Little Things Done Well

[GBDamo]

As title, show us your little uns.

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

 

[Deleted member 105166]

The "nastier" type of widowmaker is the 2 x 13A plugtops to 1 x 32A ceeform, typically used by "free party" (rave) sound system people to power their oversized bass-heavy PA systems in venues with only 13A outlets.
Aside from the widowmaker aspect, they are of course oblivious to the fact that one day they'll connect the two 13A plugtops to two separate phases.

 

[Simon47]

At my last place, one of our customers had more than their share of power cuts - most of them planned and pre-notified. One day, I took a phone call from them to ask about using a widowmaker - though they didn't know what it's called until I told them and explained why.
The reason they asked was because their neighbour rented electric mini diggers and a 'kin big diesel genny for running them whete there wasn't a suitable supply available. The neighbour was used to just knocking off the main switch and using a widowmaker with big red plugs on it. They'd suggested our customer could share the genny and use a widowmaker as well.
Apart from safety, our customer didn't have any 3 phase sockets, and their circuits were spread across 3 phases. I persuaded them to have an inlet and changeover switch installed - which was done in a rush as a scheduled power cut was only 3 days away.

On the day, it didn't go quite to plan. Therecwere "wiring errors" and the genny tripped - plus their cables had no neutral wire even though they used 5 pin plugs
I was tempted to RIDDOR both the use of a widowmaker and the mismatch between cables and connectors. In the end I had to keep quiet or it would have caused problems with our customer.
I think the neighbour did install their own inlet & switch setup after I explained why widiwnakers are called that - it's not just having a plug with live pins.

 

[Deleted member 105166]

Did you RIDDOR them ?

Right or wrong, I think most of us would make safe, point it out to management, then carry out the necessary repairs... and the good relationship with the client. Taking the other route would be a quick way to lose your customer base.