Little Things Done Well

[GBDamo]

As title, show us your little uns.

Just remember the smaller it is the less chance of non-conformances.

 

[pirate]

Very sweet indeed...very sweet!
(5 words)

 

[GBDamo]

PA Testing is so boring the only failure I've had is this plug top that was poorly wired and flex not secured.

Should have done a video to go with it, YouTube it and make millions of £££s.

 

[pirate]

It is indeed boring...and why are the stickers so expensive? They ought to be cheaper now you don't need a "Next test date" section.

 

[telectrix]

As title, show us your little uns.

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Just remember the smaller it is the less chance of non-conformances.

terrible. the flex should have been twisted so that the N (blue) was on the left instead of on top of the L (brown).

 

[DPG]

And where's the plug top?

 

[telectrix]

And where's the plug top?

it's transparent for the benefit of the photo. .

 

[DPG]

it's transparent for the benefit of the photo. .

I've got some transparent plugs. MK I think.

 

[telectrix]

so have I. makes PAT quicker.

 

[DPG]

Oh dear, you've said PAT - Pete999 won't be happy

 

[telectrix]

can'tbe arsed saying ISTEITEIRTEFMMEEELEE.

 

[GBDamo]

terrible. the flex should have been twisted so that the N (blue) was on the left instead of on top of the L (brown).

What do they expect for £1.20 per item, the moon on a stick?
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Oh dear, you've said PAT - Pete999 won't be happy

At least it was only "PA Testing" and not "PAT Testing" that would've sent him to an early(ish) grave.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I’m not a big fan of ferrules in plug tops

Just my opinion

 

[GBDamo]

And where's the plug top?

? It's supposed to have a top, wondered why i kept getting a jolt every time i plugged it in.
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I’m not a big fan of ferrules in plug tops

Just my opinion

That's ok I put them in the plug bottom, or is it plug top bottom.

Snigger.....plug bottom....snigger

 

[Dustydazzler]

? It's supposed to have a top, wondered why i kept getting a jolt every time i plugged it in.
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That's ok I put them in the plug bottom, or is it plug top bottom.

Snigger.....plug bottom....snigger

I was once on a small domestic site where
A builder supplied the decorators with a 240v real lead of which the plug top had no top.
The painter plugged it straight in getting a wicked shock , then his mate tried to unplug it while it was still live getting himself a wicked bolt...

I kid you not , this is absolutely true

Soon as I saw what had happened I cut the plug top straight off

 

[ipf]

These two are proper neat.....10 yards apart, one a grinder, one a welder.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Nah

Proper neat is when you solder the live wire directly to the live prong

 

[westward10]

This was a builders extension, I cut the plug off also then watched from afar.

 

[static zap]

Ok -Oversized cable , bound and crushed.
(and may years worth of other bad habits)
Honest Joe photo. (non ideal

photography)

 

[GBDamo]

I was once on a small domestic site where
A builder supplied the decorators with a 240v real lead of which the plug top had no top.
The painter plugged it straight in getting a wicked shock , then his mate tried to unplug it while it was still live getting himself a wicked bolt...

I kid you not , this is absolutely true

Soon as I saw what had happened I cut the plug top straight off

You'd have been better off cutting their hands off, for their own good.
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Ok -Oversized cable , bound and crushed.
(and may years worth of other bad habits)
Honest Joe photo. (non ideal View attachment 51738photography)

Not a bad effort, is this going to turn i to an "I can wire a plug me" thread?
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N (blue) L (brown)

Look I know I'm a short course shyster but I worked that one out already.

 

[Timbo]

This was on the charging lead of a patient lifting hoist. It wasn't charging! The original moulded plug had been ripped off and this was fitted by the handyman.

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And here's another one, same care home a few months later.

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Went to check a bed at another care home, wasn't working......

 

[littlespark]

I was once on a small domestic site where
A builder supplied the decorators with a 240v real lead of which the plug top had no top.
The painter plugged it straight in getting a wicked shock , then his mate tried to unplug it while it was still live getting himself a wicked bolt...

I kid you not , this is absolutely true

Soon as I saw what had happened I cut the plug top straight off

...And that's why your pliers have a handy wire stripping notch in the cutters.

Isolated power, unplugged THEN cut the plug top off.


re, the OP photo.... that neutral wire is way too long. Should be roughly halfway between the length of the earth and live.

 

[Timbo]

Then found this on the floor. I kid you not, just couldn't make it up.

 

[Simon47]

Stuff like that in a care home doesn't surprise me at all. Did you RIDDOR them ?

 

[Deleted member 105166]

I was once on a small domestic site where
A builder supplied the decorators with a 240v real lead of which the plug top had no top.
The painter plugged it straight in getting a wicked shock , then his mate tried to unplug it while it was still live getting himself a wicked bolt...

I kid you not , this is absolutely true

Soon as I saw what had happened I cut the plug top straight off

I bet they stripped the flex back and were using it again on bare wires in no time.

 

[BruvDunk]

Local snooker club had an extension lead with a plugtop on both ends and the hoover had a trailing socket on the end of the lead

 

[littlespark]

I've seen an extension lead like that before. A old farmer had one for his generator for when the power went out.
He would plug one end into the genny, the other into a socket in his house, thus giving him power.

 

[Simon47]

Yes, using a widowmaker for a genny is commonplace, but as an extension - not very. Though years ago I spotted one running the till in the local chemist - no-one seemed at all bothered when I mentioned it.

 

[Deleted member 105166]

Yes, using a widowmaker for a genny is commonplace, but as an extension - not very.

Hopefully not "commonplace", although indeed you do see them from time to time.
Most people are completely ignorant of the dangers of their widowmaker leads, but equally most will listen and learn if you take the time out to explain.
I think it's because the 13A plugtop is a familiar everyday item whereas the 16A ceeform isn't, that they don't immediately see anything wrong with the example I've pictured here, but if you suggest two 13A plugtops cabled together, the appreciation of danger usually registers with a layman.

 

[littlespark]

Yes. A “widow maker” lead. I’d forgot what they called it