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Must have been in a rage, the white lid was 6' away from the joint box!Mr Hyde was let loose on the job
One more. Can anyone spot what's wrong with this? Apart from the obvious ratsnest chocblock fetish the installer had. I should add, it was dubiously concealed under the mass of insulation you see behind it. I went hunting after some basic checks threw up some interesting results during a quote visit for some lighting changes
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Perhaps, this was one that got missed as it was stored in a loft, I did the testing in 2014 and there were loads of problems in plugs it was clear the company did not inspect inside any plugs. Even the client asked me why I was opening each one as during the previous tests that didn't happen.It's entirely possible it could have been fiddled with in the past 3 years.
A heater was on the other end, the flex didn't look replaceable.What's on the other end? It's entirely possible someone has terminated the same way on the other end
The users at this location are not the sort of people to carry out pre-use checks.Bad plug design - the user cannot visibly tell that the cord is out of the cord grip. Daz
Stick that up your earth electrode! (or should that be down?)Good point - it says RCD above. Mind you, 30A leakage current - nice Daz
Well I've been waiting for the last few hours to see if anyone else was going to comment, but I'd like to know the answers, so here's my list.
Not sure about the earth as there appears to be a junction which is in shadow, but at the very least that doesn't appear to be adequately supported, neither does the cable, and I'd say it should have a BS951 label on/near the junction.
- Different live conductors through different openings raising the possible issue of ferromagnetic effects
- Excess exposed conductor on crimps
- Bad earth to the box (looks bad - would have been much better with a ring terminal crimp)
- Conductor identification on the cables from the left is dubious at best and particularly poor as they've used blue inner sheath for a line conductor, they could have made this much better using some coloured heat shrink on the crimp bodies (which would also have mitigated their inability to cut cable to the correct length for the crimp)
- No fixings in the box other than the screws in the keyhole slots from what I can see, so it could be lifted off those
- Insufficient thought given to protecting the cables from mechanical damage where they enter the box
If I could isolate it, I'd be inclined to give all of those crimps a tug make sure they are crimped properly and securely fastened to the studs, but as it's live with no visible means of isolation I'd be a bit reluctant (with or without appropriate PPE).
Stick that up your earth electrode! (or should that be down?)
The madness today (sorry for poor pic quality):
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