todays little adventure at work........

[Guest55]

Well here i am , 9am in the basement of a council owned public building , ready for todays mains change to the new
uprated dno service.
at the main building db - all ready to whip out old cut-out tails and connect new swa sub-main from new switchboard.
so i pull main fuses , everything is off , battery light on and i begin.
what could possibly go wrong ????

;-D

 

[MDJ]

someone walks in with a cup of tea for you?

 

[Kamikaze]

The meter is missing?

 

[Guest55]

someone walks in with a cup of tea for you?

that would be a nice thing that wouldnt get a mention.
think much more cruel.

 

[keniff]

Edf come to read the meter?!

 

[beatboaby924y]

you're battery runs out???

 

[CSP2012]

All maglock lock you in...?

 

[mackers]

you wake up realize you've been sleep walking naked and pulled your neighbours fuse while there all eating sausage!

 

[beatboaby924y]

the go compare man turns up and sings you a song??

 

[MDJ]

no armoured cable gland?

 

[john999uk]

You forgot your tools?

 

[beatboaby924y]

no crimps or tool??

 

[Guest55]

no armoured cable gland?

what sort of chump do you take me for ?
course it was bloody glanded
and already fitted into the db ready to terminate.
sheesh.
;-)

 

[MDJ]

you had a phone call saying your technicians card was here and you left the job forgetting you disconnected all the power and left the whole place power free haha

 

[beatboaby924y]

your keeping us in suspenders here mate

 

[mackers]

wrong building? F.A went off brigade turn up or alarm went off and five O turn up ?

 

[beatboaby924y]

you forget to put your tools in the van

 

[ayjay]

you had a vindaloo the previous night an filled your pants?(thats happened to me)

 

[Kamikaze]

You found out your scared of the dark?

 

[Guest55]

so power off , emergency light above db good for three hours - i'll be done in 30 mins.
unscrews terminal cover around the main switch and then i see it
blue / grey phase terminal screw head snapped off - felt sick to my boots - i wouldnt be able to get the last phase out.
and you cant get the switch cover off with the power on which is why i didnt see it previously.

and this is a 40 year old bill talisman ( obsolete)
on a sat morning

mission control , this is apollo 13 , we have a problem lol.

 

[shagbite]

phew! i thought you were gonna tell us john inman walked in and offered to help you with your bullet.

 

[mackers]

lol! bet you wished u had been sleep walking!

 

[nikmet]

get one of those £5 tools from the shopping channel........they undo anything, snapped , stripped, rusted, etc :-D...............well thats what the presenter and resident 'expert' reckon!! lol

 

[mackers]

phew! i thought you were gonna tell us john inman walked in and offered to help you with your bullet.

would that have been "are you been servced" im free!

 

[Guest55]

get one of those £5 tools from the shopping channel........they undo anything, snapped , stripped, rusted, etc :-D...............well thats what the presenter and resident 'expert' reckon!! lol

it was a flush grub screw - nothing to grab - and i wouldnt like to guess the thread gauge either.

 

[MDJ]

ah yes a nightmare there biff, I suppose it is slightly possible it could have been drilled out, I think they are 5mm2 screws, maybe you could have tapped a 6mm2 in there, but bloody hell that would be a nightmare and not worth the risk, well on a saturday anyhow.

 

[Guest55]

ah yes a nightmare there biff, I suppose it is slightly possible it could have been drilled out, I think they are 5mm2 screws, maybe you could have tapped a 6mm2 in there, but bloody hell that would be a nightmare and not worth the risk, well on a saturday anyhow.

there was no chance of nipping out to get any gear with the clock ticking and battery lighting only.
this job had to be completed today.
my solution was , quite honestly , insane.
not fit for viewing on a public forum.
;-D

 

[Guest55]

and if i attempted to drill / tap the terminal and it broke - bye bye 1 phase.

 

[snowhead]

and i wouldnt like to guess the thread gauge either.

40 years, right on the metric changeover, most electrical manufacturers were a bit slow so still B.A. Probably

 

[ayjay]

just grab the cable with stilsons and wrench it out from its terminal, simple