Rewiring in an "empty" and a plea for your spare Wagos

[pirate]

Nobody wants a full rewire in an occupied property, but here is an opportunity...and for those who love to extend cables to fix a new installation, this is your best chance ever!

Ferries delayed again after cabling blunder

Hundreds of electrical wires installed on a ferry at Ferguson shipyard are found to be too short.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[snowhead]

2 Days and it'll be done Guv and I'll get me best team onto it.

Delboy, get Rodney we're on to a big payout here.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I think this highlights the case that a cable is better being 10M too long than 1M too short

 

[SparkySy]

Indeed the old adage, "better to be looking at it than for it" springs to mind!

 

[brianmoooore]

HappyHippyDad wasn't involved in this by any chance?​

 

[littlespark]

It wasn’t the cables that were too short…. Somebody built the boat too long.

 

[Rockingit]

Indeed the old adage, "better to be looking at it than for it" springs to mind!

….I had that mercilessly drummed into me by my old chief and I’ve probably thanked him every day since!

 

[cliffed]

Seen so many cables too short, the old gaffer used to go mad with cables too long.
No one touches on that subject now, always leave longer

 

[HappyHippyDad]

HappyHippyDad wasn't involved in this by any chance?​

Cheeky fxxxxx! Fair point though!

My 37m error cost me £196 which I took on the chin. Imagine what these guys are out of pocket by!

 

[Rockingit]

Seen so many cables too short, the old gaffer used to go mad with cables too long.
No one touches on that subject now, always leave longer

It IS a fine balance, I'll agree. But a new-build where there's half a drum's worth of 'slack' hanging out of every single back box is a sure fire to make my red mist descend, too. Apart from the principle of the wastage it's also throwing away your profit. I did it with a lad I had on site years ago, went around after the first fix he'd done and snipped back to 'sensible' lengths, gathered up all the waste and made a pile, made him measure it all and do the maths, told him that would have been the Friday beers I'd have bought him.