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Darkwood · Mar 21, 2015

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.

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Alex Ramage · Nov 27, 2016

DPG said:
Definitely no ring finals? Daz

Nope. My son and I tested all the circuits, sleeved the earths and wrote a report for the landlord. Only cost us an hour and a half. On quizzing the landlord I established that building renovation work was carried out by an Eastern European travelling circus

NDG Elecs · Nov 27, 2016

Has it all been fully rewired or have the circuits all been extended, hence the blue brown? Just wandering why there is no RCD protection on the board.

Wes1000 · Nov 27, 2016

Got asked to reconnect an outbuilding that the previous owners has disconnected from the house. No problem, new swa to the outbuilding and garage C/U fitted but had to laugh when I saw the existing set up. Apparently it was disconnected to get a satisfactory EICR for the house sale rather than fix the many faults.

DPG · Nov 27, 2016

That's gonna take some sorting out

Daz

HandySparks · Nov 27, 2016

Alex Ramage said:
Nope. My son and I tested all the circuits, sleeved the earths and wrote a report for the landlord. Only cost us an hour and a half. On quizzing the landlord I established that building renovation work was carried out by an Eastern European travelling circus

Did he say when the CU was installed?

LewisM · Dec 3, 2016

Not sure how dangerous but rather unusual http://i.Upload the image directly to the thread.com/IwTt24F.jpg

Wes1000 · Dec 3, 2016

What does it supply? Some sort of water filter??

LewisM · Dec 3, 2016

Yeah water cooler, pulled it forward when pat testing then I noticed the lid was hanging off.

Two more

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Fuseboard had signs of burning inside and the main cable was burnt near the end and at some point I guess the original main switch burnt out and somebody changed the switch and stuck the cable back in. Luckily the property was getting a full rewire so it was all ripped out.

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Wilko · Dec 3, 2016

LewisM said:
Not sure how dangerous but rather unusual http://i.Upload the image directly to the thread.com/IwTt24F.jpg

Working on my mastery of the bleeding obvious - I go for 132.11 Prevention of mutual detrimental influence, so water and leccie should not be in same confinement. And since water pipe might leak, IP rating not sufficient. Thoughts?

telectrix · Dec 3, 2016

Wilko said:
Working on my mastery of the bleeding obvious - I go for 132.11 Prevention of mutual detrimental influence, so water and leccie should not be in same confinement. And since water pipe might leak, IP rating not sufficient. Thoughts?

and tell the wet-pants to go and buy his own bloody trunking.

GMES · Dec 4, 2016

I do love a bit of initiative

Darkwood · Dec 4, 2016

lol just seen this on fb .. H&S lol

telectrix · Dec 5, 2016

GMES said:
I do love a bit of initiative

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shocking. the wheelbarrow is not wearing a safety harness.

FatAlan · Dec 5, 2016

Mates on my course just been doing a house clearance on a rental property. DIY Spurs off Spurs.

FatAlan · Dec 5, 2016

Another interesting arrangement!

DPG · Dec 5, 2016

Love the upside down socket! In the first photo it's possible the 2 sockets were fed from an FCU. I'm guessing this wasn't the case though. Daz

hightower · Dec 5, 2016

DPG said:
Love the upside down socket! In the first photo it's possible the 2 sockets were fed from an FCU. I'm guessing this wasn't the case though. Daz

Or perhaps were part of a radial rather than a ring? Still rough as though. I've installed a couple upside down sockets before as the need dictated.

telectrix · Dec 5, 2016

maybe the tenant was australian.

HandySparks · Dec 5, 2016

hightower said:
Still rough as though. I've installed a couple upside down sockets before as the need dictated.

Sometimes you just have to go with what's practical. Ancient timber framed building. I decided that the wall wasn't solid enough to support a socket:

polo1 · Dec 5, 2016

Are these steel toe cap pink slippers, and do they match your top????

HandySparks · Dec 5, 2016

polo1 said:
Are these steel toe cap pink slippers, and do they match your top????

I'm afraid they don't match.

However, I recently bought a pair of these steelies:
http://www.screwfix.com/p/site-sapphire-safety-trainers-navy-size-8/15017

They're great for working in furnished houses. I don't like having to remove shoes when I'm working. They look really low key, so most people don't mind me wearing them, and they have a shallow tread, so don't pick up muck.

Jamchiv01 · Dec 6, 2016

Got a call out to a house where the RCD tripped instantly when the MCB was turned on for the kitchen ring. Investigated the fault, located it was something load side of the boiler fused supr. Took the cover off the boiler to check the wiring and find this:

Blocked condenser leaked milky water alllllll over the electrical connections.

westward10 · Dec 6, 2016

HandySparks said:
I'm afraid they don't match.

However, I recently bought a pair of these steelies:
http://www.screwfix.com/p/site-sapphire-safety-trainers-navy-size-8/15017

They're great for working in furnished houses. I don't like having to remove shoes when I'm working. They look really low key, so most people don't mind me wearing them, and they have a shallow tread, so don't pick up muck.

They look really cool.

Wes1000 · Dec 6, 2016

Jamchiv01 said:
Got a call out to a house where the RCD tripped instantly when the MCB was turned on for the kitchen ring. Investigated the fault, located it was something load side of the boiler fused supr. Took the cover off the boiler to check the wiring and find this:

Blocked condenser leaked milky water alllllll over the electrical connections.

I think that's a bad habit you have.

Jamchiv01 · Dec 6, 2016

It's not a bad habit, it's a Super Power if it ended up there

Jamchiv01 · Dec 10, 2016

Found this behind an old consumer unit NOT ACCESSIBLE OR VISIBLE:

A freaking henley block! Luckily there was enough slack on the existing meter tails to connect to the new consumer unit without having to replace them.

kingeri · Dec 11, 2016

Jamchiv01 said:
Found this behind an old consumer unit NOT ACCESSIBLE OR VISIBLE:

A freaking henley block! Luckily there was enough slack on the existing meter tails to connect to the new consumer unit without having to replace them.

Awesome. Never seen a MF Henley block before, maybe you should invent one, there's clearly demand for them!

LewisM · Dec 22, 2016

Another quality install by the data boys!

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LewisM · Dec 22, 2016

Another quality install by the data boys!

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freddo · Dec 24, 2016

Found while working above a ceiling, pathetic.

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freddo · Dec 24, 2016

A few defects from a huge list, taken during a nightmare periodic.

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freddo · Jan 21, 2017

Why on earth would anyone twist the conductors like this?! The whole house is like it.

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telectrix · Jan 21, 2017

freddo said:
Why on earth would anyone twist the conductors like this?! The whole house is like it.

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that's even worse than twisting the ends. FFS.

freddo · Jan 21, 2017

A central heating wiring centre I came across the other day.

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Dave OCD · Jan 21, 2017

Must have been hard work making that look so atrocious !

freddo · Jan 21, 2017

I think it was made much worse when someone altered the wiring to fit 5x Nest receivers! I was just there to swap a faulty valve.

richy3333 · Jan 21, 2017

freddo said:
A central heating wiring centre I came across the other day.

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As Dave said, surely it would have been easier to just do it correctly and neatly! Doesn't anyone have pride in their work anymore?

Pete999 · Jan 21, 2017

"Pride" isn't part of the curriculum on the training courses yet

richy3333 · Jan 21, 2017

Jamchiv01 said:
Found this behind an old consumer unit NOT ACCESSIBLE OR VISIBLE:

A freaking henley block! Luckily there was enough slack on the existing meter tails to connect to the new consumer unit without having to replace them.

I'm more surprised that volex board didn't catch fire

Toneyz · Jan 21, 2017

Pete999 said:
"Pride" isn't part of the curriculum on the training courses yet

That will do a blind man would be happy with that !!!!!!!!!!! thats it Pete no one has any pride ''well it works don't it how many times have I herd that

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