Quality!!!!!!

[MerlinGremlin]

Thought I'd share this with you all, what I found today on a call out!!

 

[Andy78]

Special payout for fire damage on the insurance policy ?

 

[jaypp]

so after the appliance burnt three sockets they thought 'hmm, better call a spark':banghead:

 

[MerlinGremlin]

You'd of thought so but apparently this has happened twice before and they thought they best get it checked out.

 

[MerlinGremlin]

I recommended putting each appliance on there in circuits using commando sockets with rotary isolations, his response was "it will be cheaper to keep changing the double socket than do all that". Madness

 

[jaypp]

I recommended putting each appliance on there in circuits using commando sockets with rotary isolations, his response was "it will be cheaper to keep changing the double socket than do all that". Madness

I guess their policy on food hygiene and quality will be based on cost too!!! You didn't eat there did you?!!

 

[MerlinGremlin]

Not a chance mate, the place was chocker though.

 

[GMES]

That plugtop is filthy, there is no excuse!!

 

[tonto33]

did you lose your appetite?

 

[7029 dave]

Tripple burnt out nice. lol

 

[jaypp]

That plugtop is filthy, there is no excuse!!

Gotta say it, old ones being the best ones etc., 'wish the missus was that filthy'!!

 

[Knobhead]

So once again the OP comes up with the expensive option.

I take it you didn’t suggest a second double socket.

 

[Guest77]

So once again the OP comes up with the expensive option.

I take it you didn’t suggest a second double socket.

or a yearly EICR for the next 30 years lmao

 

[Pete999]

Thought I'd share this with you all, what I found today on a call out!!

Chinese / Indian Takeaway?

 

[Slowhand]

Botulism Balti or E-coli chicken in black bean sauce?

 

[telectrix]

salmonella sushi with crispy fried plastic

 

[MerlinGremlin]

Tony why would I offer to install an additional socket. So they can put another 4 way socket outlet in it? By putting commando sockets in each appliance has its own individual supply, no additional items can be plugged in to overload it and it is also better for cleaning. As this is a commercial property it has a 20% eicr carried out each year.

 

[Knobhead]

Whatever.....

 

[Richard Burns]

Surely the problem here (apart from the dirt and using the multiway adapter) is that the plug is badly wired or with dirty pins and the resistance is overheating the pin of the plug and melting the socket.
If the appliance were taking too much current the fuse would blow in the plug and it seems unlikely (unless they were loosely plugged in) that all three outlets were faulty.

 

[telectrix]

wouldn't put it past them to have a copper wire link in place of the 1362.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Whatever.....

Reminded me of that song, "the united states of, whatever"

 

[R G]

Another Friday the 13th job , were your shoes stuck to the floor and hands all greased up ,,
Tell em to clean the place up and maybe you might go back....LOL...

 

[ipf]

so after the appliance burnt three sockets they thought 'hmm, better call a spark':banghead:

Only three? Who knows about the other three..? :nonod:

 

[PEG]

Can't see any issues here...had worse for me best :goofy:

 

[not clever]

I'm with Tony, just add another double socket.

 

[Knobhead]

You can’t do that!

There’s money to be made by conning the customer.

Although it sounds like the customer is wise to his tricks.

 

[Resu]

Some people's ignorance is unreal! "it would be cheaper to keep replacing the socket"?! FFS!

 

[MerlinGremlin]

Like I've said before Tony I'm cards in so I don't give a monkeys about the cost to the customer I get paid regardless it's a shame the customer wasn't so tight fisted for cleaning products.

 

[Paul.M]

Are the sockets for fryers by any chance?

 

[MerlinGremlin]

One was being used for a hot plate and the other for a combi steam oven.

 

[MerlinGremlin]

As I've had a similar job before with the same issue I recommended they have commando sockets installed on individual supplies rated accordingly, but they didn't even entertain it, why do people have so much disrespect for electrics.

 

[Paul.M]

What is the total load going through that 13A adapter?

I've had the same problem, just added a new circuit with two DB SKTs on it. Easy cable run to be honest. Places like these just plug whatever they want into extension leads and adapters, they just dont care until it stops working and they cant fry chips on a Saturday night.

 

[telectrix]

one of my regular clients owns 2 pubs and i've had several call-outs to socket outlets and plug tops knackered/melted on fryers and griddles. i'm with merlin. commando sockets are the way forward. it's not just the load, it's the time they're in use, the high ambient temp. caused by the heat from the appliances-- all contribute to overheating of the plug/socket connections which, with the 1363 sockets, is a very small contact area and so liable to fail constantly.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

And that 13a fuse will run all day over that .....

 

[davesparks]

Tony why would I offer to install an additional socket. So they can put another 4 way socket outlet in it? By putting commando sockets in each appliance has its own individual supply, no additional items can be plugged in to overload it and it is also better for cleaning. As this is a commercial property it has a 20% eicr carried out each year.

What's going to stop them from putting multiway adaptors into a commando socket?

 

[telectrix]

you can allow for must things except stupid.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Can't educate pork