Thread: One for the fridgies

Yer know, it is a wonder there were any Apprentices left in the country to follow on with our good work & examples.


Oddly, I always referred to them as "Blue Points". Was I a bit strange then?

Originally Posted by scarry

Nah,BP’s fridgies call them.As does the apprentice,only cos he learns from us,that is when he isn’t on the phone or dreaming about the new GF

It’s funny,we use them on the wiring on the vans and our private vehicles,and the auto electricians certainly look at them strangely.

Same as uninsulated 6mm spade terminals,crimped correctly with the proper Utilux tool.
They don’t like them either,they love the insulated ones that have damaged insulation once they are sort of crimped with a cheap crappy Chinese crimp tool.

We use a slide on plastic cover that goes over the bare spade terminal.

My apprentice is the same (always on the phone dreaming of his "next" GF), he was on tinder chatting to this "HOT CHICK", when he got to meet her (dont worry about the corona virus just worry about your dick) she was a he
Ive nicnamed him Wombat, his mum asked why i call him Wombat. All i could say was "what do wombats do?.....eats roots shoots and leaves"
I think she got the gist 1/2 hour later

Originally Posted by Gav 110

Ive nicnamed him Wombat, his mum asked why i call him Wombat.

Hi,
Waste Of Money, Brains And Time?

Cheers

Originally Posted by Gav 110

Its only because the young apprentice has to put up with older tradespersons calling it a megger. Your lucky hes not a smart arse like some of the apprentices I've had to deal with who will try and correct me whenever I use the old terminology, they soon learn to look out for me holding a bit of twin active hooked up to the insulation tester (megger) ready to strike

I bet he calls connectors blueys as well

Naa, BP's !

And all my apprentices have called them Meggers too, but they do occasionally get a bit uppity with other terms but it doesn't last long

Originally Posted by austastar

Hi,
Waste Of Money, Brains And Time?

Cheers

Be like one of my old mates who I nicknamed Wombat when we are 18.

The F&P real POS is plugged back into the 15 A socket on the other meter and all is working fine. Seems to be cycling a bit more often (normal) than it was when it was tripping out.

thanks all, DL

Originally Posted by 4bee

Oddly, I always referred to them as "Blue Points". Was I a bit strange then?

Same as the megger
Blue Point was the brand
First question I asked when I was doing my apprenticeship “why are they called blueys”
I got told to “open your eyes, it’s a big world out there young fella, look out for the small stuff”
Took me till knock off time to work it out, cleaning up I looked at a bluey and it said “Blue Point” on it
Blueys, bp’s, connectors
Megger, insulation tester
Stillson, monkey wrench, pipe wrench
The original brand seems to name
everything else that copies it

Originally Posted by Gav 110

Same as the megger
Blue Point was the brand
First question I asked when I was doing my apprenticeship “why are they called blueys”
I got told to “open your eyes, it’s a big world out there young fella, look out for the small stuff”
Took me till knock off time to work it out, cleaning up I looked at a bluey and it said “Blue Point” on it
Blueys, bp’s, connectors
Megger, insulation tester
Stillson, monkey wrench, pipe wrench
The original brand seems to name
everything else that copies it

Hoover, Coke.