Recent content by Robint

I'd forgotten about those, I didnt do house bashing except as a young fella. Its only come to my attention cos Ive been looking as Solar Systems and find myself amazed at total amateurs messing with dc kit, suck it and see DHs. or thrown together with Cowboy companies (smell like Roofers). We...

Indeed IMHO all consumer units should have a lockable tab on on isolators, in case anyone else working in the premises decides to flip a switch. In the old rewireable fuse days, you could pull a fuse and put it in your pocket. Maybe disconnect the cct mcb and pull it out and hope there's no...

This is our selfish Woke World today is it. See a tyre with a slash in the side of it, dont tell the owner, let him have a blowout on the motorway Trained tradesmen electricians I believe are taught responsible commitment as well as the legal implications of BS7671. Cowboys, of course, dont...

Indeed SMPS systems are well known for have input caps remaining charged. I had a similar experience getting zapped from my PC cos (in the far east) they use 2 wire L+N wiring NO Earth. So you PC is floating and when you walk around in flip flops in the heat on ceramic tiles floors!!!!. My...

Maybe a selection of cheap charlie sockets - I had one play up recently spoiled my microwave - had to bin it 12yrs old and prone to arcing anyway

Indeed these commercial kitchens are scary - electrically, steel everywhere and not bonded????? You could have one table come live thru faulty appliance say and an adjacent not touching table sort of earthed. staff could lean on both with l n r hand - nasty grin on SWMBOs face? it would concern...

Q I'm not gloating, I'm just stating a fact of life - No Part P in Scotland UQ For my benefit, what do you do up in the Bonny Land - links? I could never understand the negligence and betrayal of GOV dumping the IEE regs on to the LA Building Control - they had no experience in that area at...

Another strange place I got zapped was an old tall garden wall. I was wearing flip flops at the time and leant against the wall to steady my self and go a distinct tingle. Sure enough above was an old metal cased garden light. I was young but electrically savvy then so I told the owner. Begs...

Im not versed on plastics, maybe I mean phenolic resin. It was the typer of hard plastic you get in a typical Wickes pattress switch - no marks or carbonising - mystery never since encountered, but now I think of it, the water supply was from a desal plant and had high salt content, you didnt...

Well said, how can an "experienced leccie" in all conscience fail to check his work and earth connections before leaving. He must have been a Cowboy, a trained man doesnt behave like that - its in our DNA.

With Panels they are normally 12 V and strung together to 24 or 48Vdc. There are some larger systems strung together to run at 480Vdc, even on domestic premises. I spat my dummy out over this. IMHO nothing over 48Vdc should ever be installed on domestic premises. But I was slapped down for my...

She said it would be better to get a new disposal unit as the existing was 15 yrs old (fair play I agreed it was probably best) so the unit was unplugged coiled up and labelled DO NOT USE and I photo it for my records and that was the last I heard of it and got my call out fee for my trouble...

I got a zap from a switch (pattress ABS plastic) which operated a waste disposal unit in a kitchen. It was an illegal bodge, having a main switch near the sink but it had been there for years. I was surprised to get a tingle on it, all plastic no metal around. I put my meter on it and the...

Yes indeed its dirty secret leccies know - nudge nudge KWIM. Here's a dilemma you probably cant specifically acknowledge Pubs - notorious for cowboys bodging addons etc Worse area IMHO was outside lighting, beer gardens etc (those nasty lethal cheap charlie Al halogen floodlights - and later...

Ho Hum , I hope you didnt mean that they "died from the finger flick" test IMHO the finger is not as sensitive as the back of the knuckle or even the back of the hand. Note that if you got a strong zap , it would likely cause you to thump yourself in the chest - fairly harmless. YMMV. We have...