When electricity is used the electrical terminals warm up and subsequently cool down. Over time this heat cycle can loosen the screws. In this case one of the lives has arced and blown its self out of the terminal, the other two fell out as I removed the faceplate. Get an Inspection and Test (EICR), done every 10 years to stop this happening. If you are a Landlord every 5 years or change of tenancy.
I don't know why someone had broken most of the the bottom of this socket pattress off. But it was just the right size for a childs figure to get in.
The melted result of having your sofa pushed up against a switched spur holding it half open. Let the arc's fly.
Holes in the side of a consumer unit big enough to get your finger in. Immediately dangerous.
Cables over stripped so that basic insulation is visible outside of the enclosure. Earth not sheathed and very poorly made off.
Cracked consumer unit. It should be replaced.
Over stipped cables revealing basic insulation outside the enclosure
Over stripped cables going into and out of the metres.
Cables on secured or supported
Earth wire in the cable going to the meter has been stripped out and shoved into the consumer unit on the left
Bonding clamp onto incoming supply. !!!!DON'T TOUCH THIS!!!! Potential fault current into the 1,000's of amps. Get it professionally checked
This burnt out extension lead blew up a new £60 set of christmas lights. PAT testing may have prevented this
