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james_s:

--- Quote from: Gyro on September 18, 2020, 12:43:16 pm ---That's why I  have an innate distrust of tradesmen, garage mechanics etc. They don't have any direct stake in the quality of their work (I'll hold back on the bodged rear brake and loose wheel episode!).

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They're like any other group of people. Some are passionate about their work and run a tight ship, doing a quality job by the book every time. Some are just coasting along doing the minimum they can get away with without getting fired. My uncle spent his whole career as an electrician and was the former, he always did quality work, taught me most of what I know about the trade and always told me that any job worth doing is worth doing well. I took a different career path but I do still enjoy electrical work and I always do a top notch job whether it's in my own house or somewhere else.
Gyro:
There are some excellent electricians with Youtube channels, very educational and also good for their business. Even so, you still see them make the odd minor mistake. The problem is that many of the videos shown them going in to repair or update relatively recent installations which are completely bodged and crap!

The difficulty is, how do you get a Youtube electrician if you don't live in Cambridge?  Friends and neighbours don't have Electricians in often enough for personal recommendations and they're not usually qualified to judge the quality of hidden bodgery anyway.  :(

P.S. I forgot I had these. Photos of the consumer unit that a qualified 'Electrician' put into my son's house. Note how all the lighting circuits are on the same RCD so they all go out together, all the exposed copper (I found un-torqued terminal  screws too) and the general pride in his work (you get a hint from the outside but you needed to pull the lid and expose yourself to hazard to see the detail). The breakers on the right are RCBOs, not RCDs by the way so the labelling is wrong too.

You just can't tell what (who) you're getting.
steviefaux:
We had a look again as a friend was going to install the Earth. Turns out was already there :) lighting was just poor and it was a brief look over originally so he hadn't seen it.

New Consumer Unit in now and all nice.
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