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Was asked to fit this new consumer unit in a static mobile home, bought from Fleabay.
I refused.
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The feel of the mcbs and the switch action just felt cheap and nasty.What was your initial objection? The immediate one before all others became apparent.
FFS !Not electrical but not sure how somebody managed this with a giant placard above it…
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Tests carried out on these units on behalf of Leicestershire Trading Standards revealed safety concerns. The Residual Current Device melted rather than cutting power, some of the Miniature Circuit Breakers failed to trip, and parts of the circuit remained live even with the main power switch turned off.Was asked to fit this new consumer unit in a static mobile home, bought from Fleabay.
I refused.
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Yeah if the bolt for the band clamp is sticking up then when the aircraft is flying and you get slack in the cable then it can chafe on the bolt.FFS !
It took me a while to work out just what I was looking at. But once I'd worked that out, that's shocking workmanship on an aircraft. And the reason for the specific notice ? I'd guess they've had incidents in the past when a control cable has become slack and got caught round the clamp bolt - not something that's going to make life boring for those on board.
But then, I've read/heard of worse maintenance issues in aviation.
Even the placard is wrong the bolt head should be at the top and the stud below as both control cables run above the clamp.Not electrical but not sure how somebody managed this with a giant placard above it…
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I told him it's dangerous.Don't know about portable loos but that looks like a real sh** **le
Years ago I used to own a share of a Piper Warrior (160hp, 4cyl single engine). We had problems with the alternator tripping off - assumed to be the over-voltage trip* operating. After months of "we'll try ..." from the so called engineers, I called them up and said "I'm coming down, I'm going to strip, clean, and reassemble all the connections in the battery and charging circuit"** - note, not a "can I" but an "I am". Of course, they started with all the "we'll have to check your work" (I said "fine"), etc., etc. reasons why I shouldn't. When I arrived, they said "can you take it for a test flight, we think we've found the problem" - I did, and they had.And this one from not to long ago where the main cable from the engine generator had been run on finger tight on phase A so it got so hot it melted out the lug
These weren't DIY Daves, these were supposedly professional "engineers" who certainly knew how to charge for their time !Yeah I’ve heard that general aviation has a lot of DIY daves.
Just a tad. Mind you, I've heard a few tales from that size of the business ...The planes I work on are slightly larger.
smaller issues are often unreported for small private aircraft, the bigger ones it is harder to hide when you put the wrong size screws in the windscreen!These weren't DIY Daves, these were supposedly professional "engineers" who certainly knew how to charge for their time !
It would have been nice to be allowed to do some of it DIY - we'd have made sure we did a better job.
Just a tad. Mind you, I've heard a few tales from that size of the business ...
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