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Mike Johnson · Sep 9, 2022

loz2754 said:
It's not upside down, just not correctly fitted.

If you look at the blank on the bottom it says "This way up for CU" the way it is fitted says "This way up for TPI"

Raptor0014 · Sep 9, 2022

Rockingit said:
I had this sort of thing at a friends old house a few years ago - dead short that just made no sense, lifted boards and could physically see end to end the section of cable in question, undisturbed for 30 years. New length drawn in, examine the old..... after peeling off the outer sheath it revealed a manufacturing defect internally, one of the conductors was missing about 3mm of insulation. No idea how it had suddenly come to light after all that time.

Thanks for the heads up. I really hope for the customer that isn’t the case as it will be a nightmare for them. High end kitchen in place since it was done in 2012.

LewisM · Sep 9, 2022

Somebody had previously put heatshrink to low on the lug resulting in two phases getting very hot!

Cleaned up and put back

pc1966 · Sep 9, 2022

LewisM said:
Somebody had previously put heatshrink to low on the lug resulting in two phases getting very hot!

Cleaned up and put back

Where is that / what is it on?

Looks vaguely aircraft-like.

LewisM · Sep 9, 2022

pc1966 said:
Where is that / what is it on?

Looks vaguely aircraft-like.

Yeah it is a 777-200, IDG cables on a GE90 engine

Raptor0014 · Sep 10, 2022

Umm, that’s not how you do 2 way wiring for a downstairs to upstairs switch….

Couple phoned as they moved in just and every time they turned the lights on for the hall or landing at the bottom 2 gang or upstairs 1 gang both light circuits tripped.

Upstairs 1 gang

Downstairs 2 Gang

Upstairs after

Downstairs after

westward10 · Sep 10, 2022

You need some red sleeving.

Raptor0014 · Sep 10, 2022

westward10 said:
You need some red sleeving.

Where?

Dustydazzler · Sep 10, 2022

Raptor0014 said:
Where?

I think he means instead of the brown to be more inkeeping with the old cores

Raptor0014 · Sep 10, 2022

Dustydazzler said:
I think he means instead of the brown to be more inkeeping with the old cores

Ahhhh.

I’m sure most electrician will know what brown means.

Then again…..

Aaron b · Sep 10, 2022

I found this while fitting some spots in another room. I can't explain what they were trying to do but the singles went to a light switch. Another electrician had already disconnected at the switch but left it live in the loft.

brianmoooore · Sep 10, 2022

A fitting with a price label on it should always ring the warning bells.

Aaron b · Sep 10, 2022

Its tricky when you keep uncovering things not related to the main task, I found this mess in the same property. It takes longer to trace when it lacks logic too.
There's a brown core used as a neutral feeding some under cabinet lights with the line from elsewhere, I'll need to check it's not connected to another circuit when I do second fix. All lighting is on one breaker, perhaps this is why.

ipf · Sep 10, 2022

Aaron b said:
I found this while fitting some spots in another room. I can't explain what they were trying to do but the singles went to a light switch. Another electrician had already disconnected at the switch but left it live in the loft.
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Well, they're not much of an electrician, then.

mainline · Sep 10, 2022

ipf said:
Well, they're not much of an electrician, then.

Maybe he was going to run singles in conduit but never had time to finish it, maybe had to go home to wash his hair or something.

ipf · Sep 10, 2022

Aaron b said:
Its tricky when you keep uncovering things not related to the main task, I found this mess in the same property. It takes longer to trace when it lacks logic too.
There's a brown core used as a neutral feeding some under cabinet lights with the line from elsewhere, I'll need to check it's not connected to another circuit when I do second fix. All lighting is on one breaker, perhaps this is why.

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Reckon there could have been kitchen fitters in the vicinity, or what?

Aaron b · Sep 10, 2022

ipf said:
Reckon there could have been kitchen fitters in the vicinity, or what?

I would had liked to have blamed them but the old spots in the bathroom were the same odd methods (t&e used as singles, stripped sheath and leaving the earth intact) and the singles were run to the landing light. Shame as the original wiring looks neat, clips in the loft and sleeving seems to have been used.

Suppose he could have been a kitchen fitter...

brianmoooore · Sep 10, 2022

The (presumably) lighting multi way connection box, I like, and have used on many occasions, but WHY did they mount it right down on the deck like that. Surely a couple of metres of extra T&E to get it up to a comfortable working height wouldn't have broken the budget.

Aaron b · Sep 10, 2022

brianmoooore said:
The (presumably) lighting multi way connection box, I like, and have used on many occasions, but WHY did they mount it right down on the deck like that. Surely a couple of metres of extra T&E to get it up to a comfortable working height wouldn't have broken the budget.

The wago XL and light box were me, the XL could have perhaps been a little higher, some cables were short though. I would assume there was a round JB there at one point. The deblock box was also me as those cables didn't reach at all and hopefully, its rewired to the XL when the kitchens done.