Pictures Of The Electrical Wiring In Your Home.

[chaihot]

In another thread, a poster wrote that my desire to rewire my house and convert to three-phase had something to do with ego rather than necessity and safety. I though I would share a few photos from my attic to show what I am starting with and WHY this project is required in my situation.

To make it more interesting, would you please take pictures in your attic showing the beautiful, well laid out wiring ... or the more normal, "Thai-style" wiring as shown in my house! Or perhaps, your is something in the middle.

Thanks for those who share!

[sometime]

No need for me to post a picture of my attic you have already done it for me, spot on, I was going to rewire but it;s too bloody hot up there.

[gotlost]

Looks pretty normal by Thai standards. Red to gray, yellow to white, green to black and blue to blew up. Rewire my friend but I don,t think you need 3 phase. for a house.

[elkangorito]

There's no real problem with wire/cable running everywhere but this certainly does reflect on the amount of pride & care that was taken to do the job.

The biggest problem are the cables that have been joined by the typical Thai style 'Twist 'n' Tape' method. This can cause fires.

[billd766]

I took this photo at the local temple where they did a temporary fix for some lights.

I took the photo and then walked away closing my eyes as I did so.

An hour later it was pouring with rain.

[WormFarmer]

We built a new house last year. We employed a local builder of repute who brought with him the various specialist subcontractor tradesmen. Contrary to the horror stories I have read on TV the electrician was, in my opinion, excellent. As part of the deal I bought all the light fitings, switches and power outlet sockets (all three-pin) to ensure that all were good quality and none were Chinese. The electrician planned the routing and sizing of all cables, which was all done properly as far as I can see. He drove a 3 metre copper rod into the ground as an earth and I know that this is connected by a substantial cable to the earth connectors on the circuit breaker boxes, of which we have two (one up and one down), and that earth wires were run to all power outlets. All cables run in conduits and all connections are made using chocolate-box connectors inside junction boxes. I did not take any photos specifically to show electrics, but these do at least give an impression of the type and manner of his work. The last photo, taken just before completion, just about shows on the left side the upstairs circuit breaker box, a bit of an eyesore, but there was no where else quite so convenient.

Edited July 25, 2010 by WormFarmer

[chaihot]

Thanks for posting ... that is the way it should look. It is too bad that all of the builders don't provide work that looks like this.

[T_Dog]

These pics fortunately are not from my home. The one with the diaper pins is from a river restaurant right on the water in Thaton. The, er, "connections" were right at chest level when I went on in. Food was good but I was careful leaving.

The other pic is from a restaurant east of Chiang Mai. Every night the staff turns the lights on and off by holding the wires so they can work the switches. It actually looked worse than than this when they first built the sala. I remarked on it to the owner and he said they were going to clean it up. This photo is of the result and you can see how the spiral wrap and black tape they put on did the job!

You really have to be careful in Thailand. We were walking into a restaurant during the rainy season last year and wires laid across the walkway to power lights along the walkway were sparking like crazy. We found a different way in.

[krading]

Took the kids to a swimming pool - water park near Pak Chong and in the middle of the main pool there was a pump squirting a small fountain of water into the air.

The pump was powered by two extension cords and the connecting plugs were taped to a short piece of 1 by 4 wood floating on the surface.

I kept the kids in the kiddy pool.

[Rimmer]

These from the wiring in my house when it was being built, maybe we should always remember that there is 'the correct way' and 'the easy way'

[elkangorito]

Whenever I inspect an installation, I ask myself, "What can't I see?" Only by removing covers & looking in areas that would not normally be accessed, is it possible to find the obvious problems.

Of course, testing usually reveals any other problems & even the best looking installation can have serious test failures.