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Caught on camera

Trusty NICEIC and ELECSA contractors have been busy uncovering and rectifying dodgy installations and DIY botch jobs. Here are some of the worst offenders from the past quarter

This issue’s round-up of shoddy installations and downright dangerous discoveries features: a light fi tting that was permanently live with no RCD protection (1); a poorly designed junction box set-up in a newbuild property (2); a fi re waiting to happen in a church (3); redundant distribution boards that turned out to be live (4); and the result of circuits being added to over time in a domestic property (5).

It continues with: a live wire that was loose above a ceiling tile (6); a dangerous plug installation found on an EICR (7); LED tiles found without any junction boxes and with earths missing or not connected (8); a burnt-out shower pull switch (9); and the cause of a customer reporting electric shocks from pattress screws (10).

Thanks to...

>Gerald Chantler of GA Chantler Electrical Services in Ashford >Joseph Petros-Kaldani of Redcar fi rm JPK E&I Engineering Solutions >Martin Cheshire of CT Electrical Engineers in Atherstone, Warwickshire >Matthew Wilks of Testing Services Ltd in Heckmondwike >Neil Bradley of Tas Valley Home Improvements, near Norwich >Oliver Gray of Property Electrical in High Wycombe >Sunny Saggu of SS London Electrical Contractors >Simon Pountney of Problec Limited in Tamworth >Tim Barker from Nottingham fi rm TMB Electrical >Scott Fountain of Fountain Electrical in Bovindon, Hertfordshire.

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