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[Darkwood]

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:

 

[mainline]

Damn, I was wondering where I left my cig's, they were only 20p a packet when lost.

 

[Midwest]

Damn, I was wondering where I left my cig's, they were only 20p a packet when lost.

Sorry, I suspect that cig box contains our @telectrix plans for the rewire, that never materialised

 

[Dave OCD]

I wonder if the cowboy that did this lot will come back for his cigarettes!

Top tips I've taken from this job:

1. If you ever run out of fuse wire. Just use some copper instead.....
2. Can't be arsed to wire a circuit properly? Just borrow a neutral from within the CU and cut the live & CPC off
3. Pesky water bond getting in the way? Just cut it off....
4. Lost the screws to the consumer unit cover... just use socket screws and break the mounting point.
5. Broke the cover of your CU? Hold it together with some tape.

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That is atrocious - the wire should be wound clockwise under the fuse screws ! I bet the cig packet was empty ?

 

[Dave OCD]

I worked as a subby on student let refurb, converting from 3 bed terraced house to 5 bed student house. Your pics reminded me. The house was probably 2-300 years old. The muck/dust in the floor/ceiling voids was something else, like grey soot. Place was completely gutted. Learnt to wait until the plumbers fitted their pipework, before we did our job. The only criticisms I had was locating the CU high up by the front door. Testing was a nightmare, have to keep getting off steps to let trades pass.

Good luck.

It's always the way, as soon as you're on a steps just inside a doorway it turns into the pedestrian equivalent of the M25.

 

[mainline]

It's always the way, as soon as you're on a steps just inside a doorway it turns into the pedestrian equivalent of the M25.

The last time I was in that situation, a lady cleaner brushed herself against me as she went by and said, " You will have to marry me now" her face reminded me of a woodcutters bench btw

 

[DPG]

The last time I was in that situation, a lady cleaner brushed herself against me as she went by and said, " You will have to marry me now" her face reminded me of a woodcutters bench btw

Haven't heard that phrase for ages. My favourite is 'like a bulldog licking p---- off a nettle'

 

[littlespark]

Haven't heard that phrase for ages. My favourite is 'like a bulldog licking p---- off a nettle'

“Like a bulldog chewing a wasp”

 

[Dave OCD]

Or a bulldog chewing a wasp.

 

[Dave OCD]

“Like a bulldog chewing a wasp”

Beaten to it quicker than a tripping RCD.

 

[DPG]

Or a bulldog chewing a wasp.

The Scottish chap bet you to that one

 

[DPG]

Beaten to it quicker than a tripping RCD.

Ooh I like that phrase. I'll remember that one.
Come to think of it my Mrs mentioned something similar when we were in bed the other night.....

 

[Dave OCD]

Yeah the tw@t lol. Fastest finger first.

 

[Dave OCD]

'If my dog had a face like yours I'd shave its @rse and teach it to walk backwards'.

 

[DPG]

This is going to go downhill rapidly I feel.

 

[DPG]

Yeah the tw@t lol. Fastest finger first.

She said that as well

 

[Dave OCD]

You're on top form tonight !

PS Any Man U fans about on here ?? I've more or less finished winding up all the ones I know.

 

[DPG]

You're on top form tonight !

No, she never said that unfortunately

 

[Raptor0014]

10.5kw shower, 45a switch, 6mm T&E and a 63a MCB as the OCPD with no RCD. This is the result....

But at least they lined it up with the light switch.

 

[DPG]

10.5kw shower, 45a switch, 6mm T&E and a 63a MCB as the OCPD with no RCD. This is the result....

But at least they lined it up with the light switch.

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To be fair, if the terminations had been secure and tight then that combination would probably have lasted years.

 

[mainline]

Looks like another case of bad joint /cheap isolator.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Notching the joints was the plumbers way, and I think electricians back then followed suit, and probably still do to a certain degree, as sometimes needs must.

Brings back memories though of live nails poking out the floor, or the missus shouting up the stairs that there's water dripping from the ceiling.


If that wiring was staying, I would notch some nail plates into the floor board, better than having to junction box the cables just to divert them through some joist weakening holes.

I still have a load of "SafePlates" in a box somewhere....

 

[Dave OCD]

10.5kw shower, 45a switch, 6mm T&E and a 63a MCB as the OCPD with no RCD. This is the result....

But at least they lined it up with the light switch.

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It looks like a 'Click' switch which are normally pretty good , probably just badly terminated. I hate those 10kW + showers, ridiculous amount of current draw really.

 

[Taylortwocities]

It looks like a 'Click' switch which are normally pretty good , probably just badly terminated. I hate those 10kW + showers, ridiculous amount of current draw really.

And, yet again, its the neutral connection that failed. Funny that.

 

[littlespark]

I think some cowboys/ plumbers fitting showers think as long as the live is tight, it’s all good. Neutral isn’t that important, is it??

Always seems to be neutrals… with pull cords as well. And it happens with 7kW as well, but doesn’t make as big a bang as a 10

Wait until everyone’s EV charge points start melting… oh wait, I’ve already had one!

 

[mainline]

I think some cowboys/ plumbers fitting showers think as long as the live is tight, it’s all good. Neutral isn’t that important, is it??

Always seems to be neutrals… with pull cords as well. And it happens with 7kW as well, but doesn’t make as big a bang as a 10

Wait until everyone’s EV charge points start melting… oh wait, I’ve already had one!

I never had a problem with 50 amp Crabtree pull cords, double terminal screws helps.

 

[nicebutdim]

I think some cowboys/ plumbers fitting showers think as long as the live is tight, it’s all good. Neutral isn’t that important, is it??

Always seems to be neutrals… with pull cords as well. And it happens with 7kW as well, but doesn’t make as big a bang as a 10

Wait until everyone’s EV charge points start melting… oh wait, I’ve already had one!

Some charge points have very low torque setting for supply cable - astoundingly low and I tend to spend a bit of time getting stranded conductors bedded in before torquing.

 

[Dave OCD]

I think some cowboys/ plumbers fitting showers think as long as the live is tight, it’s all good. Neutral isn’t that important, is it??

Always seems to be neutrals… with pull cords as well. And it happens with 7kW as well, but doesn’t make as big a bang as a 10

Wait until everyone’s EV charge points start melting… oh wait, I’ve already had one!

Should have tightened that neutral another half turn.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Must admit when I first started out on this rocky road I was surprised how much more torque I could get with the correct terminal screwdriver with approximately the same amount of effort.

 

[nicebutdim]

Must admit when I first started out on this rocky road I was surprised how much more torque I could get with the correct terminal screwdriver with approximately the same amount of effort.

Assuming terminal screws are made from something more substantial than the cheese certain manufacturers consider acceptable for this purpose.

 

[Mike Johnson]

For the last ten years I have only used Hagar and they seem to last well, although I do like a bit of Roqefort with my port.