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[pc1966]

yes that is a flex through a SWA gland with some tape to thicken it up.

So they are normal non-sealed boxes with some attempt to pot with resin or whatever?

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

So they are normal non-sealed boxes with some attempt to pot with resin or whatever?

Galv Tees with some form of resin poorly poured. Best thing about the job is the Wagos. Honestly I’ve spent a day trying to break this circuit down, from the R1R2 reading we estimate this circuit is about 250 metres long 2.5mm lighting circuit.

 

[GBDamo]

That wiring is still good for another 30 seconds

Fixed that for you.

 

[freddo]

Hmm

Was re-routing some fire alarm zone cables and found this inside mini trunking.

 

[littlespark]

Ah..... the 62nd of January, 2000..... what a day!

 

[pc1966]

Ah..... the 62nd of January, 2000..... what a day!

Yes, I remember it as well. The 62nd day of my Y2K hangover...

 

[Dave OCD]

I always thought January seemed like a long month.

 

[baldelectrician]

I always thought January seemed like a long month.

Try waiting for an appointment for a consultant to let you drive after an operation.

Got a brand new van outside house and cannot take it out the driveway till I get the OK.

Appointment is 9th February (called early January and that was the next one available)

 

[freddo]

Losing the will to live. 2 of us spent a few weeks at a commercial site disconnecting/removing unsafe wiring and testing repairing what could be saved when a company opened a new depot in an older unused site.

Half of the site was separated to be rented out, so we split the circuits on that side into a new DB via a sub meter, all thoroughly tested and inspected as quite a number of shoddy/unsafe diy alterations had been carried out by the previous owners, a shame as the original ~50 year old installation was installed to an exemplary standard. All defects were removed or faulty circuits disconnected for future repair if they were needed, and the area was safe to use by the new tenants.

Back there today, new tenants moved in a week or 2 ago, and we are being contracted by the landlord to repair the lighting in the workshop area of the rented side as this was now required, previously disconnected by us due to unsafe switching alterations that led to shared neutrals, circuits from different mcbs linked and other serious defects.

One of the parts disconnected was this:

When the wall was there there was a buried steel conduit going into and one going out of a socket. The wall was removed at some point, the conduits were cut at floor level and the singles were run buried direct in a chase to some wall sockets, the earth was by the metal back box touching the conduits. Of course there was now no earth continuity to any of the new sockets or the ongoing existing one after this alteration. There was enough sockets in the room from a fairly recent dado installation so these low level sockets were stripped out. I thought that would be the end of it.

I was wrong again. A new stud wall has been fitted and the wiring shown above has been joined onto some singles, (I think one of the cut off ring legs pulled out of the butchered conduit) up the stud wall to a new socket position. No CPC either. I just couldn't believe it, I couldn't fu****g believe it.

I don't know why I wasted my time removing the defects if they were going to be put back in even worse than before. I don't know where they planned to get the supply from as the entire circuit is chopped out at the other end.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Following on from yesterday’s post, look at the state of the cables buried ??. Wiska box is our new joints

 

[telectrix]

what's the gland on top of the wiska box for. that will eventually let water in.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I honestly would keep the wiska box above around attached to small wooden spike

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Haha the bollard slides over the Wiska box. All stays sealed and accessible

 

[Dustydazzler]

Nice work , exactly how I would do it ...

 

[telectrix]

Haha the bollard slides over the Wiska box. All stays sealed and accessible

looks good.

 

[SparkySy]

I do love the storm glands they are great, much better than the cw ones. @ChrisElectrical88 do you not use the wiska earthing plates or piranha nuts for the swa glands? They too make life soo much easier!

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

I do love the storm glands they are great, much better than the cw ones. @ChrisElectrical88 do you not use the wiska earthing plates or piranha nuts for the swa glands? They too make life soo much easier!

I normally will use the Piranha nuts mate, wholesalers run out though and this was sort of dropped on me yesterday. Banjos are bolted on the outside rear of the Wiska box, bit rough, but all I could do with what was available

 

[westward10]

Didn't think earthing nuts fitted those boxes which is why Wiska developed those earthing plates.

 

[SparkySy]

@ChrisElectrical88 sounds typical of the wholesalers at the moment. All you can do is the best with what's available!
@westward10 Quite possibly not on the 308 size box I think you are right that is why the earth plates were created, but I'm sure I've used earth nuts on either the wiska or wago box of one size or another and they worked in the past.

 

[Micktw68]

Didn't think earthing nuts fitted those boxes which is why Wiska developed those earthing plates.

Yep, piranhas don't fit. Also the Wiska earth bars are different for the two sizes of boxes ( ask me how I found out)