I like to add a little humour to my emails to clients... A typical message to my clients... We’ve completed the maintenance on all sections of the AC and ventilation systems. Upon arrival the ventilation system was inoperable. We investigated the fault and eventually traced the fault to an intermittent fused spur on the power feed to the control box on the 2nd floor. See the attached pictures. Please can you arrange for your electricians to replace it as a matter of urgency. The spur fuse holder is loose on the cartridge fuse and it sparks, causing the system to draw too much power and trips both the B6 fuse and the 13A fuse in the spur. REPLACEMENT METCLAD 13 Amp FUSE SPUR REQUIRED. On this occasion we have not invoiced for our time investigating this repair. If we have to return to this fault then charges would arise. As soon as the spur has been replaced can you let me know so we can amend out records. We will also check it on the next inspection. PS….. The sparky is going to need to be built like a racing snake…. Hence I didn’t change it. PPS The access door is about 13-14" wide and the spur is about 2 & 1/2 foot back.
Non compliant flex. Too long. 0.5m max. Should've been spiral duct. Piss poor installation of damper too. Plus spiral looks disconnected. Lay money its a student accommodation and a pod riser.
Wrong on a few counts and correct on one. The spur is wire in FP200, so compliant and therefore not too long (visually, I can see what you meant). Yes it should have been spiral, but I suspect it was added after the walls were built. It's all connected and upon initial inspection it looks very poor. Knowing this client as well as I do I suspect the poor installer had a small budget, no time or space in which to fit this ventilation in. FTSE 500 Customer.... not student accommodation. We didn't install it.... we just keep it working. Agreed. If I put it in I wouldn't be proud, but as I said I wasn't around at the time. The two immediate white cables in the foreground are flex and installed by the Velux people, including straight to the DB!
