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[mainline]

^^^^^ so not only has a neat installation Benn made rough, but was that RCD needed for fault protection? Looks like a TT system to me!
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Oops just looked again and PME I take it from the second Henley/ service blocks.

You were right the first time it's TT, the meter man removed the Rcd being used for fault protection.

 

[freddo]

Wow, untidy and unsafe!

 

[nicebutdim]

Is it common for meter fitters to remove components which fall outside the scope of their work?

 

[ipf]

You were right the first time it's TT, the meter man removed the Rcd being used for fault protection.

Well he needed somewhere to stick the warning labels....two colours of cable, which ain't needed. Then, a warning not to store combustible materials close to the equipment... at high level, above a door seems weird.

 

[Mike Johnson]

And you can bet they went home thinking I did a good job today.

 

[mainline]

Is it common for meter fitters to remove components which fall outside the scope of their work?

Had one yesterday where I had fitted new cu and isolator a few months ago.
Meter man came to put in a smart meter and replaced the new Wylex rec2 telling the customer that the regs have changed so needs replacing with an eon labeled one.
Needless to say he took the wylex one with him for I assume safe disposal on eBay

 

[nicebutdim]

Had one yesterday where I had fitted new cu and isolator a few months ago.
Meter man came to put in a smart meter and replaced the new Wylex rec2 telling the customer that the regs have changed so needs replacing with an eon labeled one.
Needless to say he took the wylex one with him for I assume safe disposal on eBay

At least he left a new one, regardless of whether it was through idiocy or self gain.

 

[Penguin]

OMG…. The only thing missing from your picture is a GAS pipe .???

 

[mainline]

OMG…. The only thing missing from your picture is a GAS pipe .???

Judging by the standard of work they could very well be gas pipes

 

[DefyG]

This may have already done the rounds but perhaps a reminder to some of the ingenuity of your average sparks!, using a cardboard box as an enclosure! Lots of exposed basic insulation too!

 

[westward10]

Looks like the instructions are in the back.

 

[freddo]

Looks like the instructions are in the back.

Well they certainly never went anywhere near the installers eyes.

 

[mainline]

Well they certainly never went anywhere near the installers eyes.

He was probably blind.

 

[littlespark]

that's got "builder" written all over it.

partly because of the ---- show of an installation, and partly because of the fact that the instructions haven't been followed, read or even moved from the box.

 

[DefyG]

Makes you wonder how the RCD is held there as no evidence of a din rail!

 

[Dustydazzler]

as above , that has 'builders wiring' written all over it

i don't imagin the rcd is fixed to anything, just the cable strain holding it in situ

 

[nicebutdim]

Makes you wonder how the RCD is held there as no evidence of a din rail!

Pretty certain there'll be mention of din rail in those instructions.

 

[freddo]

Got a call to look at lights flickering/not working sometimes. Thought I'd start at the consumer unit, took the lid off and was greeted with this! Note only one conductor is clamped in the terminal of the left hand ring, and the main neutral from the second RCD to the right hand neutral bar was also undone. There were other problems with the lights including loose connections at wago connectors where 2 or 3 conductors hand be connected to a single port.

 

[timhoward]

I got called to a fairly straightforward case - "when I turn on the outside light it trips the RCD".
The before L+N-> E IR test was 0.8 Mohms. I showed the customer, explained bare minimum was effectively 2 (or 1 if you want to argue) and now we'd disconnect the light and see what it jumped to. "It shouldn't be the light, I bought it new and fitted it myself". Ok, let's see.

Ah, factory fitted flex removed, T&E all the way to the light.... the problem wasn't exactly hard to identify:

Snip. >299 Mohms. New joint box. New light.

 

[nicebutdim]

"It shouldn't be the light, I bought it new and fitted it myself".

Priceless.