Is it just me
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Well it`s a bit frightening really, if you let it get to you.
There have always been people who are totally wrong about some aspects. many aspects, of wiring a plug but amazingly compounded by these so-called aids to have at least one glaring omission of some good practice we were all taught by anyone half decent.
I have had people being offended because someone commented on their own handiwork of wiring a plug and they show it to me and say "Whats wrong with that?" in indignation and you think to yourself sometimes "Blooming heck, whats actually right with it?" so you patiently tell themhow to do it correctly without trying to cause offence" some still have indignation and show you some instructions they have read and hey presto those instructions are not good, sometimes very poor indeed.
The "Old Chestnut" so often encountered, even with the best of a bad lot, is no thought about the easy way of encouraging the last pull out to be E.
There are lots of other common "Old Chestnut" but the last pull out defence is very often omitted on otherwise half decent attempts.
There have always been people who are totally wrong about some aspects. many aspects, of wiring a plug but amazingly compounded by these so-called aids to have at least one glaring omission of some good practice we were all taught by anyone half decent.
I have had people being offended because someone commented on their own handiwork of wiring a plug and they show it to me and say "Whats wrong with that?" in indignation and you think to yourself sometimes "Blooming heck, whats actually right with it?" so you patiently tell themhow to do it correctly without trying to cause offence" some still have indignation and show you some instructions they have read and hey presto those instructions are not good, sometimes very poor indeed.
The "Old Chestnut" so often encountered, even with the best of a bad lot, is no thought about the easy way of encouraging the last pull out to be E.
There are lots of other common "Old Chestnut" but the last pull out defence is very often omitted on otherwise half decent attempts.
My #16 photo was on the second visit to a rental property for a faulty socket (on RCD but the other a few feet along the wall was no RCD)
Several times I've had electricians fail to get something working (in the controls environment), depending on their attitude (especially if it's based on blaming me or other controls persons) when they've asked a similar question I may ask whether they want constructive criticism or the rude comments I really wanted to make.
The other approach has sometimes been "I'll be pleased to quote" or "I'll write a report and send it to your boss"
Makes me sound like an a*hole? I am very good at assisting and offerring advice but sometimes, just sometimes...
Several times I've had electricians fail to get something working (in the controls environment), depending on their attitude (especially if it's based on blaming me or other controls persons) when they've asked a similar question I may ask whether they want constructive criticism or the rude comments I really wanted to make.
The other approach has sometimes been "I'll be pleased to quote" or "I'll write a report and send it to your boss"
Makes me sound like an a*hole? I am very good at assisting and offerring advice but sometimes, just sometimes...
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All these frightening examples are the very reason why appliances are now fitted with molded plugs.
Usually/commonly. For years it has been a requirement that electrical items sold in the UK which have a 'power lead' must come with a fitted plug, but, although the p[lug is most often 'molded', that is not necessarily the case.
I have to say that I've always been a little uncomfortable about 'molded plugs', because they require total blind faith in the process (presumably often/usually an 'automated' one) that terminated the cable into them.
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