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One I saw today, client lost the cover about 5 years ago.
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.
It wasn't the landlord that hired me it was this idiot I only found out it's a renter through someone else.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!
No need for that. Send invoice. £400 is £400It 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
Then anonymously tell the landlord anyway...“£400 for the job, and an extra 50 to not tell your landlord!”
You would have thought that the fault was picked up straight away.
Yes, new they couldn't turn on the rcbo.You would have thought that the fault was picked up straight away.
Is the cpc continuous or joined at the back box
The problem is more to do with the installer, not the designer.When designing these things they should not put the Line and Earth so close together. . But nice sleaving.
At least it was a maintenance free junction!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.
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