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Here are some that I've come across, thought I would post them up so we can have a laugh :wink:


EICR that took two days and they missed this

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and this

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and this one is just brilliant! This is a sports hall with kids playing football in it every week, and yes they are all LIVE!!!

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Internal floodlights were tripping the MCB's so an "electrician" came around and fixed them (see below ffs)

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All now fixed, new floodlights on a new shiny RCD DB and metal sockets.
 
Next is the DIYer's attempts:-

Hoover tripped the socket but not the rest of the sockets??? Floorboards up and found this lol.

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RFC into back of a single brass socket, T&E on a plug top feeding a db socket in the hallway. The 3A fuse blow!


"Well it said waterproof of the label when I bought it from a shed." Good effort but FAIL :wink:

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I kid you not, there was a family of snails living in that lol.
 
Another DIY FAIL.

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Yep that is a bog standard JB and the home owner filled it with silicone :smoking:

Same house, how not to fed a shed

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Dont how to fix the conduit to the house so I'll just use the flower hanging basket. (new conduit on the wall, the straight one, is me/us.)
 
Refurbished restaurant with a new re-wire. Things are not working and we have fell out with the sparky, Paul come and have a look?

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Yep, it's Live!

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Yep it's Live!


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That is me stood on the football pitch at Wembley. Just thought I'd throw that one in just for fun lol :wink: I'm just about to be told off for not wearing an Hi vis. Well they did'nt give me one at the gate when I drove in, under the stands (has to be one of theirs)
 
Playing with a few singles:-

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It took me ages to get them 185mm singles nice and straight, gaffer put a laser level on them afterwards and they were spot on. Biggest I've ever played with btw and proud of the end result.

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Not a great pic, sorry. 800A main Iso. I was well pleased when it tested out and switched on. (just to show that I dont just do domestic btw)
 
All metallic containment should be earthed....... but maybe not like this

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The builders got all excited and couldn't wait for the spark....they just had to build that stud wall

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Peek-a-booo !!

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I need to build a dropped ceiling but I don't touch electrics so I can't move the light.......I know..... !!

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Proof that plumbers have a sense of humour. I mean he must be joking, nobody can be that thi..........oh that's right, he's a plumber.
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Every DB should have a directly fed beer tap!!!!

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(bottom right) Yes, we moved beer pipes lol.
 
What a place to put a water pipe!!! Yep I drilled it!

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No iso valve to be found anywhere so I ripped the boxing and ties off. Manager of the shop was very understanding about it (thank God).
 

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