SWA fault.

telectrix · Oct 14, 2014

never seen anything like this before. new cable supplied by cient, installed by ne. no probs. 2 weeks later get a call.. no power. continuity test proves brown conductor is o/c. client is in a catch22. has to return cable for replacement involving me 2 call-outs.... as a temp. measure, i rejigged it, using grey as L, BK as N, and armour as sole cpc. 8 wweks down the line, call to MCB tripped and won't reset. this is what i found after dissing the SWA completely.

cable was laid on ground prior to client digging trench, no chance of external damage. any ideas, apart from faulty manufacture?

Sintra · Oct 14, 2014

That armouring looks as though it was cut clean by something.

cprfenom · Oct 14, 2014

Your avatar was hungry...

Seriously though that looks like its had something drive over it as there is clear evidence of punctures in the outer insulation caused by the stones maybe which has allowed it to tear?

driverman · Oct 14, 2014

Blimey! Had someone tried to nick it whilst on the surface? Possibly tried to cut it with spade? Was that how you literally found it/

diditrain · Oct 14, 2014

Is the split, how you found it after exhuming it?
Maybe a joint was put in during manufacture and it has failed.

HandySparks · Oct 14, 2014

Sintra said:
That armouring looks as though it was cut clean by something.

Like a nice sharp spade.

Pete999 · Oct 14, 2014

Any reports of dead Pikeys

telectrix · Oct 14, 2014

cable laid on stones, almost under a hedge. no spades, no traffic. and, after the 1st problem with the brown o/c, no visible signs of damage. and today, no signs of crushing due to a spade.

telectrix · Oct 14, 2014

Pete999 said:
Any reports of dead Pikeys

it's a pikey site. they don't pi$$ on their own.

Pete999 · Oct 14, 2014

I'll wager there is a Pikey somewhere close with an axe or spade with a chunk missing from the sharp bit

telectrix · Oct 14, 2014

can virtually state that the cable has not been touched or tampered with. it's a pikey site with caravan hook-ups. pikeys might not be the most intelligent of the species, but they don't try to nick their own stuff.

Pete999 · Oct 14, 2014

telectrix said:
can virtually state that the cable has not been touched or tampered with. it's a pikey site with caravan hook-ups. pikeys might not be the most intelligent of the species, but they don't try to nick their own stuff.

Right get you now, not a Pikey gang war going on? trying to cut off their supply (electric supply I mean)

telectrix · Oct 14, 2014

when 1 conductror goes O/C, and IR tests confirm the other 2 and the armour, then i have to assume a manufacturing fault. having rejigged it to get power back on, then have this failure 2 months later, i have to assume a cable fault.

Pete999 · Oct 14, 2014

Don't know what to suggest Tel, you believe it's a cable fault, by that I mean a manufacturing fault?

telectrix · Oct 14, 2014

yep. it failed 1st within 2 weeks.

SWA fault.

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