Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

[Moley]

mine isn't and it's 14 years old. never skipped a beat.

But in your case MFT is Multiple Fluid Tester and it's calibrated for Old Peculiar ?

 

[timhoward]

My own dodgy pic…
Only socket circuit is dismantled to find faulting section. CU other end of house a long way away. All 18v batteries flat. Needed a multi-tool.
Had a mains multi-tool with me. No extension lead.
Options were rigging up builders board and running 16A cables….or…..misusing some kit…


(The DIY adapter dates back several years to a Robin plug in RCD tester and wanting to use probes to test an RCBO)

 

[Mike Johnson]

My own dodgy pic. Been testing an empty school with a non time delayed 100ma main switch rcd on TT. It was being a right royal pain in the --- so I took it out of the equation, safe me thinks so.View attachment 100878

OK I will bite, what are the Green/Yellows by passing the RCD for.

 

[Baddegg]

had a customer call to say she had a kitchen fitter in to fit a new cupboard around the boiler and he thinks he may of hit a cable

So after chopping out two layers of tiles and some dot and dab found thisView attachment 100816

Did he have a machine gun?

 

[westward10]

OK I will bite, what are the Green/Yellows by passing the RCD for.

To stop nuisance tripping whilst testing. It is not time delayed and it kept tripping before the rcbos plus it made testing of the non rcbo circuits easier.

 

[Welchyboy1]

A few pictures from today’s encounters

A garden install of consumer unit and double socket(it’s been tripping out the house, wonder why)

and another cable repair job

 

[Dustydazzler]

Looks like an old builders site temp ?

 

[Welchyboy1]

Looks like an old builders site temp ?

Really odd set up the cabling went from the consumer unit over the fence and into the garage behind supplying lighting and another double socket in 1mm t&e which the owner has been plugging a 13A EV car charging lead into

 

[DPG]

Really odd set up the cabling went from the consumer unit over the fence and into the garage behind supplying lighting and another double socket in 1mm t&e which the owner has been plugging a 13A EV car charging lead into

I bet it's an old guy who did that.

 

[ipf]

This is a strange one, seeing as it's been in and operating for years.
Found it today, in operation, of course.

 

[davesparks]

This is a strange one, seeing as it's been in and operating for years.
Found it today, in operation, of course.

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There's a gas pipe going into that socket!

 

[telectrix]

There's a gas pipe going into that socket!

electrical conduit from China?

 

[Mike Johnson]

The face fixings screws where probably tightened with a torque screwdriver.

 

[littlespark]

The face fixings screws where probably tightened with a torque screwdriver.

You mean an impact, Surely?

(Go on… someone say it!)

 

[DPG]

You mean an impact, Surely?

(Go on… someone say it!)

I nearly did, but didn't want to be picky. I agree, though.

 

[Mike Johnson]

We need a torque in cheek Emoji.

 

[pc1966]

You mean an impact, Surely?

(Go on… someone say it!)

Clearly stupid as they did it to both screws without learning from the 1st!

 

[ipf]

There's a gas pipe going into that socket!

People have some weird ideas. Not much work on so give the lads paint and brushes to make things look a bit tidier and that's the result....It doesn't cover up the sh8te standard of work of the additions and alterations, though. It's a few years back now but some RCD sockets had to be changed after being painted over.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I do some work at a couple sport centres and when it has been quiet instead of the staff sitting around picking their ears they have been painting all the door frames , conduits , surface trunkings and ever light switches and sockets BLUE to match the walls

 

[ipf]

The face fixings screws where probably tightened with a torque screwdriver.

So they have a job changing the RCD socket, eh? Swap it, fix it back....oh, the lugs have snapped.....let's just leave it????

It's happened whilst in use, somehow.