More shoddy work......

[GaryMo]

Cutting edge under cupboard lighting.
The hole in the FCU isn't a flex outlet, it's a drilled hole in the face and the cable has no strain relief.

Socket outlet fed in 1.0/1.0 t&e

Spurred from here. That's exactly how the cpc was when I pulled the socket face away.

A customer reported a wall light wouldn't turn off, he literally had to remove the lamp to turn it off.

There wasn't a switch or pull cord and no evidence that there ever was one. The supply was picked up from this socket.

Where's the backbox?!

 

[FingRinal]

I think you're splitting hairs Gary

 

[Hann]

Cor!

I have to say the 'sparky' was creative! ..and gung ho about life and limb.

Thanks for sharing the pics

 

[GaryMo]

I may have another picture tomorrow

Whilst carrying out a PIR (which all the pictures above bar the very top one came from) I came across an unfixed socket, fed in 1.0mm 3 core flex in a kitchen cupboard which was fed from a BS3036 30A cooker circuit. To make matters worse there's no cpc, as reported by my earth fault loop impedance tester.
The flex disappears behind a built in fridge so that'll be a job for tomorrow morning.....

 

[Spark123]

I once had a socket under a staircase fed from 1.5mm twin and earth - from the lighting circuit. The CPC was connected in the socket (without sleeve) but not at the other end. And they wondered why when they used the washing machine in this socket the fuse for the lights popped

 

[mattylad]

Bah, thats nowt compared to the leccics in my kitchen....

(not done by me, an don the list of jobs to fix)

It seems its compulsory to carry a digi camera on all jobs now? lol

 

[GaryMo]

It seems its compulsory to carry a digi camera on all jobs now? lol

Mobile phone....

 

[sparkybird]

Unfortuntely didn't have my camera to hand, but recent rewire exposed single socket fed off ring circuit in 0.5 mm two core flex. Client had been using it for a heater, but power didn't last too long.

Finally found the connection - melted 15A connector block... Yummy!

 

[NewOrder]

I sometimes wonder how people can be so ignorant, I mean do they not stop to think why is the cable supplying the sockets much thicker than the one they are using?

The worst thing is a lot of the above could have been wired safely so easily . I assume the sockets where the spurs have been taken were not on the final?

 

[GaryMo]

I assume the sockets where the spurs have been taken were not on the final?

Yes, there was an original ring final where the spurs had been wired from.
In the case of picture 3, two spurs had been wired from the socket-outlet. That in itself is wrong but even more so when one of them is wired in 1.0/1.0 twin and earth.

All the original house wiring was in very good condition, the only problems being the DIY work of the previous occupant.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Its surprising it worked at all. In the second pic, have a look at where the termination screw has been screwed thru the isulation to make contact

It must have been done by someone who know something about sparking - the conductors are doubled over.

 

[mattylad]

It must have been done by someone who know something about sparking - the conductors are doubled over.

oooh, get ready to be told that a proper electrician does not bend them over

 

[NewOrder]

I assume the sockets where the spurs have been taken were not on the final?

Yes, there was an original ring final where the spurs had been wired from.
In the case of picture 3, two spurs had been wired from the socket-outlet. That in itself is wrong but even more so when one of them is wired in 1.0/1.0 twin and earth.

All the original house wiring was in very good condition, the only problems being the DIY work of the previous occupant.

So not only is there potential for the final to overheat, if they plugged in say a heater into that socket the only thing that would have stopped the current is when the wire melted away .

At least us DIYers are keeping you in work

 

[GaryMo]

I may have another picture tomorrow

Whilst carrying out a PIR (which all the pictures above bar the very top one came from) I came across an unfixed socket, fed in 1.0mm 3 core flex in a kitchen cupboard which was fed from a BS3036 30A cooker circuit. To make matters worse there's no cpc, as reported by my earth fault loop impedance tester.
The flex disappears behind a built in fridge so that'll be a job for tomorrow morning.....

Socket supplying fridge

So, withdrew the integrated fridge from its unit and found a cooker connection point where the flex originated from. I can see why I couldn't measure earth fault loop impedance at the socket!

Here's another cooker control unit located in a cupboard. There wasn't an outgoing cable from the switch but the socket was utilised for an oven and igniter for the gas hob!

Joints for downlighters

Looks like this one hit a joist. Notice the junction box and cable directly above

This one was getting a little warm

So, off to the downstairs light fittings....
Wrong polarity detected at this one. A little rummage in the ceiling and...

This was behind a class 1 fitting which had a big base to cover the hole.

The hole was too big to get both fixings so a dummy fixing was used in one!

Surely they couldn't get a ceiling rose wrong? What should we do with the CPC?

The downstairs shower room, around 10 years old. Lovely position for a socket!

 

[RF Lighting]

I went to do a periodic in a house like that about a year ago.

Everything you look at is wrong.

How many pages are you upto on the faults page?

I hate jobs like that. Nearly as well to cut it all of and start again.