NoNoNo why do i always get them

[nickblake]

been to a job to look at a job where there have been numerous sparks and yet again its bodgit electrical leaving a dangerous condition attatched are some pics how i found them supply polarity incorrect , covers missing from meters exposing the terminals these are on differant phases so 400 volt potential , opps ive blow a fuse say bodgit never mind an bit of 1.5 should do the trick , just put the cover over that broken fuse it will be ok ,there are 6 meters supplying 6 flats all off a supply into henly blocks and then into switch fuses , think ill get the DNO in to put in seperate fuses and meters make life alot easier, so its head downs and work out how it can be sorted out again

 

[DurhamSparky]

Good call mate!! Get Dno involved!!

I hate half bit jobs!!

 

[ses]

How do these ppl sleep at night

 

[ses]

 

[ses]

 

[Johnuk]

wow that is some poor work they have done

 

[snowhead]

How do these ppl sleep at night

They don't know that they don't know (what they're doing).

 

[ses]

Probably right

 

[Megavolt]

Wow shocking that what a mess

 

[Octopus]

How about this one then, not as scary as the CU above.......



And yes it is 4 x T&E into 13A plugs into an entension, off another extension..

 

[topcat]

need to get knitting with that lot could take a while to sort. Shocking work they just cant care.

 

[ses]

I sorted it

 

[Megavolt]

I sorted it

What a difference that looks great how did you end up coming across that mess in the first place

 

[topcat]

ses nice work how long did it take looks good now good to know some of us have standards

 

[ses]

Was called in by a builder his electrician had decided not to return, turned out every trade including the building company were cowboys, big mansion in Surrey extension job.
That board was a month old in first pic they paid £3000 for that mess
It took 4 days including testing to rectify to second pic
I found bad work all over the place

 

[ses]

Cheers topcat

 

[topcat]

well done mate nice work and proves we not all cowboys

 

[ses]

I'm always finding these jobs

 

[topcat]

I wont ask why I just dont understand why they think its good work

 

[Tidy Max]

I sorted it

Hard to believe that's the same board mate, well done on sorting it. It looks infinitely better! Although that's how it should of looked in the first place!

 

[ses]

Thanks yes was nice to show the customer how it should of looked

 

[malcolmsanford]

Nice board the ses, but being one of the old timers, wondered if cable tieing cables in a board is a new thing ?

I know you labeled the cables so would make tracing a circuit easy, but I was always taught not to tie cables like that. There was also the myth about "letting cables breath" which to be honest I never thought was that relevant.

I suppose it's like taping circuits in trunking, again something I was trained not to do, and in conduit, well I would have been shot.

Nice job mate please I'm not criticizing at all, just wondering

 

[ses]

No valid point there mate
I cable tied the neutral leads from the rcbo's because otherwise they float all over the place
Im not too worried about it

 

[kamikizzy]

Nice lookin board that we all come across them at least some folks take pride in their work.

 

[nickblake]

nice one SES , i got into the habit of using ties this was after using square D boards with RCBO's the dam curly neutral leads doesnt matter how hard you straighten them they still go back to being curly and looked a right mess , not tieing the cables to let them breath as malcom has pointed out is quite correct as with all cables you have to take the grouping factor into consideration , but i nearly always tie the cables in three phase boards

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Ses

Lovely work

Was probably done originally by one of those "I can fit a CU in 10 minutes" braggers

 

[Farmelectrics]

its easier to do it right first time the guy who done it is no electrician chancer comes to mind

 

[ses]

The worst thing is that he had done lots of jobs for the building firm

 

[kamikizzy]

That sounds about right, i dunno how it happens but they seem to get away with it though. I couldn't sleep at night if I did anything wrong myself.

 

[ses]

Yes i called elecsa and they wouldnt touch him unless i provided evidence including reg numbers contravined and then they said they would just send him back to redo the work

 

[chocca]

That sounds about right, i dunno how it happens but they seem to get away with it though. I couldn't sleep at night if I did anything wrong myself.

And that's the problem. You couldn't sleep at night if you did anything wrong (me either come to that) but these muppets don't KNOW they've done anything wrong! They think they're doing Rolls Royce jobs...

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Yes i called elecsa and they wouldnt touch him unless i provided evidence including reg numbers contravined and then they said they would just send him back to redo the work

Scheme providers. Thats ALL they're interested in. Providing a scheme and charging for it! Its a completely useless, unpoliced system that helps no one it proports to help.

 

[somersetsparks]

Nice board the ses, but being one of the old timers, wondered if cable tieing cables in a board is a new thing ?

I know you labeled the cables so would make tracing a circuit easy, but I was always taught not to tie cables like that. There was also the myth about "letting cables breath" which to be honest I never thought was that relevant.

I suppose it's like taping circuits in trunking, again something I was trained not to do, and in conduit, well I would have been shot.

Nice job mate please I'm not criticizing at all, just wondering

Malc - was always taught not to tie cables at college and at work, however on working on some of the blue book jobs, all cables must be tied up in panels and in fuseboards in perfect groups etc. They are really fussy about it.
I always prefer them not to be tied as I feel like 'the bad man' when I rip it all apart to replace/move a circuit !