Pictures of bodged wiring jobs...

dynomo · 20 Apr 2007

plugwash · 20 Apr 2007

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CAN ANYONE SPOT ANYTHING WRONG WITH THIS ONE:
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u190/dynomo/Electrics/board.jpg[/quote]
it looks like some earths may be missing and there is some T&E badly jointed to a henly block but its hard to tell from a photo especially when you don't know where the incoming power is from.

dynomo · 20 Apr 2007

it looks like some earths may be missing and there is some T&E badly jointed to a henly block

yup, thats about all I could notice...

sm1thson · 20 Apr 2007

dont forget to post them in the hall of shame

dannyboi2003 · 20 Apr 2007

CAN ANYONE SPOT ANYTHING WRONG WITH THIS ONE:
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u190/dynomo/Electrics/board.jpg[/quote]

Umm yeh a few things really, as has already been said theres a few earths missing but hard to tell. I cant see the main DNO cutout and with two meters there I'm assuming there is one somewhere, also the two meters look like ones feeding the other but I'm sure they are not, just confusing with so many cables there. At least someone has labelled everything.

Am i right ?

All the best
Dan

sausage1 · 22 Apr 2007

Hi Mr RF....

Well, how long have you got....415v stuff / I could sit here for days writing about it........what a mess of potential harm....40 years an industrial spark and never seen such organised poor installations ranging from inadequate 3 - phase id coding and installation, thru poor Earthing, to poor or non - existent firestop...the local tech college could have a field day....by the way....just joined a great forum, thanks guys.....

dynomo · 22 Apr 2007

sausage1 said:
Hi Mr RF....

I don't think Mr RF has contributed to this post....so far that is.
Come in RF, we eagerly await your response..

Steve · 22 Apr 2007

At the bottom right, next to the meter, what is that? I'd say it was a timer for dual-rate, as its tails appear to go to the meter, but the meter is only single rate.

The switch fuse is for night storage heaters too, so I'd expect to see 2 rates. Unless . . . . . this is all one install and the bottom meter is just night rate . . . But why 3 phase? What sort of building is this?

I fear, as dynomo said he sourced the photos from the www, we may never know the answers . . .

cheesepuff · 15 Oct 2007

i think i know whats wrong - a fuse is blown?

Lectrician · 15 Oct 2007

The old ones keep popping up

securespark · 16 Oct 2007

It looks like it may be TT. There may not be a rod & I'm not convinced the RCD protection is up to scratch, either. In which case, those metalclad boxes are a bit Wooooaaah, a bit Waaaaaaaaaay!

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