To start a second argument.

[Knobhead]

Come on you know me by now.

OK you're asked to do a CU change for whatever reason. You do all your tests and the installation is in good order. BUT the MET to gas and/or earth is missing. Looking round you find laminate flooring everywhere, or what ever you can think of to block your way. The customer thinks your work is limited to the little cupboard under the stairs, not demolishing half the house for a “bit of wire” that they can’t see the point of.

I’ve started this out of devilment in truth. But I’d like to know your answers and/or reactions.

Diabolus in mihi

 

[ackbarthestar]

Lol... Must be a Troll collector :bucktooth:

Of course, you recognize in the first instance, no tests are necessary in this case
and then.....
before agreeing to do any work is apply an education approach.
which would......
translate into explaining to the client the need to electrically tie all services together.
because........
External network faults, internal earth faults raising the potential on metalwork
assuming that.......
Not that all services are likely to be metal, excluding the gas pipe

One solution might be to run the MPB externally through conduit

 

[flukey]

Come on you know me by now.

OK you're asked to do a CU change for whatever reason. You do all your tests and the installation is in good order. BUT the MET to gas and/or earth is missing. Looking round you find laminate flooring everywhere, or what ever you can think of to block your way. The customer thinks your work is limited to the little cupboard under the stairs, not demolishing half the house for a “bit of wire” that they can’t see the point of.

I’ve started this out of devilment in truth. But I’d like to know your answers and/or reactions.

Diabolus in mihi

Bob down the pub doesnt need to install that wire so i always let him do the ones where customers think your having them over.

got to admit though Bob must be getting plenty of work, see my previous post about cpc!!!!

 

[Darkwood]

Ring the Gas company up and get the meter moved closer to your MET..... the laminate floor is their problem then

 

[roukel01]

Crawl out from the cupboard under the stairs, brush yourself down, look at the customer and say with a smile "Well to be honest love, if its worked ok all this time, I wouldn't bother changing it"

 

[telectrix]

get those nice people at Aico to develop radio link bonding.

 

[imago]

'Where there's a wire there's a way'

 

[DurhamSparky]

just poke bits of wire into a wall for a bout 2-3 meters and mastic the hole.. same at the point of MPB

looks the part!

 

[Deleted member 26818]

What about running the bonding round the outside of the building?
That way you get repeat custom, every time it gets nicked.

 

[mackers]

drill water and gas pipes near incoming end then run cable throw pipe to as near to cu as poss then 2 more holes to let cables out bit of silicone connect up,change cu sorted! thats £150 please darling!

 

[Kamikaze]

Durham, I have actually seen that done. Didn’t fool the megger though. :biggrin:

 

[DurhamSparky]

yeah i had some body also strip about 10 inches of rubber from some 10mm cable and stuff it under floor and hope it works instead of an earth rod..! muppets... i got >2000 on my tester!!

 

[kathwilcox]

yeah i had some body also strip about 10 inches of rubber from some 10mm cable and stuff it under floor and hope it works instead of an earth rod..! muppets... i got >2000 on my tester!!

But thats what your tester always says! lol

 

[Edd]

just poke bits of wire into a wall for a bout 2-3 meters and mastic the hole.. same at the point of MPB

looks the part!

We call this passive bonding, never had a complaint ever... make sure its good mastic though.. cant penny pinch on good adhesives

 

[robsparky1975]

I always check main bonding before a ccu change and explain the implications,more often then not they have a dumb look on there faces and ask why,so explain and then they agree at extra cost,and if they dont agree,then no change,i hate laminate flooring!!