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Working on a job today with youngy and we had a few 3 phase circuits to work on. The cables we wanted are 3rd row from the back!

You've just got to remember the all important words " she'll be right"
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good job u lads did your TRA and ARTC and got your full license..... to work with that SHITE!!!
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good job u lads did your TRA and ARTC and got your full license..... to work with that SHITE!!!
This is what its all about mate, once your working up to these standards you too can come work in Australia!
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Show these pics to an ozzy spark and they wont see a problem!
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Show these pics to an ozzy spark and they wont see a problem!
Hey come on, there are rcd's on three of the circuits
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nice 1 stu, great to see the standards are so high up in cairnes! I got a few class ones on me phone and will upload em when i can work out how. we should start a gallery or even a chart of great aussie masterpieces. bunch of bengal lancers, lol
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nice 1 stu, great to see the standards are so high up in cairnes! I got a few class ones on me phone and will upload em when i can work out how. we should start a gallery or even a chart of great aussie masterpieces. bunch of bengal lancers, lol
Thats a good idea mate, a photo album!

Its not good though when youve got to get ur arms in that lot and hunt around for wire's, well youngy did anyway
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Why Youngy, Were you scared incase there was a spider in there?
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*****ing hell! thought i'd seen some sh*t, but obviously not!
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Why Youngy, Were you scared incase there was a spider in there?
Im sure he'l be back with an answer to that! Tell you one thing i havnt seen one switch board that doesnt have a gecko living init! I thought cute little things but no, me missus is a nurse and she said they are coverd in salmanela Not good when youve had your hands in there then you wander off for your buttys!
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" she'll be right"
which translated means fook it it`ll do
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Why Youngy, Were you scared incase there was a spider in there?
oh it gets better! the objective was to make 3 sheds which had single phase supplies into 1 shed with a 3 phase supply then have 3 sub supplies from the main board without actually replacing any cables. all the existing cables went into a junction box 2 metres above the main board. we had 5 actives, 4 neutrals and bugger knows what else . it tool us 3 hours to figure it out (sort of anyway). red cables which were neutrals and blacks which were actives.the phases from the meter board ( stus photos) were protected by a 45A,25A and 20A fuses and then one was on a 20 A breaker. the next job was to hook a 3 phase hoist for a car at the same shed. one of our colleagues had previously ran in the supply ( sadly no photos). it really is amazing how you can bend and twist cable to get it exactly where it needs to go and if you just jam it under a perling clip to secure she'll be right, no dramas, no worries, too easy,mines a gold, like a bought one.(that last ones mine). the 3 phase was wired with a piece of twin and a piece of twin and earth if anyones curious.
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oh it gets better! the objective was to make 3 sheds which had single phase supplies into 1 shed with a 3 phase supply then have 3 sub supplies from the main board without actually replacing any cables. all the existing cables went into a junction box 2 metres above the main board. we had 5 actives, 4 neutrals and bugger knows what else . it tool us 3 hours to figure it out (sort of anyway). red cables which were neutrals and blacks which were actives.the phases from the meter board ( stus photos) were protected by a 45A,25A and 20A fuses and then one was on a 20 A breaker. the next job was to hook a 3 phase hoist for a car at the same shed. one of our colleagues had previously ran in the supply ( sadly no photos). it really is amazing how you can bend and twist cable to get it exactly where it needs to go and if you just jam it under a perling clip to secure she'll be right, no dramas, no worries, too easy,mines a gold, like a bought one.(that last ones mine). the 3 phase was wired with a piece of twin and a piece of twin and earth if anyones curious.
yes but was it to the high aussie standards that we now all expect
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yes but was it to the high aussie standards that we now all expect
he came top of the class
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