Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

Darkwood · Mar 21, 2015

Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

Rules....No Offensive material... edit if required before posting as this is the public arena.
Anything to do with the trade or in and around it ...H&S pic's welcome.

I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago.

mg_smile:

Mike Johnson · Aug 10, 2023

I don't think any electrician irrespective of country would leave a junction box or whatever open and dangerous, I suspect it's ANO at work, inquisitive kids or adults all the same

mainline · Aug 10, 2023

Mike Johnson said:
I don't think any electrician irrespective of country would leave a junction box or whatever open and dangerous, I suspect it's ANO at work, inquisitive kids or adults all the same

There are lots of pics online from India that lean to suspect differently.

Mike Johnson · Aug 10, 2023

I don't think there is any such thing as an electrician in India, just lots of jobbers doing lots of different work, if you have ever been to India then you would know how it works, the India people are very resourceful and can turn their hand to anything they wish, watching some of these imaginative people making do with what is to hand is an education in itself.

mainline · Aug 10, 2023

Mike Johnson said:
I don't think there is any such thing as an electrician in India, just lots of jobbers doing lots of different work, if you have ever been to India then you would know how it works, the India people are very resourceful and can turn their hand to anything they wish, watching some of these imaginative people making do with what is to hand is an education in itself.

I wonder how many kids suffer an electric shock in India every year.

ipf · Aug 10, 2023

mainline said:
There are lots of pics online from India that lean to suspect differently.

Must've just gone downhill since independence in 1947.

ipf · Aug 11, 2023

The weekly dunce award....
Called out because Roller Shutter door stuck and will not close.
The unit's lid is a bit badly fitted....

to say the least...

mainline · Aug 11, 2023

ipf said:
The weekly dunce award....
Called out because Roller Shutter door stuck and will not close.
The unit's lid is a bit badly fitted....
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to say the least...

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Tell them you need to order a switch
And let them use the chain for a week

Mike Johnson · Aug 12, 2023

Whoever had the lid off last put it back on upside down, could be something to do with it.

ipf · Aug 12, 2023

Mike Johnson said:
Whoever had the lid off last put it back on upside down, could be something to do with it.

Well spotted, Mike......is that an attempt at today's award?

Mike Johnson · Aug 12, 2023

Is there an award for stating the b****y obvious.

if so I claim it.

mainline · Aug 12, 2023

Mike Johnson said:
Whoever had the lid off last put it back on upside down, could be something to do with it.

Well done Mike, it's amazing that everyone else missed that one.

DPG · Aug 12, 2023

mainline said:
Well done Mike, it's amazing that everyone else missed that one.

Ooh that's A-level sarcasm is that

Mike Johnson · Aug 12, 2023

At its best schoolboy sarcasm.

Raptor0014 · Aug 13, 2023

When the builder says they can do the consumer unit cheaper.

timhoward · Aug 13, 2023

Raptor0014 said:
When the builder says they can do the consumer unit cheaper.

I feel your pain. He needs castrating with a rusty hedge trimmer for leaving it like that.

brianmoooore · Aug 13, 2023

Seems to be a bit of an imbalance between blue and brown wires in that CU. I've seen twin brown and earth, but never twin blue and earth, so why all the blues?

nicebutdim · Aug 13, 2023

brianmoooore said:
Seems to be a bit of an imbalance between blue and brown wires in that CU. I've seen twin brown and earth, but never twin blue and earth, so why all the blues?

Neutral fly leads seem to dominate the scene.

littlespark · Aug 14, 2023

Why…. How?… eh?

3 rcbo’s sitting in the bottom of board, connected with fly lead but no space on busbar.

Insulated screwdriver? I bet he’s borrowed that just to do the board.

And how does he get the cover back on?

mainline · Aug 14, 2023

Raptor0014 said:
When the builder says they can do the consumer unit cheaper.

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It reminds me of an Afro hair style.

mainline · Aug 14, 2023

littlespark said:
Why…. How?… eh?

3 rcbo’s sitting in the bottom of board, connected with fly lead but no space on busbar.

Insulated screwdriver? I bet he’s borrowed that just to do the board.

And how does he get the cover back on?

Caber flooring adhesive works well

bill01803 · Aug 14, 2023

Is that a MK board with stray RCBOs

littlespark · Aug 14, 2023

The mainswitch is taking the “MK lean” far too seriously.

My point about the cover was that there is a t&e just leaving the open front. Not be able to replace the cover without cutting a little slot….

DPG · Aug 14, 2023

Not sticking up for shoddy workmanship, but that doesn't look like a finished job to me. Is there more to the story?

Dave OCD · Aug 15, 2023

What do you mean ? I finished it a while ago !

James · Aug 15, 2023

Dave OCD said:
What do you mean ? I finished it a while ago !

Thought I recognised your work there!!

Conductor · Aug 17, 2023

Vitesse said:
I can't blame a fellow spark for this but some of the previous work was dubious to say the least.

I got a call to a pub that had previous evidence of a rat invasion and they had chewed through the cable supplying the outside lights under the floor space in the first floor.

Yesterday whenever the hand dryer was switch on it tripped the RCD. IR test showed a short on all three wires. Followed it back from the gents roof space above to discover this. Ehmmm nice wires says Mr Rat! My understanding is that vermin will chew through anything that blocks their path, rather than the thought that they are simply sharpening their teeth. The hand dryer was spurred off the lighting circuit for the toilets, neither the cable or the breaker were spec'd high enough to handle the power of the dryer anyway.

At first it wasn't really obvious that the chewing had happened until you pulled the wires back through the hole in the wall. What gave it away was the black marks all over the cable that something had been passing back and forth. The hole leads back under the living room floor for the accommodation above the pub. So I by passed the dodgy part of the cable back to the CU with a temporary cable, until the laminated floor can be lifted next week to see what lies beneath? My Jack Russell is coming with me next week just in case!!

charlie76 said:
Even better still, who saw the need for the wedge to hold the door open :nonod:

DefyG · Aug 17, 2023

So client says "Wonder what has caused it"?

I say I'm no expert but could be a damp problem.

Client says "we dont have damp in this house"!

Need a second opinion??

nicebutdim · Aug 17, 2023

Definitely no ~~American tanks~~ damp in that house.

littlespark · Aug 17, 2023

All the available damp has been absorbed into the back box….

The building equivalent of rice in the salt shaker.

ipf · Aug 19, 2023

In a Switch Room.
Who's thrown that away? Code 1.
6x6 from bus bar chamber with 90 degree lid missing.

but is anybody going to stick their hand up?

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