First House, dodgy garage wiring

[Risteard]

I missed that (although to be precise, you didn't specifically state that you expect to see DIN rail-mounted blanks, you said that you hate non-DIN rail-mounted ones, but I take the point that you wouldn't install the clip-in ones).

But that still leaves the customer with a storage problem created by you, and (probably) extra costs created by you. I do struggle to see how that is a better and more professional practice.

I realise that you have never been an Electrician, but if you had have been then you would probably be tired of people phoning about such-and-such a circuit breaker not working (because it's not actually connected to anything). It leads to unnecessary confusion.

In my experience most Electricians consider it bad practice and far prefer to see blanks used. (As said, I don't rate non-DIN rail-mounted blanks at all - some may even fail on the tool or deliberate action required to remove them.)

 

[JohnW2]

... if you had have been then you would probably be tired of people phoning about such-and-such a circuit breaker not working (because it's not actually connected to anything).

Even if it is clearly labelled as "SPARE"?

Kind Regards, John

 

[Risteard]

Even if it is clearly labelled as "SPARE"?

Kind Regards, John

Yes (never underestimate the predictability of stupidity).

Although sadly they are often left unlabelled as with everything else on the DB.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I realise that you have never been an Electrician, but if you had have been then you would probably be tired of people phoning about such-and-such a circuit breaker not working (because it's not actually connected to anything). It leads to unnecessary confusion.

Either you think it is better and more professional to increase costs and create a storage problem or you do not.

Avoiding confusion in numpties who won't pay attention or think is not a valid reason for doing something worse.

 

[EFLImpudence]

There's no storage problem; they're in other people's houses now.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

That's what I meant. Remove a few breakers and then the customer has to find somewhere to keep them for (possible) future use. Leave them in the CU and he doesn't, nor does he need to pay for blanking modules.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Even if it is clearly labelled as "SPARE"?

How about labelling them things like "Stargate", "Launch Control", "Reactor cooling pumps"?

 

[EFLImpudence]

That's what I meant. Remove a few breakers and then the customer has to find somewhere to keep them for (possible) future use. Leave them in the CU and he doesn't, nor does he need to pay for blanking modules.

No, I meant Risteard keeps them and uses them elsewhere.

 

[securespark]

How about labelling them things like "Stargate", "Launch Control", "Reactor cooling pumps"?

Flux Capacitor?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Antimatter Containment Field

 

[securespark]

I must say in all my 28 years, the only queries I had about a breaker "not working" were down to breakers that had, er, breaked.