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  1. J

    Live garden SWA wrapped in tape

    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...
  2. C

    UK Live neutral terminal LED bulkhead.

    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? Cheers
  3. 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...
  4. L

    UK Low voltage from live to earth, on a ring final.

    Why do I only get 50v from live and earth, I’m getting 240 from live to neutral. The circuit is a ring.
  5. A

    Not DIY advice. How often do pros work live?

    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...
  6. MaintenanceSpark

    Day 3 Thread 3 - ULEZ Cabinet accident waiting to happen

    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?
  7. P

    Why are all the other cores becoming live??? (Video)

    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...
  8. C

    UK Can a 10mm2 Shower feed and a 1.5mm2 switched live for the lights be in the same wall chase?

    Hi, 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...
  9. L

    UK Exposed Live Wires Under Bedroom Floor?

    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...
  10. bugraekuklu

    Switching between phases depending on live health

    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...
  11. A

    Insulation resistance testing live conductors to earth

    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...
  12. J

    AC vs DC, live vs neutral

    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...
  13. R

    most sockets show live neutral reverse

    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...
  14. A

    Live ground wire throughout the house

    I have a live ground throughout the house. Is this dangerous and what are the possible causes? Thank you for your time.
  15. E

    LIVE EARTH WHEN REWIRING DOUBLE DIMMER

    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...
  16. B

    Fluke 1662 live testing

    Morning everyone 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 ?
  17. Likelyhuff

    Trying to find live feed

    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...
  18. A

    Electric shock off live steeltech shed!!

    Hello all, 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...
  19. KelvinGaliny

    Can Live wire runs through the Neutral side of RCBO?

    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...
  20. S

    Why did test lamps show 0V between live side and dead side?

    I removed a fuse and before reinserting did the following tests using test lamps. Live side - Neutral = 230V, Dead side - Neutral = 0V, Live side - Dead side = 0V. I then used a multimeter to check these results as I was expecting a potential difference of 230V between Supply side and dead side...
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