After changing a consumer unit today I completed an electrical installation certificate to cover all final circuits.
Along with the normal defects like incorrectly sleeved cables, missing grommets etc I came across what looks like a typical DIY disaster!
Behind a dryer I found a single socket. Due to the depth of the dryer it needed to push tight against the socket for the cupboard doors to close so how do you lose the depth of a plug top?
And inside the socket.........
Nice
Next disaster involved a light fitting in the kitchen. Notice the left over ceiling rose termination block along with a nice brown insulated conductor to the metal cap. Thank god it was actually a cpc!
Lastly was a problem with the kitchen sockets. Phase and neutral had ring continuity, CPC didn't After a while I narrowed the problem down to between two sockets on the opposite wall to each other so off into the loft I went (it's a bungalow) to be met with this......
Inside the junction box, notice the where the cpc is
And insulation tape peeled back.....
This section of cable between the two sockets also contained a neutral to earth short!!
Good isn't it?
Along with the normal defects like incorrectly sleeved cables, missing grommets etc I came across what looks like a typical DIY disaster!
Behind a dryer I found a single socket. Due to the depth of the dryer it needed to push tight against the socket for the cupboard doors to close so how do you lose the depth of a plug top?
And inside the socket.........
Nice
Next disaster involved a light fitting in the kitchen. Notice the left over ceiling rose termination block along with a nice brown insulated conductor to the metal cap. Thank god it was actually a cpc!
Lastly was a problem with the kitchen sockets. Phase and neutral had ring continuity, CPC didn't After a while I narrowed the problem down to between two sockets on the opposite wall to each other so off into the loft I went (it's a bungalow) to be met with this......
Inside the junction box, notice the where the cpc is
And insulation tape peeled back.....
This section of cable between the two sockets also contained a neutral to earth short!!
Good isn't it?