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Hi guys
Just changed a board in a 60s bungalow, and whilst waiting for the customer to find the neon trashing my insulation readings, I checked low ohms live to neutral on an old 6mm radial with 7029 drops, socket circuit. Even in my head I worked out 9 Ohms equated to 23A or about 5Kw- Not possible, his bill would be ginormous.
Next day I plugged it into a power meter and got .85A or 157W. As he'd plugged stuff back in, that was perfectly acceptable, but I was still getting 17 Ohms.
I can't believe the cables are doing it as I'm getting 10meg cpc to L and N, so something is connected, what?
My mate thinks it's inductive or capacitive, and my meter is using dc to measure an ac load, but that's over my head.
Any ideas?
Just changed a board in a 60s bungalow, and whilst waiting for the customer to find the neon trashing my insulation readings, I checked low ohms live to neutral on an old 6mm radial with 7029 drops, socket circuit. Even in my head I worked out 9 Ohms equated to 23A or about 5Kw- Not possible, his bill would be ginormous.
Next day I plugged it into a power meter and got .85A or 157W. As he'd plugged stuff back in, that was perfectly acceptable, but I was still getting 17 Ohms.
I can't believe the cables are doing it as I'm getting 10meg cpc to L and N, so something is connected, what?
My mate thinks it's inductive or capacitive, and my meter is using dc to measure an ac load, but that's over my head.
Any ideas?