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  1. input33

    Found one leg of ring main disconnected

    My friend was moving into a new (to him) house and wanted to change a cracked socket, so I went to show him how - straight swap - seems straightforward. I'll call this socket A. There are two sets of twin and earth in the back of the socket (as you'd expect), but one leg was wired into a chock...
  2. L

    Plug socket disconnected live wire.no power to rest of sockets. Should I reconnect this wire?

    Hello, I’ve recently purchased a house, I noticed none of my plug sockets in one of my rooms are working including a switch for the outside garden light. After some investigating I found one of the sockets to have had the live wire blanked off . Am I right in assuming that this would break the...
  3. R

    Fridge Freezer no longer cooling after being disconnected for a few weeks...

    Hello, I have a Baumatic BR 11.2A under-counter fridge freezer that is about 20 years old. Never had a problem with it until I turned it off for a few weeks recently. When turning it back on, the light comes on, but there is no cooling! I found a site that does reasonably priced spares, so am...
  4. D

    Disconnected neutral wire from shower MCB in CU

    Good evening! Recently, after a friend’s shower stopped working, an electrician allegedly disconnected the neutral wire inside the CU, to make the shower safe and isolate the circuit. Subsequently another electrician on visiting the house, unaware of this method (if it even exists!?) concluded...
  5. G

    Cloth wiring outlet box load wires got disconnected, how to identify hot and neutral

    Hello all, I have an outlet box in my house built in the 1920s that I am changing to a GFCI. The wiring is cloth wiring so I have a hot and a neutral. On this outlet box I have the hot and neutral line wires coming in from the bottom, and on the top I have 2 load wires which go up to the...
  6. Shaun H

    What's wrong with this? It supplies an immersion heater, it's not the disconnected line & neutral.

    • Shaun H
    • Thread
    • disconnected heater immersion immersion heater neutral supplies what's wrong
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  7. D

    Disconnected CT's and EICR coding

    I'm having a bit of a brain fog moment (changing medication is such good fun!) and am looking for confirmation that I'm either right or talking nonsense. I've been to a job to have a look at why a set of ammeters aren't working, I've established the main reason they don't work is that someone...
  8. M

    Earth to Neutral 2 ohm with Multimeter cable disconnected from switch board.

    Earth to Neutral 2 ohm with Multimeter on alighting cct. The cable disconnected from the switchboard. I am new here and appreciate everyone looking at this post. I come from an Industrial Electrical background and would like advice on fault finding. My house has 1 lighting RCD. There seems to be...
    • MarkBarrie
    • Thread
    • board cable disconnected earth fault lighting megger multimeter neutral switch
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. R

    Light removal, with connected neutral

    I'm looking to disconnect a two lights from a lighting circuit while leaving the main light connected. I can remove the second switched live to the two lights at the 2gang switch however the neutral is in a Jb under the floor boards somewhere. Is it acceptable to leave the neutral, earth and...
    • Roxdox1
    • Thread
    • connected disconnected light lighting neutral neutral wire removal
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  10. E

    Touch control lamps only works when switch wire is disconnected.

    I have fitted a touch control switch to a lamp, (I have done many no problem)…..However in this table lamp with a cast iron base the device does not operate when connected to the base? But when unscrewed the light turns on and 3 stage dims as it should. Any ideas welcome please.
  11. N

    Light fixture. Ground wire disconnected. How to avoid death

    Hi men. This fixture began flickering then the bulb died. I put a new one in and it immediate made a popping sound and died. I opened it to look at the connections and it appears the ground wire is disconnected. I don’t see the other end of the ground wire or anything that with my limited...
  12. D

    Disconnected wires in wall

    Hi :) I'm looking to redo my kitchen early next year and am hoping to remove a defunct central heating timer from the wall and replaster. Once the timer is removed there will just be an exposed T+E from the wall which is disconnected (tied in a knot and buried in insulation) at the other end...
  13. K

    Incoming supply cable disconnected?

    Hi We’re currently having drainage Installed in our back garden, when the guys digging up concrete next to house came across what looks like a lead covered cable. They followed it along by digging up the area around it, until it entered a brick in the house, this is where the cable ends (see...
  14. A

    Is that a disconnected grounding system

    Hi guys, First of all I wanna say I'm not an electrician, so my knowledge is extremely limited, so sorry in advance if I say something stupid… :p And English is not my first language, so again, if I call some part with the wrong name, please just let me know I made a mistake, thanks! The...
  15. S

    Electric heater disconnected but still makes “click” noise

    I opened the circuit breaker to my 240vac electric heater. It still makes a “click” noise every so often like it’s trying to turn on. No heat come out. There is no thermostat. I’m confused. Help resolving this issue would be greattt.. thanks
  16. S

    Voltage on disconnected cable

    I think I may be going mad...job I was at today there was a strip light needing replaced, were 3 feeds & neutrals and a feed & switch wire at it. Was sure I marked everything ok but as there are ceiling panels going on before the light goes back on I thought I’d do a quick check, turned light...
  17. D

    Zs reading with main earth disconnected

    Morning, just checking a lighting circuit on a house, I have the main earth disconnected and still get a zs reading of 2.2 ohms. No evidence of an earth spike and bonding goes direct to henley block. Any suggestions why this could happen??
  18. B

    30v on disconnected cable?

    Recently pulling in some new lights in my kitchen, using the original feed in I ran 2 strappers and cables for 8 downlighters. Turned the circuit on and checked with my volt stick that the switching was correct and noticed the volt stick was going off no matter what position the switch was in...
  19. A

    Residual Current on Mains Tails - Installation Disconnected.

    I bought a new MFT1710 a couple of weeks ago and got a free clamp meter with it. (UNI-T UT210B, 200A Mini Clamp Meter). I finally got it out the box today and thought I'd try it on my mains tails to see if/how it's working. Surprisingly, with the consumer unit main-switch off, and the main...
  20. 1

    EICR flats communal areas

    Hi guys, I'm testing a communal area of flats, just lighting circuits mainly and in the board they go to a timer and then off out to lights etc. And all lights are on push switches or pneumatic switches. But I can't get any insulation resistance reading. It's like 0.13meg Is it the switches...
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