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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    Aye should only use proper ratchet crimping tool to ensure correct pressure applied and both the conductor and insulation are crimped However more importantly - it is sold core T&E and shouldn’t be crimped
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    😅 served me well that driver may retire it to the great screwdriver drawer in the workshop 😂
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    Hi nope ‘half job’was still to be finished when I arrived 3 rooms still had old cables and original sockets. However, this was a finished joint as it was covered in insulating tape and tucked away under floor board - spotted when trying to trace ends of the ring main and figure out what had...
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    was at a property the other week it still had led sheathed VRI cable for lights was surprised I got 20meg on IR testing, and no earth leakage - though VRI cable starting to deteriorate where it bends into connections at the switches. 5 years ago they changed all light fittings to class 2 and...
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    Called by customer to help a flat was being part rewired after a flood - the chap doing it hasn’t come back - spent half a day trying to figure out ring main cables and sort out rerun cables - anyway found 3 crimped joints new onto old cable this is one of them …… had several joints like this…...
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    Aye - I am changing the 10mm from rcd box is long enough to get into the consumer unit and there is a spare 40amp breaker in there 😀
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    Hi 🤣apologies yeah was shield on top of the box when I got there
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    Hi wasnt a bus at shield. Maybe din rail u are seeing
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    Bedtime read Was At a property to do EICR looking to rent out for first time and, certainly in my top 10 shake of the heads category.. will put all pics on a slide for 2391 training - spot the mistakes.. I looked at consumer unit... owner had issue, and got someone in via insurance...
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    MEM RCD/MCB tripping during night

    Hi Following up I did ramp test 21mA and earth leakage monitored - had 6.4 on the ring circuit Rcbo and overall at meter tails 11mA - I am fitting and new box next week as well doing some other tests to prove the point - I spoke to an SSE engineer who denied everything
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    MEM RCD/MCB tripping during night

    Hi cheers popping in Tommorow and will try using phone/txt - and just spoke to customer has had this issue intermittent for 4 years - had smart meter since about then one of first ones installed - is only one circuit on MEM RCS/MCB (first Rcbos) and I’m sure has functional earth as well will...
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    MEM RCD/MCB tripping during night

    Hi cheers hadn’t seen about smart meters and MEM & there was one right next to CU will take a look through the forums Will try ramp test as well actually annoyed I didn’t do that at time Also fridge freezer thought about that and unplugged overnight still tripped
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    MEM RCD/MCB tripping during night

    Hi Have a nightly problem - will be changing a consumer unit however have a problem customer has an older mem m6 32amp rcd/mcb on downstairs ring main only - this is tripping around 3-4am every morning told me had this off and on for a year. Not connected to anything on a timer eg heating /...
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    Yeah is all sheathed cables and not many slots left -used to be more common in cupboards
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    No reports of any issues, fuse holders were ok, looks to me years of gradual loading and overheating and Probably loose connections. Interesting probably less load in recent years with Changes in technology and they had gas hob changed years ago from electric. at Present apart from usual stuff...

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