?? why?

[Sureitsoff?]

pic stolen from another forum

 

[pete01]

Doesn't look real?

 

[ericmark]

I have found a not my problem altitude with some tradesmen, but can't see a socket even if touching the floor, from being covered that much with a carpet, so tend to agree with @pete01 think it is a Photoshop picture.

 

[aveatry]

Those are power saving sockets - you only use half as much electricity with those.

 

[ebee]

I have seen them almost that bad for a multitude of "apparent" reasons and usually bordering around the stupidness to the damn right ridiculous

Those are power saving sockets - you only use half as much electricity with those.

Brilliant statement - I really enjoyed it

 

[SUNRAY]

Rather stupidly I've seen it done, it's called work creation scheme.

A contractor is asked to install a heated floor, lays the plastic base, adds the pipes and a screed...

No mate you didn't ask me to move the sockets... I'll be pleased to quote to dig it out to move them and patch the floor.
Or: No mate I don't do electrics, it'll cost this much to patch the floor when you've got it moved.

 

[morqthana]

think it is a Photoshop picture.

And a very poorly executed one at that.

 

[ebee]

Does anyone have a copy of that photo pic that was in Professional Electrician magazine a few years back?

a shower cubicle in a bathroom, corner walls were tiled including a nice twin socket inside the cubicle and a electrician pointed it out to the homeowner as a danger and the homeowner replied "We do not actually use that socket whilst we are using the shower!"

The Editorial comment was "Oh Dear!"


I wish I had kept a copy.

 

[JBR]

 

[securespark]

When we redid our ensuite, I smacked the tiles off the wall where the shower was and there was a double socket box with live cables terminated in a junction box buried underneath the tiles...

23 years we had been showering in the flipping shower with it like that.

In the days when the room was just a bedroom, they didn't bother to get rid of the socket wiring when they put the shower in!

 

[ebee]

Sadly not that uncommon a type of thing you find when taking out the old electrics, securespark.
We do sometimes wonder why we do not find piles of dead bodies littering the streets.

 

[EFLImpudence]

23 years we had been showering in the flipping shower with it like that.

Was it an electric shower?

We do sometimes wonder why we do not find piles of dead bodies littering the streets.

Not many showers in the street.

 

[matlob]

This one's handy to plug the hair dryer in without getting out of the shower

 

[morqthana]

23 years we had been showering in the flipping shower with it like that.

What danger(s) did it present?

A cable in the wall with a buried junction box would be allowed, wouldn't it?

 

[ebee]

A cable in the wall with a buried junction box would be allowed, wouldn't it?

No