Check out our latest round-up of #CaughtOnCamera shockers! Have you seen something shocking, funny or surprising while on the job? Take a pic and send it in via DM on one of our social channels or send it directly to pe@hamerville.co.uk for the chance to be featured!
Check out this #caughtoncamera sent in by Neil Alexander – “Ah, the obligatory inspection when you spy pozi screws in a faceplate. Back box lashed away not fixed. Cables jointed from 6 mm to 10 mm. No earth sleeving. Sheath not within enclosure/junction box. 6 mm on a 40 A MCB, buried in about 300 mm insulation supplying a 8.5 kW shower over about 40 metres.” ⚡️
Check out this #caughtoncamera sent in by Paul Shakleton – “I was called to have a look at this as there was a suspicion that there might be something wrong – reportedly it had passed an EICR carried out by a registered company one week before. NOTE: This is on a marina pontoon, 500MM above the sea! The fault was line-neutral so didn’t trip the RCD.” 💥
Check out this #caughtoncamera sent in by Mick Bennett – “A different company recently installed a 3 phase 63 A charger socket. They tapped the cables off the bottom on the main switch, but for the neutral they loosened the neutral link screws and put the cable in the hole behind it before tightening the screw up. This made the cable tight, but not the link bar. I had a video sent me of a burning noise from inside a very overloaded board. When we got to site the tea urn switched on and sparks where coming from the link bar connection. They were lucky it didn’t fail and create a star point which blows anything 230 V upwards. We disconnected the problem and recommended a new board as the screws had got very hot and had weakened. Another near miss!” 🤯
