faults

  1. L

    Board change - faults

    I priced a job the other day and priced low as i had a few days free, part of it was to change the board, i didnt say anything about faults to the customer before i started but there is an open circuit in ring, neutral, i said id have a quick look in the back of the sockets for anything obvious...
    • liam b
    • Thread
    • board change electricians' talk fault faults
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Business Related
  2. A

    Two faults on the ring?

    I'd appreciate any suggestions on this one. Went to job that was "socket not working" and quickly found loose neutral - owner had installed new faceplate. Fixed the neutral problem, however, when testing I got a very high ELZ reading at that socket - this must have been an existing problem...
  3. W

    common shower faults

    hi guys, can some body tell me how to test a shower for a fault or where i could get this information. would like to know a bit more on how appliances work and how to solve common faults from a shower, for example if an electric shower was tripping the rcbo out and the cables were fine, what...
    • wolfiehogan
    • Thread
    • aus common electricians' talk fault faults shower
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Australia
  4. sythai

    CU changes.... testing first

    Evening all... Just quick question before pop out. Recently there was a post on CU upgrades, and someone? said when pricing they done it as 2 seperate jobs. First job: full test and rectify any faults. Second job: CU swap and quick test (as you will have most of results from job one) Good...
    • sythai
    • Thread
    • after aus change changes electricians' talk faults first materials testing
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Australia
  5. D

    Fault Finding Practical 2330.

    I was wondering if someone who has done this exam would be able to tell me what certain faults will have on the test results. I don't have a job and have to do this exam in a couple of weeks and while I know how to test I am feeling very unprepared for it. I know that doing CPC check will...
    • DerbyStudent
    • Thread
    • 2330 circuit electricians' talk fault fault finding faults finding given might practical resistance
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Electrician Courses : Electrical Quals
  6. R

    How far do you have to go with pricing?

    Hi just after a few pointers, I am doing a kitchen for my sister in law and as I am employed this is just a materials cost type of job. However what i thought would be pretty straight forward has turned into a bit of a nightmare as on the first fix I checked the ring main which was open so I put...
    • Retroviper
    • Thread
    • after aus electricians' talk faults first price pricing
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Australia
  7. W

    Fault finding Help

    Hi I am in my 3rd year at college and wondered if anyone has information on what will be in the 3rd year exams. I really just want to know the main types of faults and how these can be resolved. :confused: Thanks Wayne
    • westos-electric
    • Thread
    • arial aus college electricians' talk fault fault finding faults finding help testing
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Australia
  8. C

    2391 Practical Visual Inspection

    Hi Guys, Getting a bit concerned now about these 12 faults you HAVE to find for the visual inspection on the 2391 are they in your face faults or have you really got to look out for them???? Worried that I may fail for missing one of them. :eek:
  9. B

    cheapo customer

    Doing some remedial work for a customer thrown up by a periodic done by another company, We're 2 days in and have done a CU change, main water bonding, fan + isolator in bathroom, rewired undersized spur in the kitchen...blah blah Anyway, now most of the installation work is done, customer says...
  10. L

    fused spur and faults

    hi everyone if i had a fault on an outside socket and the fused spur was switched off inside what controls outside socket would it still trip the rcd hope that makes sense
    • lockhes
    • Thread
    • aus electricians' talk fault faults fuse fused fused spur spur
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Australia
  11. T

    Profibus faults

    More and more machines where I work are being wired using Profibus. So that the PLC CPU is connected to remote I/O units by this type of 2 wire shielded cable. Occasionally a machine will go into fault and a Bus fault (BF) LED will be lit on the CPU. This usually means that we have to...
  12. C

    Faults

    i have wired in a ring circuit and there is power there, but it doesnt work when anything is plugged in. another fault is that the landing light doesnt work, this is a 2 way on stairs. problem is, it doesnt work until the down stairs lights mcb is switched off and upstairs is on. again if the...
    • crazyelec
    • Thread
    • aus doesnt electricians' talk fault faults polarity problem
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Australia
  13. K

    Tell us about your faults!

    Hi ALL Just thought id put this one up for all those faults we find. heres one to kick it off ! Domestic RCD tripped and wouldnt reset cause was a blown low energy light bulb.:D There you go now for yours !
    • kung
    • Thread
    • aus called earth electricians' talk fault faults house
    • Replies: 1,591
    • Forum: Australia
  14. P

    How to eliminate nuisance tripping due to neutral-earth faults.....

    I have it ! EUREKA ! Just cut the main earthing conductor and job done ! OK just kidding, but shouldn't the 17th edition have gone further and stated that all circuits will be protected by RCBO's? You can now buy an RCBO for a tenner. While I am having a rant lets do away with the ring main -...
  15. A

    animal/ insects causing faults

    Has anyone come across this before. A client called me up about a lighting fault. after a couple of hours chasing the fault around I traced it to a light fitting in a cupboard in her bedroom. Unscrewed the pendant and all this slimy golden goo came out. went upstairs, yanked up a couple of floor...
    • Anonomoose
    • Thread
    • around aus causing didnt electricians' talk fault faults through
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Australia
  16. S

    Fixing any faults

    Hi all, could thinks of a tidy title so there it is. My QUESTION IS:- Ive been in contact with the NICEIC who i will be trying to go with in the next couple of months. Theyve asked me to prepare two pieces of work for them one major one minor as you all probably know. im planing on putting a...
    • sim2kuk2009
    • Thread
    • aus before consumer electricians' talk fault faults fixing house
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Australia
  17. scotsparky

    Inspection faults. comments please.

    i had to do a pir on a care home and within 10 min of getting on site i was on the phone getting a danger notice to the Faciliies company. here is part of the list any comment will be interesting. 1 TT system no main earth or rod. 2 No RCD protection on system. 3 No main earth bond to...
  18. E

    What is FIR Relay in transformer...

    anybody knows about FIR relay in transformer? give details please. I have faced this problem in an interview?
    • ericsson
    • Thread
    • aus current electricians' talk faults phase relay transformer usually
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Australia
  19. K

    faults, cables spur from mcb.

    i did a perodic test today and have opened a right can of worms. have to say cant switch main switch of in db so 1st circuit, switch of the mcb disconnect the line from the breaker, disconnect the neutral, and its sparks, ok wrong neutral, however while that cable is still out of the n bar...
  20. R

    Neutral/Earth Fault

    Does anyone have experience of neutral/earth faults and how you found it?
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