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[Mike Johnson]

Well they do have the normal Grabtree lean.

 

[Raptor0014]

Aren't those Loadstar MCBs, rather than Starbreaker? Was trying to picture what might have been rigged up to a plug in busbar.

Yeah they are. When I saw it I thought they were starbreaker. But you are indeed correct it’s a loadstar.

 

[nicebutdim]

Yeah they are. When I saw it I thought they were starbreaker. But you are indeed correct it’s a loadstar.

What was the problem - busbar behind the clamp?

 

[Raptor0014]

What was the problem - busbar behind the clamp?

Loose connection which was also misaligned. Just hadn’t been tightened up properly. So for the sake of saving circa £10 over a loadstar RCBO. They forced a Fusebox one in and will cost circa £600 once it’s all replaced.

I’ve told them to go back to the ‘electrician’ and see if they are registered under any CPS. Find out their membership no and then complain as they shouldn’t be liable for that.

But ultimately I think they’ll end up paying as I reckon that they’ll get radio silence from the ‘electrician’.

 

[mainline]

What are those two B6 things on the left hand side.

https://www.electriciansforums.net/attachments/img_0391-jpg.97145/

Think there's some confusion

 

[littlespark]

https://www.electriciansforums.net/attachments/img_0391-jpg.97145/

Think there's some confusion

Looks like Mike was referring to an image on #5714, but quoted your message by mistake.

5714….. God, this is a long thread

 

[Mike Johnson]

Is that God the Black Woman.

Thought I better add, I am too old to worry about the difference between colour and gender.

What have we become that I thought I needed to explain that.

 

[littlespark]

And here we bl**dy go…..

Gone to look at a little commercial kitchen job in the back of a pub….. there’s those alarm bells ringing!

PAT all the second hand equipment the chef has bought in… Tidy up a few bits and pieces….(broken sockets etc) Wire in a gas interlink cutoff when he can get a gas engineer to come.

Not an RCD in the place.
This is the board everything will be coming off for the kitchen.

And these are a couple of issues I saw just walking through the place….

I also saw at least one light switch hanging off the wall behind the bar.

Domestic Aico smoke detectors in lieu of a proper fire alarm system with at least 2 detectors missing and one broken.

Place is a death trap.

 

[Mike Johnson]

But what's the Beer like?

 

[Raptor0014]

And here we bl**dy go…..

Gone to look at a little commercial kitchen job in the back of a pub….. there’s those alarm bells ringing!

PAT all the second hand equipment the chef has bought in… Tidy up a few bits and pieces….(broken sockets etc) Wire in a gas interlink cutoff when he can get a gas engineer to come.

Not an RCD in the place.
This is the board everything will be coming off for the kitchen.

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And these are a couple of issues I saw just walking through the place….

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I also saw at least one light switch hanging off the wall behind the bar.

Domestic Aico smoke detectors in lieu of a proper fire alarm system with at least 2 detectors missing and one broken.

Place is a death trap.

Did you get the ‘but it’s been fine for years mate’ like I did in the last pub kitchen I worked in.

 

[littlespark]

But what's the Beer like?

A lot of hipster small craft brewery types... No big names.

I might try it one night..... but not in the state its in at the moment

 

[Raptor0014]

Went to a place today to fix a non-working EV charge point. Then got asked to sort this lot out. Shouldn’t be too hard with such a neat installation…

 

[DPG]

What's the story with the 3 13A plugs?

 

[Raptor0014]

What's the story with the 3 13A plugs?

Feeding 3x radial socket circuits.

Some DIY bodge.

 

[nicebutdim]

Nice.

and all the other words needed in order to post a comment.

 

[GBDamo]

Pick the bones out of this...

 

[DPG]

What does the MICC from the cutout feed?

 

[SparkySy]

^^^^ and where is the earth to the pyro?

 

[GBDamo]

What does the MICC from the cutout feed?

To another cutout in another property.

^^^^ and where is the earth to the pyro?

Slightly out of shot via a BS951 clamp.


This has been highlighted before and is part of many issues on site.

1, the load needs distributing across all three phases more evenly.

2, it needs a three phase meter, isolators and tails tidying up.

3, it needs this supply to next door rectifying.

Just had the DNO on site and to quote "nowt wrong with that", my gast was flabbered.

But he quickly backpeddled on closer inspection, and after being given a list of things that "are wrong with that".

Wait and see what they do to put it right?

 

[marconi]

Feeding 3x radial socket circuits.

Some DIY bodge.

Some cunning plan though for the use of the triple gang 13A socket outlet?