The image shows an SWA feed for a garden building which is not yet built. The feed is part of a new build house installation and the circuit is supplied via a hager RCBO and was energised when I found the cable, I've switched the breaker off. Is leaving a circuit in this condition compliant...
Evening everyone,
I had new one today, a live neutral terminal on the connector of a LED emergency bulkhead. This fault repeated on 4 other units.
The neutral was being taken from a 4ft fitting next door that a new guy had been messing around with.
Any ideas why or how?
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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...
First off there is no question of me doing anything live. Or even near anything live.
This is just a question triggered by observing they guys installing our solar. They did everything live, including installing a new RCBO in the garage consumer unit and connecting the new circuit. None of our...
Just seen this on a YouTube short and thought I’d screenshot it. People chucking dog muck in a damaged ULEZ cabinet.
Is that a service cut out with exposed live parts?
Can someone please help me understand what the hell is going on here???
This 3c E was in flexi conduit and the same problem was happening as shown in the video. I have pulled it out to do it like this for testing purposes.
I have tried with 3 different pieces of 3c E. all tested open between...
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I'm installing 10mm2 cable into the wall to the loft from the downstairs consumer unit ready for an electrician to terminate both ends.
Previously the shower isolator was a switch on the wall but my intentions are to change this switch to a light switch and instead put a pull cord for the...
I was trying to fix a cold radiator when I came across some exposed cable and copper wire under the floor boards, a quick test with a voltage pen showed live. Not sure what kind of voltage they're putting out, wouldn't the RCD trip if they were dangerous? I covered the ends with electrical tape...
I bought some outdoor festoon lighting a few years ago and the 2 pin connectors (male and female) have corroded so I’m going to splice the connectors together using heat shrink butt connectors. Each run is 5m with a male and female 2 pin connector at each end. My first thought was that this...
Hello, I'm pretty new to the forum. Hopefully, this is the best place to post it somehow.
Currently, I have a setup of a distribution box, which is able to supply 63A three-phase load to an EV charger, running two-phase load of 16A. It demands 3.7kW from each phase, making it a 7.4kW charger...
Hello all, I hope you're all keeping well.
I have a question regarding insulation resistance testing.
Whether doing a single circuit IR test or a global IR on an entire installation, I usually try to remove all loads, eg lamps, neons etc, but obviously this isn't always possible. So I...
Hi. I've read much about ac vs dc but can't find a 'simple' answer. If current alternates 50 times per second in a uk mains circuit, why do live and neutral not swap 50 time per second? On these forums, I've read that it does, so that copper does not migrate as it would in a dc circuit. I've...
just had a new meter fitted,tells me most sockets are faulty and not to use,all sockets apart from two show live neutral reverse.
going to egypt for 2 weeks tomorrow,so can't get an electrician right now,must have been like this for years so assume it is still safe to use?
any thoughts on the...
I have carried out home wiring for 60 years as a competent person, for the last 20 years, I employ a local electrician to check my work and sign it off. My new partner’s dimmer switch failed, the push button would not push, so I purchased a new unit. I turned off the MCB for First Floor Lights...
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I’ve recently bought a fluke 1662 as my megger 1741 broke on a site last week.
Does the fluke have the same capability as the megger or do you just have to take the lead resistance off after the test ?
I’ve recently moved into house and had an electrician out to install some new lights and shaver point in an en-suite. Problem is that the house is 100 years old and has wiring all over the place (3 floors and 4 different consumer units). He was unable to find a live feed in the existing en-suite...
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Looking for help here as I've come across a strange call-out today. Bare with me here:
Got a call from a customer saying they had received an electric shock from their steeltech shed, not once but twice.
To give a bit of a background, there are two sheds in their back garden. One...
So I had an inquiry to make an electric panel (single phase) with RCBO, but it seems like our customer uses type C and F power plug (I live in Indonesia). This plug doesn't have a guide to ensure the Neutral would always be in Neutral side & Live to always be in Live side. Can I still use RCBO...
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