Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

[DPG]

Is the meter bypassed though? I can't really see what is going on?!

Sounds like no neutral to the meter, since it has been insulated. The earth is the return.

 

[freddo]

Oh I see now, operating the MCB enables/disables the meter. I didn't realise the busbar wasn't into the breaker with the earth wire. Hope they have been reported...

 

[LewisM]

Picture number 6 is after I changed it back, its hard to explain but they removed the neutral from the meter by taping the end up and putting back in the main fuse earth/neutral block and used to earth from where the pme neutral/earth block is to bring a neutral into the fuseboard, only reason i can think of somebody doing this is to jump the meter ?

 

[LewisM]

Oh I see now, operating the MCB enables/disables the meter. I didn't realise the busbar wasn't into the breaker with the earth wire. Hope they have been reported...

Yeah they'd notched the busbar and bent it up

 

[eleanor jones]

Best place for a socket behind automatic doors.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Don’t blame the poor socket , he was there first....

 

[freddo]

Have to cut a slot in the door to allow access to the socket.

 

[MJPD29]

Picture number 6 is after I changed it back, its hard to explain but they removed the neutral from the meter by taping the end up and putting back in the main fuse earth/neutral block and used to earth from where the pme neutral/earth block is to bring a neutral into the fuseboard, only reason i can think of somebody doing this is to jump the meter ?

Someone put a lot of thought into this but obviously not into the safety aspects of it!

 

[SparkySy]

This will raise some eyebrows! Found at a village hall that had been recently inspected by a 3rd party. I was there to replace some lights and circuit protection. Nearly fell off me steps when I took the lid off this!!
And no it wasn't me who blew the fronds off, it was the previous spark who didn't need the power off to swap out some mcbs! Oops

 

[freddo]

Those copper forks look really really thin.

 

[Dustydazzler]

That has my ocd going into hyperdrive

There is just no need for such a scruffy board

 

[telectrix]

shocking.metal steps in proximity to a DB.

 

[Dustydazzler]

shocking.metal steps in proximity to a DB.

I know , should be wooden

 

[DPG]

I had a wooden test meter, but it wooden work.

Off to get me coat.

 

[telectrix]

if you had a wooden heart ( see Elvis), would it be prone to heart worm or wood worm?

 

[Pete999]

I had a wooden test meter, but it wooden work.

Off to get me coat.

Wooden head ! ! ! !

 

[littlespark]

For the Scots;

I’ve got a Mickey Mouse tester.
It Disney work!

 

[SparkySy]

Yeah they are thin the forks! But it is wylex!!
Ahh my trusty old non bs131 steps have rubber feet and I had switched it off prior to removing the cover, and yes there is no need on this earth to have a db that messy!! I couldn't leave anything looking like that! I did offer to rip it out and do it properly but they haven't got the funding to do it unfortunately

 

[DT1991]

Have they took the top of the DB???

 

[ipf]

I'll bet a few TAILS could be told about this lot....