Went to a job and needed to plug drill in [pre cordless days]. The owner told me there was a spare way on a 4 gang extension lead in the kitchen [alarm bells on standby]. True enough, 1 spare way, indicator light on and washing machine chunnering away. NO LEAD CONNECTING 4 GANG TO ANY WALL SOCKET!!! ALARM BELLS RING F.LOUDLY. I traced each wire back to its respective appliance...guess what? The little tinker had made up a flex with a plug top at each end and plugged one into a wall socket and the other INTO the 4 gang...NICE!!
Told me that this was what he always did as he did not want to invalidate any warranty by opening the 4 gang!!!!!!!! TO55ER! He nearly invalidated me!
Thought I'd share that with you.
Oh! I cut the lead into 2" pieces in front of him and smashed the plug tops with a big hammer, and sent an invoice for my wasted time.
Why not make it a requirement that some form of qualification is shown before materials can be purchased? In its simplest form there is more than one way to wire a plug top...but how many of these are correct?