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• May 31, 2018

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Looking at the age, it may be using the water pipe as the earth. Is it a lead pipe?

 

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• May 31, 2018

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Probably earthed off the water pipe as above

 

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• May 31, 2018

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I do like the idea that the bonded pipe here connects through to neighbour's pipes which are bonded there and the neighbour's installation has been updated to TNCS/PME. Giving your nice Zs result

 

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• May 31, 2018

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I'd ask the DNO.

 

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• May 31, 2018

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DNO being short for I Dunno, before my time. what plans there were were destroyed in 1941 by Luftwaffe.

 

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• May 31, 2018

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Did you look around for an earth rod?

 

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• May 31, 2018

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Vortigern said:

Did you look around for an earth rod?

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OP's username is Grayza?

 

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• May 31, 2018

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No sign of an earth rod. You may be onto something regarding water pipe and next door.
Think I'll go back and take the cover off the existing CU, disconnect the bonding and test Ze to see what I get

 

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• May 31, 2018

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be careful if you have quoted for a visit by the seal fairy on this job... I saw one of these once and the DNO were upgrading the cut out anyway, but they said just as well as were they going to pull the fuse they would have refused due to something amiss inside. The fuse looked like it had degraded around the ends and almost become joined to the holder.they would have cut the wires outside hot and rejoined afterwards.

 

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• May 31, 2018

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I was airing on the side of caution. May get the customer call out the DNO to check and upgrade if possible

 

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• May 31, 2018

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How old is the house?

 

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• May 31, 2018

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Murdoch said:

How old is the house?

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its date of birth ,and when is next birthday party .

 

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• May 31, 2018

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Grayza said:

so wouldn't think its a TT. Does anyone have any thoughts?

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the computer says yes.

 

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• May 31, 2018

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May be a tncs, have you got a pic of cu with cover off? If you took it off?but get the customer to phone up supplier and request a new head (a little exageration say its cracked ) will get it changed pronto for you cu change.

 

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