Twin & Earth on plug top

[Dizzy_Maskell]

Guys has other people encountered twin and earth used on plug tops before seen it many times now and becoming more common

 

[Engineer54]

DIY jobbies, nothing new at all!! lol!

 

[Risteard]

Looks pants though as well as not complying!

 

[Dizzy_Maskell]

Looks awful and poor fit

 

[driverman]

It is totally wrong, as we all know..but it has been going for years! Doing well though getting 2.5 in.
And of course, what the plug top is feeding is not part of the installation, as it is plugged in.

 

[dan86]

see it alll the time!

 

[MDJ]

Can't see the issue myself, it is a DIY enthusiast Job, been going on for years.

 

[uksparks]

I have done it a couple of times as temporary measures when disconnecting peoples boilers or whatever when doing a rewire, I certainly wouldn't leave it like it though as its not ideal, it works but is a pain getting the conductors in!

 

[cloverman]

Been going on for donkey years !! And I guess it will long continue to be the case.

 

[Robotstar5]

Seen it a few times over the years, one of my neighbours is a classic example of incorrect T&E use, his garage is fed by 6mm² T&E clipped to garden fence and extended with a 40A JB sealed with bathroom sealer!.
Must get a pic sometime

 

[markc123]

...off the outside light by any chance? lol that'd complete the ultimate DIY disaster job !

 

[7029 dave]

DIY jobber.

 

[Robotstar5]

...off the outside light by any chance? lol that'd complete the ultimate DIY disaster job !

I've seen him welding up there so probably has a 6mm bolt in the lighting cct fuse carrier?

 

[shanky887614]

I've seen him welding up there so probably has a 6mm bolt in the lighting cct fuse carrier?

Did the nail melt?

 

[Adam W]

Dunno about the new version but the old CoP for II&TEE expressly forbid it; there was a picture and everything.

 

[PEG]

Worse than DIYers are farmers,a great many whom i count amongst my friends,i think i am shock-proof (no pun intended!) with what i see now...seen a plug top with two core speaker wire and a bicycle bowden inner as the earth,taped every 6" of course...oh,and the agricultural pioneer who,to boost the feed to his tool shed when using the welder or boost starter,run a seperate extension lead from the house with a 2 meter lead fitted with a plug top each end,one in the extension,and the other in the other outlet on the double!...his argument being he had made the other outlet part of a ring...:dunce:

 

[monjoor]

Twin & Earth on plug top

Just seen a outdoor batten fitting on the side of a porta cabin with a twin and earth wire loosely connected, running all the way to the top and across the roof of the cabin.

 

[Robotstar5]

Re: Twin & Earth on plug top

Managed to get a pic of the neighbours garage feed, the JB is not fixed, just hanging in front of a pile of bricks.