Your Duck is Dead
A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest.
After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and sadly said, "I'm sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has passed...
When carrying out a EICR the lighting circuit will show a dead short if you have forgotten to disconnect a lamp somewhere. Is there anyway of getting a true reading without removing all of the lamps?
Nice little job consumer unit upgrade and kitchen referb , scottish power had been in to remove the ECO 7 meters etc so whats left is the old board for the storage heaters and main CDU the lady customer told me that scottish power said she could remove the old storage heater board as it was now...
Hi chaps/chapesses
I have been looking at an upstairs lighting circuit today: a bulb blew this morning (the MCB didn't trip) and subsequently the whole circuit stopped working. The MCB was stil closed when i arrived and no voltage or current was present at the accessory or either of the two way...
Evening all, came on here about an hour ago to post, got distracted by the longest post ever about TT then turned the computer off and rememebered what it was I came on here for in the first place....anyway!
Got a set of fluke t-50 voltage/continuity testers that have served me well and have...
Right, working in a shop adding a few extra sockets..
All old rewireable ccu some 1 had added a RCD garage unit to cover the whole installation(tailed into RCD feeds 1st ccu you no the drill)
Right im working on the 2nd ccu fed from the first..
I lock off the circuit im working on, test dead...
I am getting a dead short between line and neutral on an IR test on a RFC. The second RFC is giving 0.30 M Ohms!!
I have removed all loads as far as I can see including a TV amp in the loft (although there is no seperate power feed to it).
I have split the ring but its not easy to work out...
Ive just got a new job and need to get a voltage tester , I think thats what its called, basically the thing u check the ciruit with to make sure it dead, then check on a known live source to make sure its working, then check circuit again to be sure its dead. Any reccomendations, dont want to...
Hi lads,
too cut a long story short - working on occupied commercial building, had to isolate sub-board to work and test. After isolation and re-energise phones are off. no dialling tone.
At main board there was an mcb saying server do not switch off (thought phones may be fed from this along...
Hi all,
Peace campaigner Brian Haw, 62, is reported to have died of cancer - For those of you who don't know who he was. Mr. Haw was the person most responsible for turning Paliament Square into a pikey site; with huge waves of the great unwashed camped out on the square with him.
A bit of hum...
As the title says. Do it.
Friday after lunch, sent to work on a external socket.
On the inside wall nice big isolator labelled 'Isolator for outside socket'.
Fine I think, turn off the nice big isolator with a satisfying 'clunk'.
Start dismantling socket and 'ow - that tingles'
Test it and its...
Hi there I have assesment next Thursday.....I do not have a proving unit.....is this a must or does anyone have any suggestions on a alternative acceptable way of proving the supply is dead, also one of my jobs I am showing is a new radial but the board was not changed, so to isolate the supply...
my 56 plate connect with 58k on it (company van) went in with a splutter and lack of power it was an injector about £400 quid to sort , then i got a call to say there was no compression on cylinder 2 and it needs a new engine!!
ford dont rebuild engines anymore it woul seem est for works...
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