Errr, youd think at least some effort to pull it through inside the mast.
 

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This is what we discovered after an annual test on a factory, this was protecting a 32 amp circuit.
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Spot the mistake.
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Switch was placed to close to a cupboard and had to be moved?

Not exactly dodgy Electrical work but back in 1995/96 I was doing rewires for the council and we would regularly come across 7029 cable and in one case we had to rewire an old cottage that was still using 15amp sockets, complete with the socket spur of of the cooker switch.
 
Concrete ceiling in the bathroom - I'd put in a 2 inch drop down ceiling to run a new lighting cable but each to their own
 

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An economical way to feed a loft extension and an interesting IP rating failure.
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Nice one :-) Bett there were a lot of light in the loft! Surprised they bothered with an RCD to be honest.
 
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Intresting way for the upstairs tennant to reset rcd, nice pully system.
 
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That is brilliant! The manufacturers should do a remote lever like that :-) Daz
 
Called out to help wire up a bathroom found the fuse board inside the bathe room cupboard and round to the side sod wiring in to that

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OK OK we should never ever ever ever mess with DNOs precious seals, but ffs don't do this!

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OK OK we should never ever ever ever mess with DNOs precious seals, but ffs don't do this!

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This was found as is, not even bodged with tape, at a height of seven foot and easily touchable.
 
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Some people never cease to amaze me with what they think is safe work, I have got to start taking some pic's of the stuff I see at some of the Blue Chip companies we do work for, Done by there "Multi-skilled Engineers".
 
Nice. Is that 2.5mm? Daz
 
Loving the 3 little holes he's drilled for the individual cores. And the earthing would obviously pass a bond test :-) Daz
 
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