Hall of Shame Photos

[Wully]

On the back of a thread I started I thought I'd start this since there doesn't seem to be one and I'm sure we all have a right good few that would scare those in the know.

How many supplies does one need!

Cable Raggle Extra

Not so much Shame but old

Any idea of age?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

OK, here it is.... See if any of you can make out what's going on...lol!!

This DB was installed just 13 to 14 years ago believe it or not lol!! The Meter is quite sophisticated it can be contacted by mobile phone to credit it's account. If only the rest of the installation was up to that same technology ...lol!!!

so they dont do IP ratings over there in china eng?..lol......

 

[Marvo]

Okay, this is one of my personal favorites. The story the customer told went like this. This board had been problematic for a while, many tripping faults and a small fire later an electrician had told them it needed stripping and rewiring completely. The customer said okay and this was the board after the rewire.

When they'd finished the work both RCD's couldn't be reset without immediately tripping again. I really felt bad for the guy who rewired it (yeah, right), he obviously got confused because he'd used what was supposed to be the earth bar as one of the RCD neutral bars. In an attempt to bypass the problems this caused he'd removed the main earth from the terminal on the enclosure and used choc blocks to run the earth all over the panel so the circuits could connect to it without contacting the chassis.

This was one of the few appalling jobs where justice prevailed and the customer had seen the debacle before he wrote the cheque so the moron didn't get paid thankfully.

 

[Knobhead]

I thought that was one of my control panels

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[GLENNSPARK]

class 1 enclosure......no earth to it...hmm......

 

[Marvo]

Last one for the night.

I thought that was one of my control panels

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Here's the real life version of your pic

These were courtesy of a hotel's maintenance staff.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

well if it was RCD`d...lol.....

 

[Engineer54]

Last one for the night.



Here's the real life version of your pic

These were courtesy of a hotel's maintenance staff.

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Remind me not to stay at that hotel, .....The place is filthy!! lol!!!

 

[Marvo]

Remind me not to stay at that hotel, .....The place is filthy!! lol!!!

That place is spotless , here's one that's less concerned about cleanliness

 

[Silly Sausage]

Hope that's taken from above!!!

Cheers for the pics, keep em coming!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

That place is spotless , here's one that's less concerned about cleanliness


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paella anyone...lol....

 

[DaveyD]

Ok, so not as interesting as above but anyway here was last weeks. 0.75 cable spured off of a 32a RFC.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

had one the other day.....1.5mm T&E spurred off a 2 gang socket....feeding a 2 gang socket......told em they could either have a 1 gang or a no gang..lol....we were changing old to new switches/outlets by the way.....

 

[james the spark]

I had a good one a couple of weeks ago 2 sockets fed in bell cable should have got a pic but i have to say they never had any problems with them lol.

 

[Octopus]

Just this afternoon, in my wholesaler, a gentleman was buying 25 meters of flex to run a cable through a hosepipe down his garden.

Lord only knows what he was going to put on the end of it!

 

[needasparks]

Just this afternoon, in my wholesaler, a gentleman was buying 25 meters of flex to run a cable through a hosepipe down his garden.

Lord only knows what he was going to put on the end of it!

Bet its not going to be a tap.
was the flex some of that spanish stuff you see on holiday that runs everything cookers, showers roadside cafes. lol

 

[Darkwood]

Just this afternoon, in my wholesaler, a gentleman was buying 25 meters of flex to run a cable through a hosepipe down his garden.

Lord only knows what he was going to put on the end of it!

Maybe i take my hat off to him if he manages to thread 25m of flex through a flexible hose.... a task that aint gonna be as easy as he thinks

 

[needasparks]

I was gonna comment on the threading the flex through hose then thought. How would I know !

 

[Kenny.]

Maybe i take my hat off to him if he manages to thread 25m of flex through a flexible hose.... a task that aint gonna be as easy as he thinks

25m of string and an air line, Easy peasy

 

[SparkyDips]

Is this an old Wylex 3036 CU converted to a DIN rail arrangement?? Might explain why there's no cover to be seen, ...it wouldn't fit the new arrangement ...lol!!!

i believe its one of many "bespoke" boards lol

Probably from "The Electricians Guide to the Building Regulations"

yes correct

 

[SparkyDips]

Okay, this is one of my personal favorites.

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is this one of them magic eye pictures?? still can't see it?? lol

That place is spotless , here's one that's less concerned about cleanliness


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yummy!!