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

[LewisM]

One light fitting and fan isolator 100 connections.


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[telectrix]

does some of the light manage to get out past that rat's nest?

 

[SparkyChick]

Jeez... somebody needs to teach them the benefits of intermediate junction boxes to keep things neat and tidy.

 

[freddo]

Found a old photo from a periodic I did years ago. Worlds smallest ring final? Yes it was on a 30A MCB. (Sorry about old camera phone quality!)

 

[telectrix]

Found a old photo from a periodic I did years ago. Worlds smallest ring final? Yes it was on a 30A MCB. (Sorry about old camera phone quality!)
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that's right. blame the camera when the real culprit is beer focus.

 

[LewisM]

Wylex touch safe fuses.

 

[SparkyChick]

Was there fuse wire in it or had someone replaced it with a nail (then found it had welded itself into the board and broke it trying to get it out again)?

 

[LewisM]

I'm not sure, I didn't really get a good look at it as it is above a lot of stuff in garage. I'm going back to change the consumer unit next week, the lady has only moved in recently and was getting a shower change by a plumber who told her he has to turn the power off to the whole house as the fuse which is broken is for the shower and he didn't want to touch it which is understandable.

 

[LewisM]

Somebody must not have done any testing after doing this rewire only five years ago....
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[123]

A recent meter change perhaps?

 

[LewisM]

Don't think so the sticker on the meter said 2005.

 

[LeeH]

 

[Hellmooth]

Absolutely, no need for it at all.

Would love a night out with Dave...........never!

 

[LeeH]

Witnessed this today.....pipe fitter drilling a 100mm hole above me.

Think he needs a lesson on the correct drilling speeds of HSS hole saws.

This country has serious skill shortage.

 

[LeeH]

I'll try and sneak another picture.

 

[telectrix]

could have done it neater with oxy-acetylene cutting torch.

 

[freddo]

How hot must that have been to blister the paint like that.

 

[telectrix]

my lady's tongue could blister metal better than that.

 

[static zap]

.....pipe fitter drilling a 100mm hole above me.
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Are you sure he wasn't just trying to get your attention , with Red hot flying saucer !

...Needs to show they need plenty hole-saws for the job...

 

[leep82]

 

[leep82]

Customer wanted extra lighting points and switches repositioned amongst other bits of work. I was met with picture above when i went into the loft

 

[freddo]

Well it works doesn't it? What more could you want?!

 

[static zap]

Quite a neat job , for some-one soo in the dark !

 

[LewisM]

Not sure how somebody could mess up a socket so bad especially when the colours are on the socket.

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Not really dodgy but a big board for one circuit.

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[freddo]

Not sure how somebody could mess up a socket so bad especially when the colours are on the socket.

Well at least it would function (if there was no RCD).

 

[leep82]

Not sure how somebody could mess up a socket so bad especially when the colours are on the socket.

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Not really dodgy but a big board for one circuit.

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future proofing

 

[leep82]

Not sure how somebody could mess up a socket so bad especially when the colours are on the socket.

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Not really dodgy but a big board for one circuit.

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future proofing

 

[LewisM]

Well at least it would function (if there was no RCD).

Thing is the circuit was on a RCBO and wouldn't trip and when I corrected the socket and checked the others which where all fine the RCBO still wouldn't trip so i had to replace it.

 

[Dave OCD]

That looks like a standard double socket has been swapped out for a USB version and the cables connected in the same order as they were before.

 

[LewisM]

That looks like a standard double socket has been swapped out for a USB version and the cables connected in the same order as they were before.

Exactly what I thought, the rest of the sockets are EATON which layout is the same as the the way it was connected.

 

[freddo]

Came across this during a periodic ages ago.

 

[DPG]

Who needs to chase walls out when you can just wallpaper over the t&e ?

 

[123]

At least it has a smiley face though

 

[freddo]

The cable exits at the back of the box to an immersion in the cupboard behind and the supply enters at the top of the switch from the trunking IIRC. The crease below is just really bad wallpapering!

 

[Phil Thompson]

Was at a house the week before last and found this baby. The lights had blew, but this was the sockets.

Was sizzling away once I took the cover off, seemed to be the actual holder as opposed to the connections themselves.

 

[freddo]

I do like those MEM boards, replaced one yesterday.

 

[Wilko]

Got called to fix an outlet that had stopped working. It didn't take too long to find, apparently it had worked for some years ... Sometimes nice things do just happen

 

[DPG]

Blimy, that's not even a close one - it's well down on to the insulation.

 

[Wilko]

Blimy, that's not even a close one - it's well down on to the insulation.

Owner said it worked for some years but microwave had stopped working a while back. N must've been just touching in the bottom of the receiver, I guess.
I think it was Mr Kitchen's work

 

[freddo]

Another periodic inspection from hell, the date on the photo says 2011 so a few years ago. The first signs of problems was when I was unplugging things to start dead testing. I got quite a whack from the pins of a plug. Hmm, the appliance must have a large cap across the supply or something. Or perhaps full mains.

Oh look, another one!

Turned out the tenant liked wiring lights by connecting the load to the back of a socket and then powering it with a plug, the switch on the reverse fed socket acted as the light switch. What a dick head. He wouldn't let me confiscate the dangerous leads but I did get him to dismantle them before I left, there were 2 young children running about there.

Everything was wired with flex, mostly 2 core, the 3 flexes here feed a socket and 2 wall lights.

Another p|ss poor effort in another room, this went through the wall to a shed, was joined via open connector block to some white flex, joined with a joint box with no lid to some black flex then joined directly to the flex of a chest freezer by twisting and taping. I stuck a plug on the freezer and got them to use an extension lead until proper wiring was installed.

 

[DPG]

Jeez that's bad.

 

[Phil Thompson]

That's total madness.

 

[telectrix]

i have found new accommodation for that tenant:

at least he'll not be able to kill his kids here.

 

[freddo]

They weren't even his kids! He was looking after them for some relative.

 

[ferg]

Some highlights from a recent EICR. About 20 or so melty downlighters.
I never did find the other end of the concentric but it left the upstream board in 2.5 t&e.

 

[telectrix]

where to start with thi? i thought axe and crowbar. sorry for the bad pic. i was on ladder and too close to get it focussed propery.

 

[Strima]

where to start with thi? i thought axe and crowbar. sorry for the bad pic. i was on ladder and too close to get it focussed propery.

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Stop posting pictures of my jobs up!!! Took me hours to get it like that...

 

[Toneyz]

where to start with thi? i thought axe and crowbar. sorry for the bad pic. i was on ladder and too close to get it focussed propery.

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Is this another forum competition spot the bird in the nest closest wins a prize.

 

[telectrix]

the left hand wylex RCBO has a 10mm feeding a shower. i think the right hand one is for bathroom lights ( or all upstairs lights). all MCBs have a bit of faded illegible pencil marks, so God knows what they feed. when the thing has a fair load on it, it buzzes like crazy.

 

[Dave OCD]

What job do you have to do there Tel ? [God help you !]