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    Immersun faulty, VO?

    hi all just want to check this set up. have 17th edition board (already installed) have main switch then a VO on one circuit (hold fire read rest), 2nd breaker immersion circuit. then first RCD unit which is fed via VO unit has half the house on it. then next rcd that has some sockets on...
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    megger 1552 faulty

    dropped my megger - about 2 ft -it worked ok after for 2 tests. noticed all the leds lit on top screen and would not switch off except by removing batteries. all internal fuses checked ok and all connections ok and no damage to pcbs. i am presuming this fault is not actually a fault but a...
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    Faulty storage heaters

    Hi folks Was called to three storage heaters which have stopped working (all storage heaters in property). Two of the connection units into which the heaters are wired have neons, and the customer says these light up when the storage supply is on over night (so problem is not with supply or...
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    Faulty Wylex Rcbo

    Hi, I added a new radial kitchen circuit at a property last week. The circuit has 1x double socket, 1x socket for an integrated dishwaher and a fused spur for a cooker hood and is protected by a 16A rcbo. When first switched on the rcbo immediately tripped. I checked all terminations, insulation...
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    lamp brighter - faulty electrics?

    Hi I am new to this forum and hoping to get some advice. I tried to post in the DIY section but don't have access to it. I recently purchased an old table lamp from ebay. I completely rewired it using a brand new brass ES lamp holder. The light was great for a few weeks but now the bulb used...
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    SFCU faulty or not?

    Shouldn't do it but favour for wife's mate this evening started at 7pm just in, 5 mins walk away, set off at 6.30 am this morning for a proper paid job. Extractor fan pull switch broke this morning would not shift, fan on constantly. Her helpful brother had turned off the right MCB and...
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    Fault or faulty testers

    R c d tripping in main c/ unit in house think intermittent fault on cable to garage.disconected at both ends my steinel testers show fault between all conductors.my mates fluke and insulation testers show clear ,i test with mine again and fault . So when I go to get new cable I buy new fluke...
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    faulty photocell

    Hi all. Any one had and probs controlling leds from ss4 dusk/dawn photocells? I replaced 3 150w metal halides with 3 70w led floods. Worked perfectly fine and the customer asked me to fit some extra led strips for his sign lighting 4weeks later (L.v complete with trannys) . The lights stayed on...
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    Neutral / earth fault

    Could some one give me a simple explanation why a trip will not blow on a Pme system and on others and is this dangerous
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    Faulty channel led emergency lights

    Anyone else fitted the new Channel Slim led emergency lights. I fitted 9 of them and had to replace 7 as they weren't working. One of the resisters inside is burnt out. I just hope the same thing doesn't happen again:icon9:
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    Faulty ps3

    Not sure if anyone has had problems with ps3 but il ask anyway , turns green, yellow and then flashes red... Anyone any experience or know of symptoms like this....
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    Eli on faulty circuit

    I was called to a property where the customer said a socket was not working. I tested the socket, took an eli. Socket working... CU was 17th edition so as a matter of course did an rcd test, nothing.. Went back to CU realised someone had replaced the rcd with a main switch; hence why rcd...
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    faulty Crabtree MCB

    Anyone ever came across one of these MCB's not resetting?
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    RCD trips when big things are plugged in.

    Hello Everyone I was just enjoying a beer and watching and episode of Sharpe, right before a major battle when everything cut out! The RCD switch on the circuit board tripped. With everything switched off it allows me to turn it back on. Small items such as the WiFi and telephone won't trip it...
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    Drayton 3 port valve - confirmation of fault?

    Called out to newly installed boiler, using the old Drayton MA1 3 port valve. When HW is on, CH is also on. Checked all connections/wiring, all seemed connected correctly. But, getting voltage at the white cable (HW on) at the valve. Clearly something wrong there, as there should be no voltage...
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    Rcd

    I have a strange fault. I have a split board. 2 rcd's. One keeps tripping but other is fine. I swapped them both and the same happened with the RCD I put in the place of the first one. Rcd's seem to be fine but when installed in that position they trip but are fine when in the other side...
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    faulty shower?

    Hi all just a quick question, I was asked to have a look at an electric shower today that keeps tripping the breaker, ive also been told that the pull cord switch in the bathroom has previously been replaced on 3 or 4 occasions. the owner of the house said it tripped the breaker last night and...
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    low ac volt reading.

    After installing a garage unit i carried out a voltage test at the furthest point of the installation. i got a reading of 112.5 v L-N. I checked it L-E and got 242v. I ended up back at the rcd and measured the live side and got 242v. When i checked the load side i got 112.5 v. I disconnected...
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    power loss @ socket but MCB still on

    Just been to a job where the tenants are saying that a socket in the lounge looses power randomly but does not trip the MCB, it's on a ring so I took all face plates off and checked connections, did IR and got >999 and got continuity on the RFC, 245v and zs 0.39 the problem did not occur while I...
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    Megger 1552 faulty symbols showing any ideas.

    my megger 1552 MFT on the continuity tests, when I go to null the leads is showing a fuse and battery cell symbol and wont take a reading and I have to turn it off. I`ve changed the batteries and fuse but its still doing it, can anyone help. thanks mike

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