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Baddegg · Jul 5, 2022

Nicked or empty….I’ve witnessed that before

Raptor0014 · Jul 5, 2022

Not sure how someone manages this…

Bad enough they damaged the insulation when stripping the outer sheath.

Guessing this is a ‘Dave from the pub’ special.

mainline · Jul 5, 2022

mainline said:
One I saw today, client lost the cover about 5 years ago.

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

This fella is truly unbelievable.

After testing I told the client aka idiot that there are so many faults that I need to leave some circuits disconnected and would return as there is no way i can finish this in the time slot i allowed to do the job.

To give you some idea there were 2 more CUs one for the kitchen and one for an extension that his daughter lives in I told him there was no need especially for the daughter's as it was one radial and one lighting circuit and that i would also look at getting rid of the kitchen CU as i now had space to combine them in one CU hence the need get some more rcbos.

Also, when testing the ring there were no ends to ends except for the line, but that was coming out on one of the other CUs.

So disconnected that part, temporarily downgraded the rcbo etc and said I would return.

I text him today saying that I have the bits and would return tomorrow, get a reply saying this:

"I've got some rcbos the same as, so the box now done, the other Cu is gone I just need a contact fuse that 16mm, cheers"

I find out that he's done all the wiring himself over the years, and it's a renter the landlord has been wanting an eicr on the place, no mention of payment either.

Something really unusual has happened to me and that Is Ive been left speechless.

Raptor0014 · Jul 5, 2022

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

This fella is truly unbelievable.

After testing I told the client aka idiot that there are so many faults that I need to leave some circuits disconnected and would return as there is no way i can finish this in the time slot i allowed to do the job.

To give you some idea there were 2 more CUs one for the kitchen and one for an extension that his daughter lives in I told him there was no need especially for the daughter's as it was one radial and one lighting circuit and that i would also look at getting rid of the kitchen CU as i now had space to combine them in one CU hence the need get some more rcbos.

Also, when testing the ring there were no ends to ends except for the line, but that was coming out on one of the other CUs.

So disconnected that part, temporarily downgraded the rcbo etc and said I would return.

I text him today saying that I have the bits and would return tomorrow, get a reply saying this:

"I've got some rcbos the same as, so the box now done, the other Cu is gone I just need a contact fuse that 16mm, cheers"

I find out that he's done all the wiring himself over the years, and it's a renter the landlord has been wanting an eicr on the place, no mention of payment either.

Something really unusual has happened to me and that Is Ive been left speechless.

I do love trying to fix DIY jobs! I'd tell the landlord the price will be double. Half to conduct the work and half because you've had to fix stupid!

mainline · Jul 5, 2022

Raptor0014 said:
I do love trying to fix DIY jobs! I'd tell the landlord the price will be double. Half to conduct the work and half because you've had to fix stupid!

It wasn't the landlord that hired me it was this idiot I only found out it's a renter through someone else.

I won't be going back, that's for sure, but I'm around £400 down.

littlespark · Jul 5, 2022

mainline said:
It wasn't the landlord that hired me it was this idiot I only found out it's a renter through someone else.

I won't be going back, that's for sure, but I'm around £400 down.

No need for that. Send invoice. £400 is £400

You’re a sparky, not a charity

mainline · Jul 5, 2022

littlespark said:
No need for that. Send invoice. £400 is £400

You’re a sparky, not a charity

Think I will buy a gazebo and a jet washer to take up car washing so much easier.

littlespark · Jul 5, 2022

“£400 for the job, and an extra 50 to not tell your landlord!”

Raptor0014 · Jul 5, 2022

littlespark said:
“£400 for the job, and an extra 50 to not tell your landlord!”

Then anonymously tell the landlord anyway...

mainline · Jul 5, 2022

Just wondering is it best to use a chamois cloth or a sponge

ferg · Jul 5, 2022

I thought I'd been caught out in a similar way recently, found out half way through a pig of an EICR that he was renting the place.
There were so many issues it wasn't worth continuing with it anyway.
Gave up went home and asked him to get the landlord to contact me. I nearly fell over when he did and gave the go ahead for a rewire.
My spider senses got it all wrong on that one.

freddo · Jul 5, 2022

Winning all round.

Dartlec · Jul 5, 2022

freddo said:
Winning all round.
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Mike Johnson · Jul 6, 2022

Well at least the line was terminated on the insulation!!!

mainline · Jul 6, 2022

freddo said:
Winning all round.
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You would have thought that the fault was picked up straight away.

Is the cpc continuous or joined at the back box

freddo · Jul 6, 2022

mainline said:
You would have thought that the fault was picked up straight away.

Is the cpc continuous or joined at the back box

Yes, new they couldn't turn on the rcbo.

Mike Johnson · Jul 6, 2022

When designing these things they should not put the Line and Earth so close together.

. But nice sleaving.

mainline · Jul 7, 2022

Mike Johnson said:
When designing these things they should not put the Line and Earth so close together. . But nice sleaving.

The problem is more to do with the installer, not the designer.

The sleeving would only be nice if it weren't oversized and not joined at the back box.

Taylortwocities · Jul 7, 2022

Dartlec said:
As part of a quick 'refurb' (ie changing socket fronts) for a client, I did what I thought would be a simple extend surface socket (on RFC) from skirting up to flush in wall above.

Tugged the cables to get extra length, and this appeared from beneath the floor:

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Not only were the wires just twisted together and taped over, they also managed to add the two new cables feeding the socket as a figure of 8 from the existing RFC

Just goes to show - would not have been detected by testing when I get to changing the board, unless I'd done a ring continuity test at this specific socket, which would have been 0.001 I'd guess...

R1+R2 might have been a little different than on the rest of the ring, but likely not enough to throw up a concern.

At least it was a maintenance free junction!

westward10 · Jul 7, 2022

This is supposed to be a light hearted thread so can we keep it that way, multiple bickering posts have been removed. Anymore I will remove your permissions to post in it.