Eicr on a pub

[Anthony King]

Dont you just love it, all the punters must think they are a dab hand at electrics, and the must all be willing to do it for a few pints.

First switch i drop the cover off and i find this, its like a rats nest,

Anyone else do many eicr's on pubs? And do you come across thing like this quite oftern?

 

[telectrix]

that's pretty much normal for a pub. you should see some farm jobs for real bodges.

 

[Anthony King]

Theres more tel, ill get some pics, looks like im going to be here a while anyway. Never done any farm buildings. Also how common is a 2 phase supply into a building?

 

[telectrix]

not very common, depends on the demand. 2 phases will give twice the capacity.

 

[Anthony King]

That cable thats chopped in pic 2 was live aswell, pic 3 that yellowed spur does the emg lighting off a differant db upstairs(took a while to find) and pic 1 there are not many words out there to describe it

 

[drew35]

The result of carrying out an electrical install after 10 pints???

 

[Anthony King]

Lol its looking that way, just what you want to find on a monday eh? Im spending more time disconnecting the live cables hanging everywhere than testing but nevermind, one of the joys of the job i suppose.

 

[telectrix]

look on the bright side. you won't have far to go for beer.

 

[Toonlad]

Never done a condition report on a pub before, as i know that they can be quite messy. Good luck there fella, im sure you have a lot to write up.

 

[marcusone]

Pic one is great. My O.C.D kicks in when I see something like that and I just have to tidy it up. Price allowing of course.

 

[Anthony King]

Problem is tel i have to drive home (an hours drive) and im sure the gaffa would be happy with me carrying out an eicr with a pint in hand,

Marcusone your more than welcome to come up and give me a hand.

And cheers toonlad, im going to need to pull something out the bag here

 

[Anthony King]

Some more pics

 

[DPG]

What's wrong with the gas bottle in pic 1? Daz

 

[Anthony King]

Lol, nothing wrong with the gas bottle, its the sneaky earth rod in the concrete floor behind it, not a very clear pic sorry

 

[Andy78]

What's wrong with the gas bottle in pic 1? Daz

Needs bonding

 

[hasel5]

Some from a few years ago here

 

[TaffyDuck]

The great thing about PIRs in a pub include the above examples of bodges, having to scrape vast quantities of smokers tar and dried beer out of the fittings and last and by no means least the dead head layabout losers that sit there all day, on incapacity benefit drinking gallons of beer and telling you how to do your job.

 

[Anthony King]

Here a few more for you lot:

Bare earths, joint main earths, 2.5mm flex protected by 60A fuse, earths cut out. And its only tuesday