Breaker had broken. Busbar connection was fine, which is what a lot of people said it could be but it was live at the incoming terminal, dead at the outgoing. Breaker replaced, all sorted. Thanks to most for all your advice/comments
That’s my plan. I didn’t have any testers with me when problem occurred but will be checking this later on. And yeah I will double check the busbar too, which is Wylex. Thanks for advice
Possibly. I’m carrying out some tests tonight, hopefully, so I should have a rough answer as to what’s happened. Both the spur and the socket are located away from where I think the cables were, and surely this would trip the breaker if I’d gone through it? But like I say I’ll do some tests and...
No. However I’m doing this work at a relatives house who told me they were using it earlier that day - I take there word for it. I’ll definitely check myself next time though, thanks
No. However, the house I’m working on is my brothers. He used it earlier that day, I take his word for it. I should probably check next time though, thanks
There’s no doubt it’s something to do with the alteration. But I checked and checked again in regards to the connections in the board and I can’t see how I would’ve loosened/disconnected a conductor anywhere else as during the cable run I didn’t come across any other cables/circuits. I’m going...
So the MCB is still on, yes. I haven’t had a chance to carry out any tests yet as the problem occurred when I finished the job late last night. But I’ll be back to carry out R1/R2 etc. and voltage tests at the outlets. I’ll let you know how I get on.
I’ll look into that. I’ll need to figure out where the end of the circuit is, as knowing what the rest of the place is wired like, there’s probably something random spurred off it. Whole reason I did this is because the socket I just added to ring was originally spurred off a 8.5kw shower...
Definitely. I replaced the busbar last week after someone thought it would be a good idea to shove some twisted copper cable between the breakers where it had snapped... But the connection from the RCD to busbar is fine now
I’ve just altered a ring main by taking 1 leg out of the board and taking it to a spur (then taking a leg back), to add a socket in. After doing so I’ve turned the board back on and everything is working as it should, other than cooker circuit (A radial feeding the cooker/hob, extractor fan and...
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