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  1. kingeri

    Burnt residue on CU

    Been looking at a CU where the main switch has burnt out, or rather the N connection on the bottom has. The busbar is fine. Upon inspection, the plastic back of the CU has the residue of burning but no actual damage (that I can see). I don't like leaving this but the customer already has a...
  2. P

    Storage heater burnt plug

    Hi all, I have a storage heater (Creda ER500) the mains plug works fine but the off-peak plug has a burn mark on the back.. When I opened up the plug the live wire was badly burnt and the wall socket was cracked. I was surprised to find the 13A fuse had not blown. What could of caused this and...
  3. R

    Swimming Pool Heating Element, Cable Burnt Out

    Hi I have been asked to look at my mates pool that has a problem, I haven't had a chance to see the problem yet as he lives 2 hrs from me but this is what I have received from him, so just trying to get some info before I get there The cable that is supplying the heating element from the...
  4. E

    in after a cowboy, cooker nearly burnt the house down!

    I have just been to look at a job where i was asked to install a cooker as the previous one had nearly burned the house down apparently. when i took the cooker out there was a large burnt patch (300m accross), loads of charcoal, almost got through 1/2" ply below . when i pulled out the heat...
  5. R

    Neutral burnt out more than Lives

    Over the years i'v been on quite a few call outs were main switches, RCDS, ect ect have burned out. I'v noticed (I think) that more often than not it seems to be the neutral thats worked loose and not so much the live. I mentioned it in passing to my work college the other day and he said he'd...
  6. H

    10mm Earth Cable burnt

    Called out to a house this evening. Rewireable 32A fuse blown and the 10mm earth cable between the main earth terminal in the consumer unit and the TNCS connection at the cut out completely melted. I checked ZE and PFC at supply and replaced the earth cable to the unit. Hadn't got time to...
  7. G

    Burnt pin on plug

    Had a call out to look at a burnt 3 pin plug on a convection heater. Just a standard 1363 plug with a 13 A fuse. The line pin was burnt. The customer had removed the cable from the plug so couldn't check to see if a loose connection. Cable seemed fine, no scorching or melted insulation. Checked...
  8. B

    Burnt neutral wire on 100A main switch...

    Is the most common cause of this problem a loose connection? I came across a burnt out neutral wire on a 100A DP main switch earlier. It was hard to tell if it was loose as it was charred and burnt so bad I couldnt tell! The burnt wire was the 16mm incoming neutral. The establishment is a...
  9. G

    Burnt out mcb at the "cannabis house"

    Evenin all. Just thought you might like to see the result of a cannabis growers efforts to bypass the meter with the 16mm main earthing conductor he took from the MET. The bypas had been done straight to the busbar with 3 MCBs on it feeding radials for the sockets and kitchen which turned out to...
  10. P

    Burnt out Transformer

    Got call today from hair dressing salon loads of down lighters string of them gone out. It may be daft but is there a way of finding the transformer without taking everyting down and hoping for the best. In this nice glass shiny place I dont want muck raining down on the fluffy towel know what...
  11. D

    12 volt CD motor test

    Hi My names is David. I'm hoping you can help with my treadmil motor before the thing drives me potty. (I might have just posted this else where so if I have apols...did just seemed to disappear.) Briefly, due to being new to the treadmill I think I under lubbed the belt and put too much...
  12. M

    Ifrared heaters burnt out??

    Hi guys, If anyone has knowledge on this subject I would be very greatful for some answers because so far I can not think for the life of me why this has happened!! I installed 4 patio infrared heaters in a pub garden everything was supplied by me apart from the four heaters which they had...
  13. B

    Burnt 6mm twin & earth

    Been racking my brains all day and still can't figure out how a 6mm twin and earth has ended up burnt out as though having more current through than should the scenario 8.5kw/h electric shower 6mm2 t&e in trunking on wall 40a MCB with 30ma RCD Protected The cable burnt at CU end and MCB has...
  14. W

    Burnt out leg on Ring!

    Hi, I have just been to a job who called me because they could smell something and the breaker had tripped. Visual Inspection, I found the Neutral from the Meter on the outgoing side was very loose (where it goes into a 100A DP Breaker before the CU) tightened that and other clamps up. Did some...
  15. G

    Cables burnt behind fused spur supplying immersion heater

    I went to a house last week where the live cable on the supply side of a spur (old colours, red) was coloured black as it had been burnt by what looked to be arcing due to loose connection. So i changed the old spur for a new one, as the old spur was all burnt and discoloured. Now the customer...
  16. N

    Burnt sockets

    Hi, I have a socket that has been badly installed and has burnt the wires and the cover. I think the insulation has been screwed down onto the thread. I have removed the socket, but need to get some new wire before I can do anything else. How do I make the wire safe so I can turn on the power...
  17. M

    Shower connection burnt

    Hello all I have had this electric shower installed for about 3 years and has been fine until today when the missus smelt burning from it. I took the cover off and the neutral connection on the connector block has melted.(As you can see in the picture) The shower is 7200W and is fed by a 6mm...

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