A couple mid-to-late week pics

[Lectrician]

Kitchen fitter??

Typical welder. Plug gets stuck.....chop it off and leave it!

Trunking factor exceeded

 

[Spark123]

Typical welder. Plug gets stuck.....chop it off and leave it!

What size nail / bolt is in the plugtop?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

What size nail / bolt is in the plugtop?

Don't cast aspersions.

For all you know he did it properly by replacing the live pin with a neutral one from another plug.

 

[conny]

But did he switch it off BEFORE he cut it?

 

[Stoday]

The picture would have been perfect if the screwdriver had had a neon indicator...

 

[plugwash]

Typical welder. Plug gets stuck.....chop it off and leave it!

Did you ram that screwdriver in there to get the picture or was it like that when you arrived?

 

[Lectrician]

The screwdriver is mine.....

 

[conny]

The screwdriver is mine.....

It doesn't look as though it gets used much!

 

[Lectrician]

It's well honed!

 

[plugwash]

I guess (from your description that the plug was stuck) that the socket was a writeoff anyway?

I would hope you wouldn't do that sort of thing on a socket that was going to remain in service...

 

[Lectrician]

Of course.......kind of goes without saying doesn't it?

 

[stardanny]

sorry to ask....

how the plug get stuck? did the pin get melt onto holder from overload?

Dan

 

[gman76]

sorry to ask....

how the plug get stuck? did the pin get melt onto holder from overload?

Dan

Well, I'm no electrician, but I would imagine the implication is a 16amp welder, connected to a standard 13amp plug (fuse bypassed) & socket outlet, causing the mechanical contacts to fuse together.

I guess it should have been connected via a 16amp commando to a suitably rated supply.