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

[Dartlec]

blue tape.shirley it should be red???

If there's a 2 colours sticker on the consumer unit then it would be fine for one of the terminations

(and don't call me Shirley)

 

[Pete999]

blue tape.shirley it should be red???

Surely says no

 

[richy3333]

Not a good start to the day for numerous reasons...

 

[James]

Not a good start to the day for numerous reasons...View attachment 60626

Close the door and walk away!!

 

[littlespark]

Wasps!!!!!

(3 words)

 

[pc1966]

Fused neutral !!!

 

[DPG]

Fused neutral !!!

Insignificant compared to the wasps!!
Wonder if they'll come out the nest with green and yellow stripes?

 

[James]

Choice of cable and landing is far from perfect too.
glanding

 

[littlespark]

To be honest.... thats a tiny nest.... or bink
A week or two later after being stung, I poked my head up into a loft with my little torch.... turned around on the ladder.....

nest about 3 foot wide and 2 foot high.... hanging off the beams...

thankfully dead, and had been for some years.

 

[freddo]

That's nothing, there were hornets inside the house we were working in today!

 

[littlespark]

You know it’s going to be a good job when one of these is lieing about.....

and a sample of the important chapter.... which surprisingly comes BEFORE the First Aid for Electric Shock.... “sorry, haven’t got to that page yet”

 

[Julie.]

You know it’s going to be a good job when one of these is lieing about.....

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and a sample of the important chapter.... which surprisingly comes BEFORE the First Aid for Electric Shock.... “sorry, haven’t got to that page yet”

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Love the tester!

We can all send our proper voltage testers back, and use the neon in a screwdriver - its in the diy manual so its right.

 

[telectrix]

Love the tester!

We can all send our proper voltage testers back, and use the neon in a screwdriver - its in the diy manual so its right.

well spotted. must be a B&Q manual.

 

[freddo]

You know it’s going to be a good job when one of these is lieing about.....

Some of those manuals are reasonable, though rather out of date now, not much RCD protection and lots of Wylex standard boards. Is no one going to mention the paint on the switch?!

 

[DPG]

Some of those manuals are reasonable, though rather out of date now, not much RCD protection and lots of Wylex standard boards. Is no one going to mention the paint on the switch?!

That's shocking painting yes.

 

[Baddegg]

Structural light switch?....

previous spark cut and upright on garden building to insert the switch apparently.....

 

[freddo]

Should have used a metalclad switch!

 

[Baddegg]

Should have used a metalclad switch!

Don’t think that would’ve saved it the whole building was leaning ?, in his defence I did tell the customer it was him cutting that that caused it....it didn’t help that they’d basically balanced the building like a seesaw and then loaded all the furniture one end! ?

 

[littlespark]

I was there replacing that over painted switch with a plain plastic white one.

The book was printed in 1986. It describes lighting circuits as either joint box, or loop in method. No mention of neutrals at switches. Just wasn't done back in the days of the 15th
or was it 14th??

Still couldn't have a spur from a spur though..

 

[Julie.]

I was there replacing that over painted switch with a plain plastic white one.

The book was printed in 1986. It describes lighting circuits as either joint box, or loop in method. No mention of neutrals at switches. Just wasn't done back in the days of the 15th
or was it 14th??

Still couldn't have a spur from a spur though..

15th

It was published in 1981, but was a big change from the 14th and had a lot of resistance in acceptance, so ended up with a long transition period