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[ipf]

He means scams.

.....scams round a cow pat?

...or flies round scams?

 

[westward10]

Not everyday you see something unusual but I have never seen one of these. From the outside it looks like any other MEM Exel switch-fuse but inside we have a small dist board.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

That goods lift controller could be anything up to late 50s, those doughnut contactors are pretty timeless. And yes, the Slydloks are original, they were standard on Evans controllers. Slydloks were specced on a lot of WW2 W^D kit, which I guess helped cement their presence throughout the industry.

So on the left you have the line contactors for the stator, up and down, which are electrically and mechanically interlocked (the interlock bar runs behind the panel). On the right are two rotor resistance contactors, with timing dashpots. The stator is switched DOL, with both steps of rotor resistance in circuit, and one rotor contactor is energised but the dashpot delays it closing. When it closes, one step is cut out and the next contactor is energised. When that closes the second step is cut out i.e. the sliprings are shorted together for full speed. The line contactor auxiliaries also control the brake and lock circuit.

It looks like there are both fast and slow limits for each floor in the selector, as there are terminals UP /DN / UPS / DNS. As the car approaches the floor I expect the first drops out both rotor contactors, then the levelling limit drops the line con.

Freddo's controller is older and uses doughnut contactors for the floor relays. Any clues to the make - I can't read the label and I don't recognise it. The line contactors have dashpots, presumably with a lost motion linkage so that the line and brake contacts operate immediately but the accelerating contact follows later. FWIW the fuses here look like Artic, another specialist brand found mainly in industry and ministry-spec plant.

 

[freddo]

Any clues to the make - I can't read the label and I don't recognise it.

H O Strong & sons Bristol.

This one is not in use any more, I imagine it was taken out of service many years ago. It is in a brick shed on the roof of a local factory.

Naturally the supply is via an Ellison oil filled circuit breaker.

 

[westward10]

I have also "borowed" this label, never seen one like this.

 

[static zap]

Oh well glance read that as Mingham...MEM glands .
(looks very posh)

 

[Doomed]

have I every shown these?
the one of t
he D
B is taken with me stood in the shower cubicle.

 

[Doomed]

And hows this for a light fitting in a living room

Yep, thats the ballast unit on the floor

 

[Strima]

 

[westward10]

So tonight I come across this, shall I turn it off to ditch those live conductors hanging from the busbar chamber or is the main switch siezed with all the compound which has poured from the PILC cable connection.

 

[Wilko]

That has been hit with the ugly stick !
Isolate further upstream?

 

[westward10]

That has been hit with the ugly stick !
Isolate further upstream?

It can be but believe it or not that busbar which was assumed to be redundant supplies a server room. Back tonight to see what has come from the many meetings which have no doubt taken place today to discuss it

 

[Pete999]

It can be but believe it or not that busbar which was assumed to be redundant supplies a server room. Back tonight to see what has come from the many meetings which have no doubt taken place today to discuss it

What's to discuss??

 

[westward10]

What's to discuss??

I agree Pete. We have been on this site four weeks doing an EICR and found this hidden away in a store room. It was a bit late as we are working nights so no doubt today people are deciding how best to remove it without isolation due to the server room which we have been scouting around. I have my phone off but I suspect when I get back this evening it will have been removed as they have a site electrician.

 

[Pete999]

I agree Pete. We have been on this site four weeks doing an EICR and found this hidden away in a store room. It was a bit late as we are working nights so no doubt today people are deciding how best to remove it without isolation due to the server room which we have been scouting around. I have my phone off but I suspect when I get back this evening it will have been removed as they have a site electrician.

Thanks Westy

 

[Squid]

 

[Richard Burns]

[/ATTACH]

That telephone connection will get a bit warm nestled between those two power supplies! Can't see any other issues!

 

[freddo]

Lead sheathed t+e? Nice to see an old installation that hasn't been altered too much

 

[freddo]

This is part of an article in the PE mag. It has been printed in more than one. I don't know why you would do that. Perhaps the lights were fed from a centre tapped supply...

 

[willy fixit]

That telephone connection will get a bit warm nestled between those two power supplies! Can't see any other issues!

Earth/bonding clamp on the incoming lead sheath???

 

[Rpa07]

This is part of an article in the PE mag. It has been printed in more than one. I don't know why you would do that. Perhaps the lights were fed from a centre tapped supply...
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It doesn’t make a lot of sense that, you’d have thought that some editor worth their salt would have picked up on it. If the downlight can’t work then . . . . ?

 

[freddo]

We fitted 9 of that range of downlights recently,2 were dead out the box, not even a brief flash or pop at first switch on. One of the 2 replacements was dead too. 2 had faulty LEDs the other had faulty electronics.

 

[Toneyz]

We fitted 9 of that range of downlights recently,2 were dead out the box, not even a brief flash or pop at first switch on. One of the 2 replacements was dead too. 2 had faulty LEDs the other had faulty electronics.

What make and modal is that?

 

[freddo]

JCC Hybrid 9

 

[Toneyz]

JCC Hybrid 9

I thought that they had sorted this failure out shame really as it is not doing their reputation any good at all more than likely it is the driver when we have had high branded LED fittings before it has always been the driver.

 

[Strima]

A couple of lads I know have been left to sort this lot out, they've only got a six hour window and it all has to be done with no service outage. Started off as a quick DC PDU swap and sort of got a little bit bigger...

That's roughly 500 fibre optic cables badly installed...

Under the floor:

Top of rack:

Bottom of rack:

 

[Rpa07]

I’d go for an Afro comb and occasionally back comb it - plenty of conditioner with a warm water wash.
My second suggestion - put the floor tiles back down and leg it!

 

[telectrix]

or just get a bag of cable ties.

 

[Rpa07]

or just get a bag of cable ties.

.. . . and an Afro comb!

 

[Strima]

I’d go for an Afro comb and occasionally back comb it - plenty of conditioner with a warm water wash.
My second suggestion - put the floor tiles back down and leg it!

Funnily enough the floor tiles are back in place!!!

 

[Wilko]

That's had a proper job done it
Don't mean to be glass half empty, but I think they will struggle to improve that lot without service interruption. Love to see outcome .

 

[LeeH]

Went to move the factory CCTV this morning as it fowled the cable ladder..

 

[LeeH]

The supply to the factory brew machine....

 

[freddo]

These pointless labels are still being fitted to samsung stuff, found during appliance testing, the first on an IEC lead, the second on a VGA cable. I first started seeing these over 6 years ago. I would have thought someone at samsung would have stopped them by now.

 

[Cadgey123]

Hotel site temp, Rajasthan India

 

[Pete999]

Hotel site temp, Rajasthan India

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AT least it's clipped

 

[telectrix]

AT least it's clipped

so are poodles.

 

[Cadgey123]

AT least it's clipped

Decent amount of clips as well. Must have the enclosure still on order.

Some of the electrics are a bit mad out this way. Will need to try and get some pictures of the street live bus bar connections

 

[curly]

Whilst doing my day job (painting) the light in my customers house started to flicker. So I removed the cover to find this monstrosity,

It's a council house so he's getting them to fix it,

Every screw was lose (terminals and fixings) I tightened all the terminals and removed the fixings. This way it can be fitted ontop of the ceiling instead of into the ceiling

 

[leep82]

Found today whilst testing. Good old ceiling fixers by the looks of things on price work. How do you not notice those cables?

 

[freddo]

Lol, had the same with ceiling fixers just before xmas, fortunately I put all the cables in oval tube so it was dead easy to replace the damaged cable.

 

[leep82]

Lol, had the same just before xmas, fortunately I put all the cables in oval tube so it was dead easy to replace the damaged cable.

The benefits of capping/tube. The company im currently subbing to dont or wont use it.

 

[leep82]

They were at least consistant!

 

[freddo]

 

[Dave OCD]

I was recommended to a chap who's doing up his bungalow, when removing the old kitchen base units he came across this little gem....
After nearly 11 hours of hard graft it's all resited into a cupboard,new CU [The much maligned BG which I've never had a problem with],tested and certified. The 'after' picture was before it was quite finished and I'd just connected the tails in quickly to do the live tests, they were subsequently redone tidier.

 

[pirate]

I particularly like the graffitti...I mean, who doesn't scribble their wiring ideas on the wall?
Redecorating recently, I stripped off some wallpaper near the thermostat in the hall, and there, preserved for all time, was the "working drawing" from years ago...and yes, it corresponded exactly to the wiring in the (now defunct) stat itself...except it wasn't quite defunct...it was unused and surplus to requirements, but still packed a punch when I fiddled with it...shoulda used my voltpen, dammit!

 

[Rpa07]

I was recommended to a chap who's doing up his bungalow, when removing the old kitchen base units he came across this little gem....
After nearly 11 hours of hard graft it's all resited into a cupboard,new CU [The much maligned BG which I've never had a problem with],tested and certified. The 'after' picture was before it was quite finished and I'd just connected the tails in quickly to do the live tests, they were subsequently redone tidier. View attachment 41245 View attachment 41246 View attachment 41245 View attachment 41247 View attachment 41245

And that’s why they call you @Dave OCD, by the way was the spirit level for us to see? Just asking! Nice job.

 

[Rpa07]

I particularly like the graffitti...I mean, who doesn't scribble their wiring ideas on the wall?
Redecorating recently, I stripped off some wallpaper near the thermostat in the hall, and there, preserved for all time, was the "working drawing" from years ago...and yes, it corresponded exactly to the wiring in the (now defunct) stat itself...except it wasn't quite defunct...it was unused and surplus to requirements, but still packed a punch when I fiddled with it...shoulda used my voltpen, dammit!

1960s install - wiring diagram of installation folded and placed next to Wylex 3036 - how great is that. Respect to the ‘real’ sparks - that would take me 2 days just to draw that diagram. We’ve got it easy! (Don’t tell @Pete999 that I said that)

 

[Pete999]

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1960s install - wiring diagram of installation folded and placed next to Wylex 3036 - how great is that. Respect to the ‘real’ sparks - that would take me 2 days just to draw that diagram. We’ve got it easy! (Don’t tell @Pete999 that I said that)

Too late!!!

 

[Pete999]

View attachment 41252
1960s install - wiring diagram of installation folded and placed next to Wylex 3036 - how great is that. Respect to the ‘real’ sparks - that would take me 2 days just to draw that diagram. We’ve got it easy! (Don’t tell @Pete999 that I said that)

Too late!!!

 

[Pete999]

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1960s install - wiring diagram of installation folded and placed next to Wylex 3036 - how great is that. Respect to the ‘real’ sparks - that would take me 2 days just to draw that diagram. We’ve got it easy! (Don’t tell @Pete999 that I said that)

Too late!!!

 

[littlespark]

Post #1496, the picture of the new CU with a spirit level on top of it? Was that just to check I the one built into the CU worked properly?

Oh, I get it now.... OCD!!