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

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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.

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

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Since when is a customers electrical installation the responsibility of a meter fitter? If they are happy to connect perished fabric/rubber tails to a meter a Wylex fuseboard should not be of concern.
 
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I didn't realise it was the meter fitter who taped all the holes up. I'd be surprised if a meter fitter would even touch the consumers installation.
I was referring to BG electrical division who are told to cover/fill any holes they come across.
 
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freddo said:
That's a disgusting install. What really gets on my ---- is at work we loose out on jobs because we are more expensive than the idckheads that throw this ---- in. How lazy, preloaded board, just shove it on the wall as is and stick the wires where you need them, no care, no attention to detail. That's ignoring the madness at the supply end. :mad:

I stuck a board in last month, it was only a basic one in a detached garage but I still took the same care as I would anything else. Feel free to criticise!
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Very Tidy :-) I like that you've labelled your bonding, it's easy enough to do but a pain in the arse hunting for the other end of an unlabeled cable.
 
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I sometimes used to write on cables in sharpie or fine OHP pen but an NIC inspector questioned the practice. 'How do you know' he asked, 'that the solvent in the ink won't trigger future degradation of the insulation?' TBH he wasn't an awkward chap but was struggling to find anything to comment upon; it was a very nice job that one even by our standards. I wasn't there personally so I didn't get to blind him with organic chemistry and polymer science, but I have also seen the pigment migrate through the PVC over time so that it goes fuzzy. So now it's either a proper printed cable label or no label.
 
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No more of that please, neat work is OT for this thread!

I sometimes use the flexible nylon tape for the Dymo printer that is officially supposed to make permanent cable labels. Not quite sure how permanent that is, probably not as good as heatshrink but as you say that can get pricey with only 1.5m in each cartridge.
 
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Wonder I'd it was some sort of decorative arrangement with multiple pendants with different lengths of flex or something?
 
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Another DIY attempt found this evening during a call out to an elderly lady who had no working lights upstairs after she switched the bedroom light on and it went pop. Can anyone see why the lights might not be working upstairs after a lamp blew? :eek:
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At least the fuse links were the correct size!
 
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How the hell do people's brains operate? Even a complete novice surely would realise the fuse wire should be enclosed with in the carrier....obviously not!

This world is full of idiots and morons
 
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I came across today a socket blanked off with a metal blanking plate stuck to the wall with decorators caulk. I flicked it off with ease using just a finger. Behind it was the cable just snipped off, ends left bare and still live. It was millimetres from touching the back of the metal cover plate. I isolated the circuit and disconnected it from the board for now. When I go back to deal with it I'll take a picture.

Just to note.
I've been called in to do a snag list after a recent overall of the electrical installation completed by a local, reputable electrical company.

Idiots & Morons Ltd
 
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freddo said:
Another DIY attempt found this evening during a call out to an elderly lady who had no working lights upstairs after she switched the bedroom light on and it went pop. Can anyone see why the lights might not be working upstairs after a lamp blew? :eek:
At least the fuse links were the correct size!
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At least you don't need to guess which fuse is the issue, it's nicely on display
 
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freddo said:
Impressive, must have had to clear the holesaw out several times to complete that! What on earth goes through the minds of the people doing this sort of thing?!
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When I was a Q.S.saw this a few times got told by electrician ''well it's a fire rated downlight isn't it ( by the way it had a 50 watt GU10 in it at 200 deg.!!!!) more like the start of a fire.
 
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