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[LewisM]

Damn that was almost the next story they tell in college

 

[ipf]

Lucky escape! found this in a ceiling void, nice VIR-PVC joint with crumbling insulation

Live conductor within a whisker of the bathroom towel rail pipework

A good method of secure cable suspension, too.

 

[steviethepar]

Called by customer to help a flat was being part rewired after a flood - the chap doing it hasn’t come back - spent half a day trying to figure out ring main cables and sort out rerun cables - anyway found 3 crimped joints new onto old cable this is one of them …… had several joints like this…

By time I had finished rewriting there were no joined cables

 

[steviethepar]

Lucky escape! found this in a ceiling void, nice VIR-PVC joint with crumbling insulation

Live conductor within a whisker of the bathroom towel rail pipework

was at a property the other week it still had led sheathed VRI cable for lights was surprised I got 20meg on IR testing, and no earth leakage - though VRI cable starting to deteriorate where it bends into connections at the switches.

5 years ago they changed all light fittings to class 2 and backboxes to plastic - but getting closer to rewire
Maybe last another 80 years

 

[Dustydazzler]

Called by customer to help a flat was being part rewired after a flood - the chap doing it hasn’t come back - spent half a day trying to figure out ring main cables and sort out rerun cables - anyway found 3 crimped joints new onto old cable this is one of them …… had several joints like this…

By time I had finished rewriting there were no joined cables

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Tell me that Crimp joint wasn't the finished 'signed off' job...

 

[steviethepar]

Tell me that Crimp joint wasn't the finished 'signed off' job...

Hi nope ‘half job’was still to be finished when I arrived 3 rooms still had old cables and original sockets. However, this was a finished joint as it was covered in insulating tape and tucked away under floor board - spotted when trying to trace ends of the ring main and figure out what had been done.

U will be pleased to know I ripped out all all the old cables (and scary joints) and replaced with new ones only took us a couple of hours once sussed out.

Also what was also disturbing - at the consumer unit the ends of the wires were still connected into the breaker (switched off but no lock off) - should’ve been disconnected - which i immediately did for testing and safety..

 

[timhoward]

Was here a week ago, didn't take cover off box last time. New outdoor socket requested.

Last time I found the other end of the circuit:

It was still live, so I turned off the breaker marked "Shed", it went dead, and I arranged to come back.

A week later I return, and am told that the freezer stopped working after my last visit.
What I failed to spot was it also goes through the wall, and back in, into a lone double socket. Genius circuit design, sticking the freezer on with the shed on a shared RCD.....

 

[Simon47]

... found 3 crimped joints new onto old cable this is one of them …… had several joints like this…

Nice to see he is careful to use the right crimping tool for the terminals !

 

[DPG]

Called by customer to help a flat was being part rewired after a flood - the chap doing it hasn’t come back - spent half a day trying to figure out ring main cables and sort out rerun cables - anyway found 3 crimped joints new onto old cable this is one of them …… had several joints like this…

By time I had finished rewriting there were no joined cables

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Screwdriver looks a bit well worn!

 

[nicebutdim]

Nice to see he is careful to use the right crimping tool for the terminals !

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