Pete's Videos For devotees of poncy CU cable dressing feast yer eyes on this lot

[Pete999]

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

as long as the lid goes on, it does not matter whats inside after you have tested it and signed it off.. thats for the next bloke to worry about after cheque has cleared.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Hey Pete. Have you been checking up on my work?

 

[Dillb]

as long as the lid goes on, it does not matter whats inside after you have tested it and signed it off.. thats for the next bloke to worry about after cheque has cleared.

Whey like this? Only a couple of months old and I had to connect 2 new circuits into this.

 

[Dave OCD]

Rough !

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

@Dave OCD I see you disagree? did you not get the humour and jest? I am actually one of the poncy devotees to the art of CU dressing.

 

[Strima]

Sad thing is, most of that would have been replaced with a couple of fibres.

 

[KEV 1 N]

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Whey like this? Only a couple of months old and I had to connect 2 new circuits into this.

To be honest, that looks reasonably tidy....compared to some out there!
At least with that method, if you need to alter a circuit or trace a particular cable in the DB, you just tug the cable your looking for and you’ll see it move at the the top...try doing that when there’s a whole packet of ty-raps been used and everything is so tight and bunched....oh and try replacing a faulty rcbo when the fly leads are also ty-rapped in bunches !

 

[telectrix]

circuits obviously labelled by a GP.

 

[Dave OCD]

@Dave OCD I see you disagree? did you not get the humour and jest? I am actually one of the poncy devotees to the art of CU dressing.

Yes I got the humour Gavin, my disagree was also done in a light hearted manner. But there are plenty out there who would be perfectly happy with what you jokingly described sadly.

 

[Squid]

I used to build racks for Reuters back in the day, always take pride in your work.

 

[GB.Kayak]

Thank you Pete for an example of 'best practice' in data networking ... where are the examples of really good workmanship in the electrical 'realm' for us to aspire to? GB

 

[GB.Kayak]

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Whey like this? Only a couple of months old and I had to connect 2 new circuits into this.

... RCBO 'droop' ... can this be avoided?

 

[Andy78]

... RCBO 'droop' ... can this be avoided?

Yes. Don't use Chint or similar garbage

 

[GB.Kayak]

Yes. Don't use Chint or similar garbage

'Suffering' a degree of it with Merlin Gerin MCBs!

GB

 

[Andy78]

'Suffering' a degree of it with Merlin Gerin MCBs!

GB

Surprising. They usually behave quite well.
I have had to support some devices while tightening sometimes to keep them square.

 

[grantr37]

Sad thing is, most of that would have been replaced with a couple of fibres.

Done a few installs in the past where the bills for cat 6 cable were £200k + and half of it got wasted on off cuts, putting basket and ladder, cutting risers, it would all be replaceable with a fibre optic link on each floor multiplexed into the rooms with a fibre connected router in each room.

The install companies make a lot of money out of jobs over months instead of days doing this and mark up the cables as well, if you ask anybody making good money in data they will twoddle about the cost of the hardware (it is not overly pricey) or that getting a splicer in is expensive