PIR on a pub...

[Lectrician]

Submain for the cellar. Fed from a 60amp sw-fuse. Not really apparent in the pic, but the submain is two 6mm T+E's in parallel. Notice the 'busbar'.

Just a bleedin mess!

Odd way to connect to a 25amp fryer. The next pic showing the feed to this.

What can you say really?

Just a pic of some typical "it's metal, lets earth it" type thinking.

Again, just a mess, but there are also several 32amp circuits doubled up on breakers. A huge loading on a small board with just a 60amp submain. The submain fuses quite often apparently. And why the 30mA RCD incomer

Dish washer (lovely and clean). 5300watts.....and connected via the following pic....

5300watt dishwasher...

 

[scott1980]

Looks like a typical pub installation (ie ****e!)

We fitted fire alarms in a lot of pubs last year and came across some terrible installs.

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[Taylortwocities]

Trying to get me head around the first pic. I'm guessing that's a MEM board and incomer but the spark thought that Protek breakers would be cheaper?
Wonderful!

Very brave of you to remove the CU cover with it still switched on

And in PIC4. Is that brown wire good for 63amp? Looks like the neutrals are melting too...

 

[Adam_151]

Looks more like a protek board with the main switch replaced with MEM

@ first pic ,Thought you were a fluke fan Lec

 

[securespark]

Why is it that so much dreadful work is done in pubs?

 

[Adam_151]

Because its done by a regular who thinks he can in exchange for a few pints!

 

[Lectrician]

Or in this case, done by the landlord and his side kick!

 

[sparkybird]

I've stopped doing work in pubs now as I know that the landlord will never pay the cost of putting everything right and will try and pressurise me into adding onto the bodge jobs...

 

[Lectrician]

You can always do the PIR and not the remedial - I certainly don't want to get involved in this remedial at all! Having spend three half days on site, there was so much more than these pics in the end.

Pubs are not all bad, we work for several pubs, and a couple small chains, and they are very good at spending!

 

[RF Lighting]

If you're working for the breweries / managed houses then they don't tend to be too bad. It's the lease hold pubs that try and do everything on the cheap.