Pictures of Board work

[Leesparkykent]

This is my second year apprentices work....not bad imo apart from the cable tie bunching the line conductors.

 

[Pete999]

This is my second year apprentices work....not bad imo apart from the cable tie bunching the line conductors.

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Very nice

 

[Leesparkykent]

Very nice

Cheers Pete....He's going to make a good electrician

 

[Pete999]

Cheers Pete....He's going to make a good electrician

Hope so

 

[Squid]

This is my second year apprentices work....not bad imo apart from the cable tie bunching the line conductors.

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Earths and Neutrals should be at the same length and too much bare metal showing on the Neutral feeds, nice try though better luck next time........


Nah only kidding good job and well done.

 

[Dave OCD]

Honestly Lee that would be a very good job done by an experienced Sparks let alone a year two apprentice. I think he'd show up a few round these parts.

 

[sam400]

That's very neat, Good job! can he give me a few pointers? Lol

 

[SparkyChick]

So this is the DB for the outhouse renovations I've been working on.


There's no bonding needed (no extraneous conductive parts), supply CPC is the armour of the SWA supplying the building, switching to 6mm T+E in a IP rated box on the outer wall with the T+E running in the corner safety zone (under capping).

So when I'm wiring boards, I always end up with a rats nest at the point of cable entry. Any advice/suggestions on how that can be improved/managed would be greatly appreciated. My feeling is (based on the fact the majority of the boards I've worked on have been using the rear cable entries) is this is just down to positioning and the fact that most of the cables enter in the same place.

This time around, I used a different strategy, instead of working circuit by circuit, I worked CPCs, neutrals and then finally popped the MCBs in and terminated the lines and I'm quite pleased with how this turned out, but as I'd like to improve... What strategies/sequencing do you guys use for connecting up at the board?

 

[telectrix]

What strategies/sequencing do you guys use for connecting up at the board?

I slap the lid on before anyone sees inside.

 

[Phil Thompson]

I use the BG dual RCD board mostly, and find it easier to keep cables tidy by doing neutral, earth, live and starting at the farthest Circuit from the main switch, working backwards, so the last circuit connected will be the one nearest the main switch.
So the last conductor connected following the N,E&L method would be the line to position 1 on RCD1 or Main Switch.

 

[Des 56]

Food for thought
Copy what you may see in panel wiring


Maybe on the next one alter how you have the neutral and cpcs rising
If they were dressed into the side edges of the board, and turned 90 deg a little below the connection bars (both at the same level) the conductors could be brought out and risen at whatever position,all straight and at 90s, nice and neat

perhaps the tails could have been left a little longer,going higher before dropping down straight over the connections
Bind together the incoming cables after stripping so that they are all uniform

 

[SparkyChick]

Some good advice there, thanks chaps