vanish!

You'll think so but, going by the rest, nothing is certain.

 

[Julie.]

What in the name of everything unholy is this!!????

Just making sure we don't obtain continuity of the CPC!

And how the f could it obtain ce compliance to non-CE standards?

 

[DPG]

What in the name of everything unholy is this!!????
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Just making sure we don't obtain continuity of the CPC!

And how the f could it obtain ce compliance to non-CE standards?

Got to love those plugs. I like how they go to the effort of partially sleeved live and neutral pins, but then get carried away and do the earth pin as well!

 

[timhoward]

What in the name of everything unholy is this!!????
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Just making sure we don't obtain continuity of the CPC!

And how the f could it obtain ce compliance to non-CE standards?

CE = Chinese Export presumably!

 

[Julie.]

Got to love those plugs. I like how they go to the effort of partially sleeved live and neutral pins, but then get carried away and do the earth pin as well!

Yeah just ridiculous, but the biggest demonstration of the farce and complete disregard for compliance with any standards whatsoever is the "CE" mark.

Especially when it's impossible to comply!

 

[DPG]

Yeah just ridiculous, but the biggest demonstration of the farce and complete disregard for compliance with any standards whatsoever is the "CE" mark.

Especially when it's impossible to comply!

Indeed. Some of those Chinese manufacturers really don't care.

 

[pc1966]

What in the name of everything unholy is this!!????

The lesser-fused widow maker?

 

[Simon47]

What in the name of everything unholy is this!!????

Knocked up in some Chinese small factory, by people with only a passing idea of what the standards actually are and mean. Probably read that British plugs have to have sleeved pins these days - so sleeve the pins.
If it was bought via one of the online tat bazaars, then it needs reporting to the bazaar as a dangerous and illegal item - so it can be blocked for the few seconds it will take the vendor to create a new account.
If it was bought from a UK or EU seller then it needs reporting to the relevant authorities (Trading Standards in the UK) as well as any bazaar that might have facilitated it's sale.

Just out of interest, what are the pins like for spacing and dimensions ? I see stuff that's got really rubbish pin dimensions and doesn't fit the sockets properly. Had to tell one of the church wardens to "lose" the ultrasonic rodent repellents (cheap tat off Amazon) before I did any testing as they'd all fail due to that.

 

[Mike Johnson]

@Julie. What's on the other side, is it just a EU two pin convertor?

 

[Julie.]

@Julie. What's on the other side, is it just a EU two pin convertor?

Nope, it has no shutters either, in all respects it is a bag of dangerous ****

Will dig it out of the bin and photograph later!

Insulated CPC - to ensure no earth connection is made.
No shutters - to ensure a child/irresponsable adult can make contact
Undersized connections - to ensure overheating and fire potential
CE marking - to ensure it is obvious it is non compliant

I have no doubt the plastic is unsuitable along with a whole host of other things...

 

[static zap]

making sure we don't obtain continuity of the CPC!

But its shiny , and reminds me of a stack of NEW 1p s.
(just dated myself)
Wonder if they come Gold plated.

 

[Julie.]

Lovely access to the live contacts, without all that bother with shutters.

 

[Mike Johnson]

It even does 13amp UK plug too 13amp UK plug what a find.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Is that the plug bottom ?

 

[pirate]

My elderly neighbour brought me this to see if I would recommend it for her travels to Spain...

and the top and bottom both had this...

I think she used it in Bermuda where her daughter lived for a while...but I took it from her and added it to my collection of "interesting stuff".

 

[Julie.]

Is that the plug bottom ?

 

[littlespark]

It even does 13amp UK plug too 13amp UK plug what a find.

No, that’s a Scotland to England/Wales adaptor


Give Nicola half a chance, we might need something like that

 

[LeeH]

And does what exactly?

High pressure water cutter. 3000 bar

 

[IAmSparkytus!]

Not a dodgy picture but found this amusing today. Funny how times have changed and this would have probably been quite a deterrent at the time. Any clue as to what the implications are of cutting them off now?

 

[Dustydazzler]

That label would just egg me on to cut off the tags just to see how long it takes for my £5 penalty letter to drop on the door mat

 

[Fazz711]

£5 probably a lot of money when that was new

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Probably got a bit lucky here. Did Zdb and didn’t visually see what was going on, been testing Easy 9 boards this week so the line on the right didn’t really click with me. Turned the main switch on to do the RCD tests and my eyes caught how the cables were coming into the back of the board so I was wiggling round right next to the neutral bar, then I saw it ?.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Probably got a bit lucky here. Did Zdb and didn’t visually see what was going on, been testing Easy 9 boards this week so the line on the right didn’t really click with me. Turned the main switch on to do the RCD tests and my eyes caught how the cables were coming into the back of the board so I was wiggling round right next to the neutral bar, then I saw it ?.

 

[SJD]

Lounge light, with '"low-profile" pull-cord switch:

which of course is mounted in the ceiling void above:

 

[DPG]

Probably got a bit lucky here. Did Zdb and didn’t visually see what was going on, been testing Easy 9 boards this week so the line on the right didn’t really click with me. Turned the main switch on to do the RCD tests and my eyes caught how the cables were coming into the back of the board so I was wiggling round right next to the neutral bar, then I saw it ?.

Nasty!

 

[brianmoooore]

You certainly can't criticise the IP rating of that bathroom switch.

 

[Mikegh]

Nasty!

Brings me back to the discussion about cooker isolators and the requirements for one or not

I actually remember a discussion with an inspector

He told me how a kitchen fitter had been electrocuted after switching off at the MCB only, reverse polarity as well

 

[brianmoooore]

This is what Voltsticks are for.

 

[timhoward]

Probably got a bit lucky here. Did Zdb and didn’t visually see what was going on, been testing Easy 9 boards this week so the line on the right didn’t really click with me. Turned the main switch on to do the RCD tests and my eyes caught how the cables were coming into the back of the board so I was wiggling round right next to the neutral bar, then I saw it ?.

About 20 years ago I turned a Wylex off at main switch, cut through a T+E cable with damaged wire cutters, got a right bolt and blew the main fuse. Whole board was reversed.
Once bitten twice shy, and been sticking a 2 pole on the N and E ever since.

 

[Mikegh]

This is what Voltsticks are for.

100%

Prove dead and confirm with a voltstick always

 

[Pete999]

This is what Voltsticks are for.

I hoe you are kidding. Mate please say you are volt sticks are only as good t as the person using them, and that says a lot

 

[brianmoooore]

I hoe you are kidding. Mate please say you are volt sticks are only as good t as the person using them, and that says a lot

Voltsticks should never be used for proving dead, but are absolutely invaluable for indicating may still be live.

 

[telectrix]

easywy. switch off what you think is the OCPD. plug in kettle. if you ain't got tea within 5 minutes, it' proven dead. 9unless , of course, the kettle is FUBAR, then it's guess again.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I know a sparks who used to turn circuits back on to boil his kettle then forget to switch the circuit back off before grabbing the bare cables he was just working on before brewing up , must have seen him zap himself 3 or 4 times one month like this …

he was an cps approv sparks as well

 

[telectrix]

he was an cps approv sparks as well

says it all, more money than sense, brains in underpants.

 

[Mikegh]

100%

Prove dead and confirm with a vol

L

I hoe you are kidding. Mate please say you are volt sticks are only as good t as the person using them, and that says a lot

That is exactly the point

The more you use voltsticks the more you depend on them

I don't go near anything without one

 

[ipf]

L

That is exactly the point

The more you use voltsticks the more you depend on them

I don't go near anything without one

That's a bit desperate!

......and the more you use one the quicker it goes faulty or the batteries knacker.

Don't depend on a voltstick.

 

[telectrix]

L

That is exactly the point

The more you use voltsticks the more you depend on them

I don't go near anything without one

i have 3 of them in my toolbag. 1 is slightly different.it has a forked business end, so in a bunch of conductors, as you sometimes get in multiple switches. it don't pickupfrom adjacent cables. you just put the forked bit over the suspect conductor.