Came across this today .......

[magnoliafan89]

Got sent to a house today to remove a supply to a shed down the bottom of the garden...maybe 20m away from board. Went out the 32a breaker in 6mm t and e jointed under a floorboard to 2.5mm armoured,down a wall to the outside and then under the garden. Entered the shed through a drilled hole and the earth into the banjo is just wedged into the hole.
4 double sockets lighting circuit and not sure what the 16a inside was for. But there was a pond powered off it whether that was the plugged in or the 16a.
As you can imagine she wasnt best pleased when we told her we were disconnecting it and it had to go.

 

[Pete999]

Nic

Got sent to a house today to remove a supply to a shed down the bottom of the garden...maybe 20m away from board. Went out the 32a breaker in 6mm t and e jointed under a floorboard to 2.5mm armoured,down a wall to the outside and then under the garden. Entered the shed through a drilled hole and the earth into the banjo is just wedged into the hole.
4 double sockets lighting circuit and not sure what the 16a inside was for. But there was a pond powered off it whether that was the plugged in or the 16a.
As you can imagine she wasnt best pleased when we told her we were disconnecting it and it had to go.

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e tidy job that

 

[magnoliafan89]

The old phrase....its fine its always worked...came up quite a lot from her and the fella

 

[Wilko]

Oh dear, that's an ugly one.
More than once I've been called to quote on extending from installations like that. Funny thing, after politely explaining what's needed they don't invite me back.

 

[MDJ]

Who sent you to disconnect the supply?

 

[magnoliafan89]

Who sent you to disconnect the supply?

I work for a housing association she was a tenant

 

[MDJ]

I work for a housing association she was a tenant

Oh okay Mate, I wasn't trying to trip you up I just wondered, thanks for the reply fella.

 

[magnoliafan89]

Oh okay Mate, I wasn't trying to trip you up I just wondered, thanks for the reply fella.

No worries pal i didnt think you meant anything. I didnt put it in my OP so its a valid question.

 

[Octopus]

I work for a housing association she was a tenant

Still doesn't explain why this is being disconnected....

 

[magnoliafan89]

Aside the obvious of being RAF we did not install that circuit and when we came to do the test on that property we told them they couldn't have it as we didnt install it and could not take responsibility for it

 

[Dave OCD]

Who fitted the main house CU ? That looks RAF too.

 

[buzzlightyear]

delete

 

[Dave OCD]

Horrible ! I reckon that was a dual RCD board and some cretin has robbed an RCD out of it and put everything through one.

 

[buzzlightyear]

I have just posted on the forum .

 

[DPG]

I have just posted on the forum .

Well done

 

[123]

Love how they have just brought the tails through, no grommet or gland or clips, just resting against the metal knockout

 

[magnoliafan89]

Was done in 2011 by an outside contractor...dont wanna say the name as it may land me in trouble but lets just say it was a Gloucester based company. They did a lot of our places before we did and we constantly find problems with their work....like another board that theyd flipped upside down...and i mean actually upside down breakers and all because theyd used too short a cables for the tails coming up

 

[Darkwood]

Was done in 2011 by an outside contractor...dont wanna say the name as it may land me in trouble but lets just say it was a Gloucester based company. They did a lot of our places before we did and we constantly find problems with their work....like another board that theyd flipped upside down...and i mean actually upside down breakers and all because theyd used too short a cables for the tails coming up

I would say fitting a board upside down is a big no no for a few reasons, power switches now must not be able to energise a circuit or load by accident like an object falling down on them, that is why they design flip switches for power as ON in the up position and OFF in the down position... also if the board is upside down the electric could leak out

 

[Octopus]

Love how they have just brought the tails through, no grommet or gland or clips, just resting against the metal knockout

that isn't that uncommon is it judging on what I come across...

 

[Squid]

You need to find more affluent customers as I bet you won't accept tea and biscuits from this lot....... ;o)))))