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An ancient Chinese proverb:  In muddy waters you catch many fish.

They aren't listed therefore it must be a deviation?  I guess that's how it works. Golf is for W⚓'s   :lol:

There is some guidance floating about from the NIC man saying that they can be used but listed as a deviation. Makes no sense to exclude them in some situations, but they do not provide circuit protection just outlet protection.

Yeah, pigeon lettuced all over the panels. There are a few boards that have IP rating issues and exploding contactors. They demolished a building the pigeons were nesting in So they moved to the next building, came into work the next week and they've moved to the next building and shat...

1, submarine joint about 3m short of the board it feeds. 2, mccb panel upside down, is about 2m off the floor there is a tap above it also. 3, zucchini lighting busbar gone wrong... 4, pidgeon.

Maybe one live is for the loop? 

Working at a distribution centre for a large super market, spotted a few problems.... And a pigeon recycling cable ties.  :lol:

Too far for me... Is it a looped supply from the service head (main fuse) ?  UKPN don't like pyro or looped supplies and in some instances will replace FOC.

Federal Electric?  Stabloks? Fire starters? 

So the builder charges customer for the services of a spark but doesn't use one? 

Some info here...

Poor MPs are getting abuse from the public... How sad I feel for them... Not. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47669915 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/21/mps-told-to-take-simple-steps-to-avoid-abuse-amid-brexit-tensions

Spent a month working in Egypt when I was younger, didn't go to the toilet ever but the ice cubes eventually sorted that out. Egyptian plumbing was less than desirable. Also been party to a bit of portaloo tipping a festivals.... :innocent

Just do everything in 4mm FP rings on 20a breaker then nothing could possibly go wrong! Just being silly but see it a lot on commercial jobs where the designer can't be arsed. (2x4mmFP in 25mm tube anyone) ?  :shakehead Dishwasher is fixed load, so just design a circuit capable of safely...

BNO's Job to do connections on multi occupancy buildings. What is a Building Network Operator? A ‘Building Network Operator’ is an organisation that owns the electrical installation between the ‘intake’ and the householder’s installation (their fuse board) in a property that is split into more...

Should we be replacing volt sticks with crow bars? 

Every day is a euro car parts sale day! :slap

Looks to me like potted built in obsolescence, smash it open and see if you can replace whatever is smothered in the potting compound.

I worked on this site in east London where all the labourers were thieves, literally put something down and like that it was gone.  So a lot of the guys heavily invested in Lidl tools, combis, sds, grinders all seemed up to the job, not great, but got through they day without being stolen and...

https://www.aldi.co.uk/workzone-digital-caliper Gets good reviews, there are a few half decent ones in this price range. It's okay for the average Joe but probably no good for the rocket scientists.