Things that make your blood boil...

[Welchyboy1]

Having to unscrew every mcb and take the busbar out then do it all up again just to add an mcb to a CU

 

[NDG Elecs]

4. The new EIC form. Looks a PITA. Still, it keeps the IET bods busy.

5. DBs that are a complete nest when you take off the cover and you can't find the cables to do your testing without dismantling half the board first.

6. Tradepoint. They make my blood vapourise rather than boil. Without being flippant I truly detest their counters.

 

[PEG]

Sorry for the most pointless post ever but there is in the osg or regs, something along the line of not covering the entire cable,

I think a case could be made,for NOT covering the entire exposed cable,as a small piece of marker,is instantly obvious as a marker on a conductor which you can identify its' original colour also.
Any exuberance of covering up the existing insulation colour,could require excessive effort,to determine what it was covering.

I once worked with a lad who routinely removed the neutral insulation,up into the sheath,then slid a piece of live (insert colour) over the bare conductor back in place...
I pointed out the now severing of the insulation,but he had "always done it"...so,there we are...

Oh,and pet hates....Long-winded examples of minor thread whinge deviation...:yes:

 

[NDG Elecs]

PEG I would like to wager that you will never use the phrase "minor thread whinge deviation" ever again in your life!

Shame really as it has a nice ring to it!!

 

[Knobhead]

People asking damn fool questions about what gets me annoyed!

 

[Besoeker]

In my case, not a lot seriously irks me, far less makes my blood boil.
Perhaps that's age. I like to think of it as maturity.

It would be dishonest of me to deny that there is nothing that niggles me.
Poor use of the language is one. Everyone has free and mandatory education up to age sixteen and possibly that may be extended.

That we see, and continue to see, poor written language skills saddens me. It inclines me to think that our education system is failing us.

 

[stevethesparks]

That we see, and continue to see, poor written language skills saddens me. It inclines me to think that our education system is failing us.

Its hard when coupled with poor parenting - of which I put the majority of faults with some specimens.

 

[cliffed]

Grommets missed on flush ko boxes
Cables up to 2.5mm not bend over
Power cables in dado boxes,in & out on both sides,instead of entering on one side
Electrician who can't test
Untidy cabling,not fixed properly
Not using a level
Cheers

 

[snowhead]

People asking damn fool questions about what gets me annoyed!

That's the most annoying thing about Forums, I wish they'd stop it.

 

[snowhead]

CPC's twisted together in the same sleeving.

People who use this "method" need to stop doing it.

Dont worry all the people who did that are all retired or dead

nope there not

There's another one still here.

It was done for good reason originally.

 

[bmines67]

1) People who install spotlights without using a chalk line or laser
2) Plasterers who decide its OK to cut your cables, markings and all!!
3) Installing back boxes in the kitchen without using a chalk line, and when its tiled the sockets don't match up
4) Putting plastic conduit directly into backbox without using an adapter! Lazy!!
5) SWA's not glanded

 

[jimmymac]

When you lend someone your MFT or multi-meter and they give you it back with the leads tangled in a knot :shout: then if you say something to them they say 'youve got OCD'

 

[Pete999]

Perhaps I could say people who go to CEF and cause them to still be in business, but that would be horrible thing to say so I wont!:38:

Don't go there any more, service is crap

 

[Pete999]

So called qualified Electricians who can't take twin and cpc off of a drum properly, come on you know what I mean, at least I hope you do:rant:

 

[Tiny Spark]

Power cables in dado boxes,in & out on both sides,instead of entering on one side

Whats wrong with going in and out?

 

[ian.settle1]

Women who ask "Does my bum look big in this" knowing that her bum hasn't changed from the last thing she wore.

 

[shanky887614]

There's another one still here.

It was done for good reason originally.

i dont do it really tight, ill do it especially on old cables ( stranded type rather than solid core)

i wont twist the entire length of the cpc etc just the ends and ill use seperate sleaving for each core.

unless i dont like the person testing then ill strip it long, twist the full length and use one bit of sleeving

 

[Pete999]

Bad Grammar / spelling / / text talk / punctuation. there meaning their's, no meaning I know how to do it, in general the very poor standard of basic English coming out of schools these days, I'm old school so that's my excuse.

 

[telectrix]

text speak ( or as it's used, txt spk). i bloody hate it.

 

[Pete999]

People who start a thread with "So" I was doing so and so