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Just delightful knowing that aircraft maintenance can be as slipshod as all other maintenance.
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Even the placard is wrong the bolt head should be at the top and the stud below as both control cables run above the clamp.Not electrical but not sure how somebody managed this with a giant placard above it…
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I told him it's dangerous.Don't know about portable loos but that looks like a real sh** **le
Years ago I used to own a share of a Piper Warrior (160hp, 4cyl single engine). We had problems with the alternator tripping off - assumed to be the over-voltage trip* operating. After months of "we'll try ..." from the so called engineers, I called them up and said "I'm coming down, I'm going to strip, clean, and reassemble all the connections in the battery and charging circuit"** - note, not a "can I" but an "I am". Of course, they started with all the "we'll have to check your work" (I said "fine"), etc., etc. reasons why I shouldn't. When I arrived, they said "can you take it for a test flight, we think we've found the problem" - I did, and they had.And this one from not to long ago where the main cable from the engine generator had been run on finger tight on phase A so it got so hot it melted out the lug
These weren't DIY Daves, these were supposedly professional "engineers" who certainly knew how to charge for their time !Yeah I’ve heard that general aviation has a lot of DIY daves.
Just a tad. Mind you, I've heard a few tales from that size of the business ...The planes I work on are slightly larger.
smaller issues are often unreported for small private aircraft, the bigger ones it is harder to hide when you put the wrong size screws in the windscreen!These weren't DIY Daves, these were supposedly professional "engineers" who certainly knew how to charge for their time !
It would have been nice to be allowed to do some of it DIY - we'd have made sure we did a better job.
Just a tad. Mind you, I've heard a few tales from that size of the business ...
We still learn about that at work during human factors training pretty sure every screw was either the wrong length and/or diametersmaller issues are often unreported for small private aircraft, the bigger ones it is harder to hide when you put the wrong size screws in the windscreen!
I bet it's part of the standard syllabus of "how not to do it" British Airways Flight 5390 - WikipediaWe still learn about that at work during human factors training pretty sure every screw was either the wrong length and/or diameter
This under-cupboard light isn't working...
never seen one before, but hey...finally worked out how to take out the lamp from the holder, and it's a GX53. Oddly enough, I don't have a spare in my bag...research shows that the 2.5W 6500k version she has is impossible to source...
I';ve ordered a 4 pack of 6W warm white...she'll never notice if i replace them all at once!
I did that for my neighbour and she was delighted! Robus spear lamps, really nice. The old brown and beige fluorescent ones had melted end caps and had charred the underside of the cabinets...
12 of them replaced by 3 new ones...what a transformation!
and of no connection to any of this, I'm off to Stranraer tomorrow, via Portpatrick, for a couple of days at the Stranraer Oyster Festival...
Have a nice weekend!
Was going to say that fuse box is nothing like the schedule draw upYou know that time when you take a pic of the wiring, replicate it, even though the new switch is configured differently, connect it all up...and each switch does what it's supposed to do...then you realise it's upside down, so on is up and off is down, so you rotate the switch...all is good til she says "Oh, the left one is supposed to operate the lights on the right, and the right one is supposed to do the left ones..." and i said, "the middle one does the middle string, so that's good!" She wanted it back the way it was...so I undid the outer two and swapped them over, checked they were working, and all was well. I added a fly-lead from the chrome switch to the back-box, screwed it all back and...BANG! Yup, nipped a cable with the fixing screw...a couple of seconds of sparks and glows and the fuse blew...that's the fuse number 5, lighting, 5Amp...no, it's not, all the 5A fuses, which are in 15A carriers, are fitted with 15A fusewire...still, I'm glad the faceplate was earthed. Another 5 minute job, satisfactorily completed! Spot the nice curly tails from the bottom of the box!
Never mind...
"Oh, while you are here..."
FEK, what now?
This under-cupboard light isn't working...
never seen one before, but hey...finally worked out how to take out the lamp from the holder, and it's a GX53. Oddly enough, I don't have a spare in my bag...research shows that the 2.5W 6500k version she has is impossible to source...
I';ve ordered a 4 pack of 6W warm white...she'll never notice if i replace them all at once!
lol He said his apprentice measured it! He must have realised something was wrong by the depth surely! he actually asked me if i could move it all so he could still put his overflow pipe there, cheek!Can't believe he did that. He must not have even looked at the other side of the wall before drilling. Or a big misjudgement!
I was drilling through the other day and measured extremely carefully to avoid a gate post and a gas pipe. The pilot hole went fine and it came out exactly where I wanted. Then I went up a size and felt the two skins, but then a bit of air and then something 'strange'. I stopped when it was clear this wasn't brick and and went to look.lol He said his apprentice measured it! He must have realised something was wrong by the depth surely! he actually asked me if i could move it all so he could still put his overflow pipe there, cheek!
BG strikes againfew pictures from my recent jobs
Plumber didnt check the other side of the wall before drilling through(had a lucky escape though) and a recent CU change that leaves alot to be desired
Got himself in hot water !An ex colleague of mine drilled through a wall, straight into a hot water cylinder!
Obviously, a plumber as well as a sparkWould like to see how this copper pipe is glanded to the 20A FCU any solid earth continuity?
Not a plumber, look at the poor bends in the pipe, if there is one thing a plumber can normally do well, it is bend pipes neatly.Obviously, a plumber as well as a spark
Looks rubbish.
It would be single isolated inside the switch.Could be double insulated cable inside, if so, do you think there is a requirement for the pipe to be bonded?
But i was assuming the box was attached to the cpc.It would be single isolated inside the switch.
Back box/switch would be classed as an exposed conductive part.
I say yes no difference from a class l light fittingBut i was assuming the box was attached to the cpc.
do you think there is a need to bond the pipe, assuming the cable comes into the box double insulated?
Personally i was thinking if the flex was secured inside the back box with a cable clamp then the tube need not be bonded, if it is free to move then i think the tube should be bonded.
but I am open to peoples suggestions.
He wanted it to have the bent with the knee look.No comment on the earthing, but if I couldn't make a better looking offset in copper tube than that, I wouldn't be putting it on public display.
No former used lolHe wanted it to have the bent with the knee look.
A kinky one, if it was......Obviously, a plumber as well as a spark
Looks rubbish.
I say yes no difference from a class l light fitting
And that sheathed cable is connected to a metal clad FCU which is connected to the copper pipe so makes it an accessory point. 411.3.1.1 states this very clearlyVery different from a class 1 light fitting.
It looks like there is an insulated and sheathed cable inside the pipe so there would be no need to earth it, it would be no different to a cable tray or basket in that respect.
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