theres some rite DIMMERS about...

GLENNSPARK · Jun 9, 2013

Well......

Take a peek at these pics boys:

[ElectriciansForums.net] theres some rite DIMMERS about...

The cover was nearly off on this...its a dedicated cooker feed and none of the cables were terminated....yep, its still energised....

Found this CPC out of the earth bar upon pre-board change inspection...turns out theres 55 volts sitting on it....
Theres a mix of class 1 & 2 lighting in here n all...
looks like someone decided the CPC wasn`t needed as there was a `fault`....what a DIMMER.......

Hants-Spark · Jun 9, 2013

Is that a nice bit of burning on the cable also?? Pic3

daveb1 · Jun 9, 2013

Not a rubber grommet in sight, right old mess!!!

GLENNSPARK · Jun 9, 2013

yep....the cable feeding the immersion heater had been cooking....

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its the fact that whoever had been in there before had seen fit to disconnect the CPC on the lighting circuit that gets me....

Hants-Spark · Jun 9, 2013

Did they say how long it had been like it?

GLENNSPARK · Jun 9, 2013

Hants-Spark said:
Did they say how long it had been like it?

its a rented....the guy who owns it says theres a load more he wants upgrading....were talking 50 plus houses here.....and a load of flats....
but talk`s cheap as they say....
anyway, the fella wanted some smokes and a heat installing....took one look at the metalclad Wylex BS3036 job and explained that our circuits couldn`t realistically go on it...
so he opted for us to drop the old box and replace with split load 5 n 5...
turns out theres a bit of sortin first...
the socket outlets are a bit tired n all.....got a few strange (R1 R2) readings that cleared after the breakout box was rattled a bit....it aint dirty shutters...the outlets are shaged....

Hants-Spark · Jun 9, 2013

Well if the rest of the properties are in the same condition you are going to be busy for a while, assuming what he says is true

GLENNSPARK · Jun 9, 2013

Hants-Spark said:
Well if the rest of the properties are in the same condition you are going to be busy for a while, assuming what he says is true

this is it....folk say one thing....then its summat else...
he said the guy who he had been using has got really busy with a load of commercial stuff in bradford....like a load of warehouses or summat....
yeah rite!!
as if he wouldn`t go get an agency inspector & tester to come in on these `50 houses`....
we`ll see...
i`v heard that much bullshyte from them that make extravagant claims...you could fill a lagoon with it...