Having read through a lot of the posts on here i've come to the conclusion that building regs etc are a total waste of time. Don't get me wrong, this isn't an attacking post or anything, but it just seems that a LOT of the questions asked on here relate to jobs that were totally bodged in the first place, not even up to standard on the original regs. I'm NOT an electrician but looking at some of the posts (crosswired sockets, mega spaghetti lighting circuits with odd numbers of wires etc) I wonder how the hell they're not picked up on at some stage?
Just wonder what any pros on here think?
By the way, as an example, had a bulb blow in my bathroom the other night, couldnt get the casing on the fitting apart and ended up with it hanging by the wires. What I found was...
2 red twisted and taped together.
2 bare as above
and 2 black feed wires on the fitting.
Ok, not 'too' bad in itself, but did I find any red tape on either of the black wires?? Maybe thats NOT part of regs (thought it always was?) to label live feeds but its helpfull
Just wonder what any pros on here think?
By the way, as an example, had a bulb blow in my bathroom the other night, couldnt get the casing on the fitting apart and ended up with it hanging by the wires. What I found was...
2 red twisted and taped together.
2 bare as above
and 2 black feed wires on the fitting.
Ok, not 'too' bad in itself, but did I find any red tape on either of the black wires?? Maybe thats NOT part of regs (thought it always was?) to label live feeds but its helpfull