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[Specialist]

Get shot of those cable ties look bloody awful

Whatever happened to properly laced harnesses Pete ? Some of them were like a work of art, especially in control panels

 

[Pete999]

Whatever happened to properly laced harnesses Pete ?

I just think of the trouble there would be if he had to do any rewiring plus the heating element of cables that have been tied with very little air gap.

 

[freddo]

There is less air space in the trunking. The last control panel I built I laced the door wiring. Had to build it over the recent bank holiday weekend ready to install on the Tuesday and couldn't get hold of small slotted trunking in time. The last time I had to do lacing was over 5 years ago.

 

[LewisS]

Just found this beautiful bit of trunking for a PV install!!

How anyone can walk away from that and be happy is beyond me!

 

[freddo]

At least the cables have more support than the aerial ones.

 

[Wilko]

It must be that new catenary trunking combo

 

[Dave OCD]

Freddo, don't laugh but I tried a Chint 4 way 3 phase board about 6 months ago on a garage extension and it was quite good !

 

[freddo]

FFS. I shake my head with despair every time I walk past this socket.
Lucky though, the old type MK sockets are one of the few designs you can directly insert one of those weedy euro plugs without manually opening the shutter, and can remove the plug again without breaking the shutter as it catches on the pins end caps. The new MK sockets have dimples in the rotating shutter to stop euro plugs opening them.

I've just thought, are europlugs designed to be connected to circuits with 30A 3036 fuses?!

 

[Rpa07]

I don't know what's worse, the 2 Euro plugs in the mk sockets or the lacquered wooden panelling!

 

[Wilko]

I think it would be a molten mass of smouldering black plastic long before the fuse blew if there was an over current fault ...

 

[LewisM]

One light fitting and fan isolator 100 connections.


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[telectrix]

does some of the light manage to get out past that rat's nest?

 

[SparkyChick]

Jeez... somebody needs to teach them the benefits of intermediate junction boxes to keep things neat and tidy.

 

[freddo]

Found a old photo from a periodic I did years ago. Worlds smallest ring final? Yes it was on a 30A MCB. (Sorry about old camera phone quality!)

 

[telectrix]

Found a old photo from a periodic I did years ago. Worlds smallest ring final? Yes it was on a 30A MCB. (Sorry about old camera phone quality!)
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that's right. blame the camera when the real culprit is beer focus.

 

[LewisM]

Wylex touch safe fuses.

 

[SparkyChick]

Was there fuse wire in it or had someone replaced it with a nail (then found it had welded itself into the board and broke it trying to get it out again)?

 

[LewisM]

I'm not sure, I didn't really get a good look at it as it is above a lot of stuff in garage. I'm going back to change the consumer unit next week, the lady has only moved in recently and was getting a shower change by a plumber who told her he has to turn the power off to the whole house as the fuse which is broken is for the shower and he didn't want to touch it which is understandable.

 

[LewisM]

Somebody must not have done any testing after doing this rewire only five years ago....
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[123]

A recent meter change perhaps?