Kitchen Fitters

[securespark]

A certain kitchen fitter (well-known, possibly 3 letters?) did a kitchen I looked at today, with u/c lighting fed like this: the switched live came from a wall switch via 0.5 flex to a connector block on top of wall cabinet. The neutral they took from an adjacent socket, via 1.0 T&E.

It worked.....at least until someone came along and fitted a split-load unit (without any certification). Then the RCD kept tripping (for obvious reasons!!)

I went along to investigate and found no earth on lighting circs. Customer expressed surprise - the guy fitting the new CU (only 2 weeks ago) didn't let her know anything was wrong.

He also did MEB's > 600 from cock/meter, and didn't clean the pipework.

She said she didn't have much money, so was always pushed "to a price". But sitting outside was her 05 TOTR Freelander.......

In both cases, I am at a loss to understand how people can do this kind of work, when they must know it is wrong....

[SIGH]

 

[breezer]

answer is easy.

they know it will work so that is what they do

 

[partpdoctor]

Hi
the chap who fitted the con-unit is sailing close to the wind.
he could be another of those high profile part p prosecutions that are all the rage these days