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Or did you break it trying to get out and blame other peaple. LolFound this today on a PRS EICR it was the places first test in 10 years after being built. Due to the lack of plastic pieces in the enclosure I can only assume the original installers knew they had done it and left it like that!
Ok.... so have you replaced it, or left them with the dodgy untight cable until you can replace?Another EICR with a dodgy RCD.
Power off, cover off, quick start with a visual.
Saw this straight away.
Tried to tighten it, but wouldn’t tighten at all. Assumed they’d put it behind the clamp, so pulled the tail out.
They’ve actually managed to somehow snap the clamp so it will not tighten, so it’s just been resting in there ever since.
FYI, house was newly built 2 years ago!
You mean 18v impact driversThat's the trouble with Torque screwdrivers. ?
Found this today on a PRS EICR it was the places first test in 10 years after being built. Due to the lack of plastic pieces in the enclosure I can only assume the original installers knew they had done it and left it like that!
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So use the torque screwdriver as a pry bar and one of these to tighten the terminations...?No No the Torque driver is to jamb into the terminal to hold the conductor in place ? it would be the most useful thing I'm used mine for.
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"They all do that sir"
That's the most depressing aspect, it was one thing when you were dealing with discontinued lines, but the CBF of it all is the worst.as if it's difficult to get a BG MCB.
He sleeved all the redblack cables ! If only he'd have paid a little more attention to detail elsewhere... Such as a plastering syllabus...One if first looked at this i thought you put the photo up the wrong way...but nope its the ruddy board on its side LOL
What's all the heat sleeve about ?
Ok.... so have you replaced it, or left them with the dodgy untight cable until you can replace?
Quite possibly it was backed right off the thread from the factory and started badly. Minimal force would then be required to strip the thread.That's the trouble with Torque screwdrivers. ?
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"They all do that sir"
There is no requirement for it to. There isn't even a requirement for a door. The idea that the CU is supposed to "contain" any fire is just a myth.Its a vertically integrated solution ill have you know, which as far as I'm aware negates the fire rating as the door doesn't gravity-shut....
Err - leaving aside the "slight" lean, why did they use an MK board/main switch then use Wylex RCDs and MCBs? Bodged together whatever they had in the van from the last job?View attachment 83518
"They all do that sir"
I know no one likes putting the two colour label on, but this seems like a sub-optimal solution!He sleeved all the redblack cables ! If only he'd have paid a little more attention to detail elsewhere... Such as a plastering syllabus...
Its a vertically integrated solution ill have you know, which as far as I'm aware negates the fire rating as the door doesn't gravity-shut....
Always know it's going to be a fun EICR when you see all the earths like this when you take the CU front off....Not sure if you'd consider this dodgy, but it was rather annoying when the fixture needed replacing
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Always know it's going to be a fun EICR when you see all the earths like this when you take the CU front off....
Seems to have been standard practise once upon a time, like the twisted earths outside of the round junction boxes..
Knobskulls.This one had CPC, Line, Switched live, & neutral twisted. Two different entrance holes for the cables.
WHY would anyone do that?
This one had CPC, Line, Switched live, & neutral twisted. Two different entrance holes for the cables.
WHY would anyone do that?
Ideal tried to re introduce wire nuts back over here a few years back - fortunately seems like they didn't succeed...Twisting solid cores is proper badgers imo , I know the americans Canadians love twisting cores within an inch of their life. But there really is no need to. Just put them into the connector side by side for goodness sake...
I suspect some DIYers think it makes a better connection when they use choc bloc connectors and struggle to get several cables properly terminated - but they will never have had to go round and deal with it a few years later (similar with insulation tape) but that looks like a commercial or non-domestic.
This was in the emergency stair case of a large building converted to flats so I'd like to think it wasn't DIY.
Probably the kitchen fitter.
Unless they start fiddling about with kitchens, you mean?On the level of competence in electrics, DIYers often far exceed kitchen fitters, in my experience!
not necessarily in some of the cases I've seen.. though they are probably kitchen "fitters" rather than kitchen fitters to be fair.... ?Unless they start fiddling about with kitchens, you mean?
That’s disgusting, just look at the angle of those screw heads.Landlord I work for sent me this pic.
She maybe shouldn’t have entered the property when the tenant wasn’t there, but she had an appointment with him and he never turned up.
Hasn’t paid his rent and apparently moved in with someone else.
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I EICRd this property before he moved in, and I’ll have to do it again when he moves out.
There’s also a missing smoke detector, and cigarette burns on the worktop.
How do you “accidentally” break a switch? If it got struck by something, the whole plate would be smashed.
I can forgive the screws, it's the can't be bothered to not loosen them and pull the face plate forward to paint, instead paint the face plate.
he then got a job with Laura Ashley.Someone I know used to paint right over the sockets when he decorated. Looked abysmal.
Someone I know used to paint right over the sockets when he decorated. Looked abysmal.
Seen it a few times typically in a council houses. they paint a room, say, blue. They paint the wall blue, the skirting board, the switches, the fireplace, the mantle, the radiator, the TRV, the door, the door handle, the window sill, the window frame, a bit of window, a bit of carpet, the dog, (the cat was too quick and used its claws)Someone I know used to paint right over the sockets when he decorated. Looked abysmal.
FWIW my late father taught me to twist the wires together. He'd have been learning the trade in the 40s & 50s.No idea if it was ever taught as good practise for apprentices, but it's very common with older (<70s) socket wiring.
Correct. As you know, twisting involved 7 and 3 strand cabling, pre 60's/70's. It was carried over to solid core but, as is the norm with changes, the dangers weren't really covered in general, training wise, for a good few years. How many of us saw cable breakages due to twisting, though. A case of experience, learning as we were going along.twisting conductors was common practice with stranded imperial cable . trouble with twisting solid core , apart from being a nightmare for testing, is metal fatigue. leading to snapped conductors and poor connrctions.
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