Widow maker

[SUNRAY]

Been out for a couple of hours tonight to help rig lighting for an AmDram .

This is the lead for a stand with 3 LED lights:

And how it was intended to be plugged up (with some different lights at home):

Allegedly the missing person (and why I was asked to assist) is an electrician and he goes all of their work.

Oh and this stand has a T-bar at about 2 metres with the IECs being about 1.7m and is at the end of the second row of seats so full public access.

 

[bernardgreen]

Sunray

Are you not being a bit dramatic ?

 

[bernardgreen]

Seriously who ever created that widow maker needs some training,

Why make a 3 way lash up when power to the 3 lamps can be daisy chained from lamp to lamp using the Power In and Power Out connections

 

[ericmark]

Poor but not what I would call a widow maker, that's when plug on both ends of lead.

 

[hllns]

Oh and this stand has a T-bar at about 2 metres with the IECs being about 1.7m and is at the end of the second row of seats so full public access.

Did the lights even have safety cable/chains on them? Kind of thing I'd probably spot before the cabling.

Poor but not what I would call a widow maker, that's when plug on both ends of lead.

Less likely to casually touch the pins on a C14 connector but they're still exposed!

 

[bernardgreen]

 

[hllns]

I've just thought why you might do this, the fuse on the inlet to the light is before the passthrough connector, they're using this nasty bodge to backfeed through an outlet because the fuse has gone?

 

[pcaouolte]

I've just thought why you might do this

Because the person who did it fancies some prison time?

 

[Murdochcat]

Darwinism at its best

 

[ericmark]

I had missed on phone plug one wonders why done.

 

[boringoldcodger]

I had missed on phone plug one wonders why done.

Just a possibility, once upon a time there was just 1 "13A" cable and 1 daisy chain cable but 3 lights, so chop daisy chain cable in 2 and use both ends.

 

[Why Not Indeed]

If these lights accept power in on the power out socket, does that mean that the pins on the power in socket are live?

 

[hllns]

Just a possibility, once upon a time there was just 1 "13A" cable and 1 daisy chain cable but 3 lights, so chop daisy chain cable in 2 and use both ends.

Poor excuse though, you could re-do it safely (if untidily) using random stuff found round your typical office (1 4-way and 4 PC leads)

 

[SUNRAY]

Sunray

Are you not being a bit dramatic ?

Possibly but only in an amateur way.

 

[SUNRAY]

Did the lights even have safety cable/chains on them? Kind of thing I'd probably spot before the cabling.

As it happens yes, a steel wire has been threaded through vent holes and all 3 are looped around the top of the stand above the clamping screw

Less likely to casually touch the pins on a C14 connector but they're still exposed!

Very much so.