In the confessional....

[Dave Appleby]

Morning everyone.

As the weekend fast approaches I thought a little confessional thread might be in order.

We've all seen and critiqued dodgy work, however, I thought let's try something different.

Have you ever had a moment where you have been on a job and suddenly had an. "Oh you stupid idiot" moment?


I'll start...

Consumer units work far better if you actually remember to insert the busbar.

Felt a right numpty when I finally realised what was going on.

 

[loz2754]

I can think of a million numpty moments!
For example, wondering why I was not able to get an R1+R2 reading on the circuit I had just installed, only to look down and see my test leads dangling near my feet. I'd neglected to plug then into the MFT. Duh

 

[Dustydazzler]

I put a connector block and tape joint in the loft at a neighbours house as temporary measure as I did'nt have any JBs on the van and it was a sunday job so no wholesalers were open.
This was around 2005 and I still haven;t been back to change it yet....

Right badger I am

 

[James]

I think that screwing rotary isolators to the wall, wiring them really neat and tidy and then discovering when you put the cover on that you mounted it UPSIDE DOWN.

or wiring an industrial plug on the end of a piece of flex only to discover the cover sitting neatly on the counter instead of having the flex passing through it.

 

[Dave Appleby]

I think that screwing rotary isolators to the wall, wiring them really neat and tidy and then discovering when you put the cover on that you mounted it UPSIDE DOWN.

or wiring an industrial plug on the end of a piece of flex only to discover the cover sitting neatly on the counter instead of having the flex passing through it.

I feel your pain.

Normally with SWA boots for me

 

[Dustydazzler]

I feel your pain.

Normally with SWA boots for me

I have seen guys slice the sock with a knife then tape it on with black tape in this situation

 

[littlespark]

its usually my thumb i slice with a knife and tape it back up.

The blood donor service just follow me round with a bucket these days

 

[James]

I have seen guys slice the sock with a knife then tape it on with black tape in this situation

To be honest, I bet most people have done it at least once.

 

[Dave Appleby]

To be honest, I bet most people have done it at least once.

I'll take the 5th

 

[UNG]

I have seen guys slice the sock with a knife then tape it on with black tape in this situation

I've seen it done many times with MICC but nobody seemed to have any orange tape

 

[Vortigern]

I still haven;t been back to change it yet....

Don't worry, found it last week and put a wago box on it.

 

[timhoward]

I'd been doing 3 phase old colours all day and the next morning on a different job I was in a flat and confronted with black and blue tails. I threw the main switch as this was clearly reverse polarity, then couldn't figure out why the blue tail to earth wasn't giving 240v and got half way down the stairs to the intake room before the penny dropped.

Also putting up about 15m of conduit with several elbows for a new emergency light only to find that my initial visual check there was a permanent live at the source was wrong.

This could be a long list actually....!

 

[telectrix]

once, on a 1st fix, wired a RFC ( 7 sockets) in 1.5mm 3 core/E.

 

[Dave Appleby]

once, on a 1st fix, wired a RFC ( 7 sockets) in 1.5mm 3 core/E.

No....

You installed a new central heating system ?

 

[Dustydazzler]

once, on a 1st fix, wired a RFC ( 7 sockets) in 1.5mm 3 core/E.

Did you use the yellow as the cpc ??

 

[telectrix]

Did you use the yellow as the cpc ??

and I painted green stripes on it.

 

[freddo]

or wiring an industrial plug on the end of a piece of flex only to discover the cover sitting neatly on the counter instead of having the flex passing through it.

Was soldering on a 26 pin connector, got to terminal Y before realising I hadn't fitted the cover.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Went to a customers house, he left key under the plant pot, only after I started filling in the invoice did I realise I had fitted a tethered unit instead of untethered! Easy swap out but felt right daft..
He saw the funny side of it.

 

[littlespark]

Went to a customers house, he left key under the plant pot, only after I started filling in the invoice did I realise I had fitted a tethered unit instead of untethered! Easy swap out but felt right daft..
He saw the funny side of it.

I thought this was going to end…..

“and it was then I realised I was at the wrong house”

 

[Yozza19]

Am I the only one to fall for the classic merlin isobar the gut renching feeling for the couple of minutes whilst you cheak everything before that