Shocking Discoveries!
ACtest's Believe It or Not!
I wonder what we will find under the white tape?
Ooo, live un-protected connections, I thought so!
This temporary repair was found in a school…
Mind your fingers in this bathroom unless you like to get a buzz first thing in the morning!
ACtest engineers do not understand installers who do not mark up their Consumer units with circuit details before getting paid and exiting..
Building sites can be dangerous
Monitor IEC lead with the cord not securely fixed, we find loads of this kind of fault during Portable Appliance Testing
Cracks in electrical accessories only get worse, with very dangerous consequences. Do you have any on your accessories?
is it me or does something smell hot in here?
it would be best to switch this off before unplugging me thinks…
We found this during an inspection, the previous installer has bizarrely connected the earth to the neutral wire, quality!
We found a serious breach of the main supply insulation during an EICR, most probably caused by the installers knife! Not good…
behind a small consumer unit it’s just wires really, anyone know where they go?
We were called to a West London school to investigate why the classroom lights had gone out…
All of this burning could have been avoided if the original installer had tightened the connections properly!
Another school, another non-finger proof shock risk…
That must have been one hot presentation, smoking!
under the man-hole cover on the village green we find a socket in a small well, when it fills up to the brim we will know as the circuit will trip – genius!
A loose connection causes overheating and fire risk. this can be avoided by good installation practices.
Unfixed socket with classic cable connector, no cable strain relief of correct enclosure, real quality showed by the kitchen fitter!
Please look for visible defects before plugging in any electrical item, it could save your life!
The shock hazard was caused by incorrect initial wiring leaving the inner wires exposed and therefore easily damagable
All it takes is a poor quality loose connection in a plug to cause a fire, we found this one just in time.
Poor workmanship strikes again, we repair situations like this for free during our PAT testing inspections
remember that kid who was always sticking forks in plugs, well, he is still at it!
A socket hangs loose in a Sixth Form College
Another educational establishment where clearly someone has had a smashing time…
Another potential killer, how many people switch off before reaching to unplug appliances?
There is a hole in my extension lead, dear liza dear liza…
i’ve heard of leg pulling but poor old Henry has been cord pulled to the max!
This power supply now has an ‘open case ventilation system’, like the way it says dangerous too!
Common fault with some e-bay and overseas items not made to British Standards, no safety shutters which leaves the live conductors accessible.
the installer neglected to fit this connector correctly leaving exposed-live-parts for all to touch…
