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  1. J

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    you can get clear plastic though, would installation be better if capping was clear?
  2. J

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    thank you again for your contributions guys nowhere else can you get impartial honest advice. you are all a valuable resource for each other and non sparkys like me
  3. J

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    he said they would get a 6amp shock and it could kill them because it was over so many milliamps and because it was a floating earth rcb wouldn't operate. i'm starting to get ----ed off with this guy now
  4. J

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    through the wall then the customer then the floor i amtold
  5. J

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    it was plastered a month ago like i said they only connected the cable up yesterday as explained twice alrdy
  6. J

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    did you read my posts? my first line of the first post says im a builder
  7. J

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    my dad and brother own the company,i work for them. i do all trades except gas and electric
  8. J

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    thanks spinlondon, so the rcd not operating is whats not making sense to me. Why does the electrician say i almost killed customers if it should have prevented injury/death? I think I understand the floating earth bit but not the death from electrocution... is there anywhere in any textbook that...
  9. J

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    thanks guys for your answers i have nowhere else to turn for advice
  10. J

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    so it should have been prevented by test? why is this a grey area? damage to live only is always detectable on test or not?
  11. J

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    my father ordered the work, i plastered it but the wire wasnt connected it was just first fixed so 1 month later and they second fixed it and suddenly the whole wall is live and it didnt show up on test, there is a steel beam in the wall..... have been told i could have had my parents and...
  12. J

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    my father ordered the work, i plastered it but the wire wasnt connected it was just first fixed so 1 month later and they second fixed it and suddenly the whole wall is live and it didnt show up on test, there is a steel beam in the wall..... have been told i could have had my parents and...
  13. J

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    apparantly not because it wasnt going to an earth it was going back to the substation iamtold and it would never trip?
  14. J

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    westward,the sparks not been blamed for anything. pls re-read my first post. i'm here on a humble fact finding mission not to insult electricians. i have alrdy been told its my fault totally infrount of customers and collegues and i apologised and i was told repeatedly how bad i am.
  15. J

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    my nail was making the capping live i am told and there was no imbalance between neutral and live because it was going back to the substation.,,....
  16. J

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    this is all with a brand new board. so it is possible to fit a light, test, leave and the whole wall is live?
  17. J

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    he says its going back to the substation and bypassing the rcd, he metered the wall to a nearby socket earth and got 177 volts. says all readings were above 299 megohms. he got really nasy when i asked for a report and said how insulting it was. im a terrible human for nearly killing people and...
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  20. J

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    Thanks for all the replies guys. I have asked for a copy of the test. awaiting a response. Iput the nail in on the edge of the capping so it would have only been nicked not severed, What is CPC? The capping was sitting proud of the plasterline because existing bad brickwork on the wall pushed...

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