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

[bill01803]

Is that a MK board with stray RCBOs

 

[littlespark]

The mainswitch is taking the “MK lean” far too seriously.


My point about the cover was that there is a t&e just leaving the open front. Not be able to replace the cover without cutting a little slot….

 

[DPG]

Not sticking up for shoddy workmanship, but that doesn't look like a finished job to me. Is there more to the story?

 

[Dave OCD]

What do you mean ? I finished it a while ago !

 

[James]

What do you mean ? I finished it a while ago !

Thought I recognised your work there!!

 

[Conductor]

I can't blame a fellow spark for this but some of the previous work was dubious to say the least.

I got a call to a pub that had previous evidence of a rat invasion and they had chewed through the cable supplying the outside lights under the floor space in the first floor.

Yesterday whenever the hand dryer was switch on it tripped the RCD. IR test showed a short on all three wires. Followed it back from the gents roof space above to discover this. Ehmmm nice wires says Mr Rat! My understanding is that vermin will chew through anything that blocks their path, rather than the thought that they are simply sharpening their teeth. The hand dryer was spurred off the lighting circuit for the toilets, neither the cable or the breaker were spec'd high enough to handle the power of the dryer anyway.

At first it wasn't really obvious that the chewing had happened until you pulled the wires back through the hole in the wall. What gave it away was the black marks all over the cable that something had been passing back and forth. The hole leads back under the living room floor for the accommodation above the pub. So I by passed the dodgy part of the cable back to the CU with a temporary cable, until the laminated floor can be lifted next week to see what lies beneath? My Jack Russell is coming with me next week just in case!!

Even better still, who saw the need for the wedge to hold the door open :nonod:

 

[DefyG]

So client says "Wonder what has caused it"?

I say I'm no expert but could be a damp problem.

Client says "we dont have damp in this house"!

Need a second opinion??

 

[nicebutdim]

Definitely no American tanks damp in that house.

 

[littlespark]

All the available damp has been absorbed into the back box….

The building equivalent of rice in the salt shaker.

 

[ipf]

In a Switch Room.
Who's thrown that away? Code 1.
6x6 from bus bar chamber with 90 degree lid missing.



but is anybody going to stick their hand up?

 

[Raptor0014]

Modern problems require modern solutions…

 

[littlespark]

Apart from the IP issues with cable entry, it is technically inside an enclosure….. unless, as pictured, there is no cover.

 

[mainline]

Apart from the IP issues with cable entry, it is technically inside an enclosure….. unless, as pictured, there is no cover.

It’s not fit for purpose the smps is going to get very warm

 

[littlespark]

It’s not fit for purpose the smps is going to get very warm

Maybe… but with no cover, there’s plenty air circulation

 

[mainline]

Maybe… but with no cover, there’s plenty air circulation

Then it's not in an enclosure, you can't have it both ways.

 

[littlespark]

Then it's not in an enclosure, you can't have it both ways.

Drill air holes?


( I know this is being stupid)

 

[mainline]

Drill air holes?


( I know this is being stupid)

I'll agree with you.

 

[James]

It is of course possible to have IP rated holes.

 

[littlespark]

It is of course possible to have IP rated holes.

Just not on the top.


All depends on the actual IP rating.

 

[DPG]

It is of course possible to have IP rated holes.

Exactly. A lot of people seem to think that an IP rated case is waterproof. 'IP' is meaningless without numbers.