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

[nicebutdim]

Seen this many times, quickest solution is to turn the socket upside down, on some single back boxes with the 4 fixing points you can turn the socket sideways, not pretty but a temporary fix till the socket position can be altered.

Plenty of ways to sort the issue, but I mentioned it because it's hard to understand how someone might ever have thought it was a good idea.

 

[timhoward]

Hmm, I think I'd better change those tails.

 

[baldelectrician]

Did a wiring check last Monday where the landlord and his dad 'did all the work'

The father (now 80 year old) told me he had 2 EICR's before that passed.
I told him- that's great, can I get a copy of the EICR for reference in my report
Next line- 'Oh my son has moved house, I think they will be lost'

Nice taped joint here with the added bonus of the casing not secured to the pump.

The old guy got cheeky with the lad who stays there (the tenant's son) because he pointed out the eaves where the additional consumer unit is because he did not want me 'finding things'

Properties like this are the reason EICR's were made mandatory for rentals

 

[Raptor0014]

Not as dodgy as the last abomination posted.

But I went to do an EICR today and found this class installation of a shower. I particularly like how they have allowed the conductor some space to help heat dissipation.

 

[littlespark]

Is that in a particularly damp area?
Earth bar screws look corroded somewhat

 

[DPG]

Did a wiring check last Monday where the landlord and his dad 'did all the work'
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The father (now 80 year old) told me he had 2 EICR's before that passed.
I told him- that's great, can I get a copy of the EICR for reference in my report
Next line- 'Oh my son has moved house, I think they will be lost'
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Nice taped joint here with the added bonus of the casing not secured to the pump.

The old guy got cheeky with the lad who stays there (the tenant's son) because he pointed out the eaves where the additional consumer unit is because he did not want me 'finding things'

Properties like this are the reason EICR's were made mandatory for rentals

Very thorough network system though by the looks of it.

 

[nicebutdim]

Not as dodgy as the last abomination posted.

But I went to do an EICR today and found this class installation of a shower. I particularly like how they have allowed the conductor some space to help heat dissipation.

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It's not every electrician that can think of such innovative measures.

 

[Raptor0014]

Is that in a particularly damp area?
Earth bar screws look corroded somewhat

It’s in a front porch.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Is that in a particularly damp area?
Earth bar screws look corroded somewhat

Agree all the exposed copper looks tarnished and the 15A on the left of the 40A looks to not have an original terminals screw.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Agree all the exposed copper looks tarnished and the 15A on the left of the 40A looks to not have an original terminals screw.

Not has the job I went to day, where was the back box for the two sockets it disintegrated hang off the wall was the socket face front,damp had eaten it away.

 

[littlespark]

Right…. Who wants to start off with this? Typical farmers installation. Just a single phase supply for a number of sheds and stables.
Main fuse isn’t even fixed? Just floating in mid air. No RCD in sight and bare, uninsulated earth wires.

 

[DPG]

Bet it was good originally, look at the tubing.

What size are those red and blacks straight out of the meter??

 

[timhoward]

It looks as though the middle two N connections at the meter are the opposite was around to normal, somewhat adding to the confusion.
From left to right at meter I think we have supply L, load N, supply N, load L.
Is there any main earthing going to the switched fuses on the left?

 

[littlespark]

It looks as though the middle two N connections at the meter are the opposite was around to normal, somewhat adding to the confusion.
From left to right at meter I think we have supply L, load N, supply N, load L.
Is there any main earthing going to the switched fuses on the left?

Yes… main earthing is just bare copper, hidden behind the red and blacks.

 

[Simon47]

As farm installations go, that looks pretty tidy and safe
As to main fuse, can't see how it's moved given the way the cables lie and all the seals are in place.

 

[MJPD29]

Looks like it was originally a lovely install with the steel conduit that became a mess over the years with additions

 

[SparkySy]

Got to love a farm job, some of them just amaze and confuse for a few minutes until you get your head round what is actually going on!

This is a 1940ish mill that is split phase 480v, it was put in second hand here in 1967 and worked till 2002 when the original hand operated panel packed up and was replaced with this brook and worked up until this morning now won't run! Panel is as I found it, yes without the lid. Lad was using a plastic pipe to press the start button!

 

[brianmoooore]

Main fuse isn’t even fixed? Just floating in mid air.

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Main fuse is grey plastic. That suggests to me that it is much newer than the rest of the installation.
Bodge by DNO engineer, wanting to get home early?

 

[brianmoooore]

Love the last few pics. If I'd carried a camera with me over the last three decades, i could have posted dozens like that and worse. Not at all unusual to find starters with missing covers and dedicated pieces of plastic pipe or a screwdriver alongside them for pushing the buttons, or even wooden wedges for holding contactors with dud control circuits in the 'on' position.

 

[Mike Johnson]

I do like the insulated back box.