Attended a 1st floor flat in a council block today and found a supply head inside a mantel cabinet where the earth was connected around the outside of a conduit housing the main supply cables before going into the cutout. Also coming out of the bottom of the cutout was another 6mm2 earth which...
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Have a new 1652B fluke multifunction meter
Nearly returned to fluke as ERR 5 kept coming up on 3 different locations when doing loop test, (this is due to apparently a noisy earth) as i explained to supplier everything unplugged why would this happen? the ANSWER is to get ERR 5...
1. Once you have taken the 2394 practical test, when should you receive the "Notification of candidate results"?
2. For instance, with the 2394/2395 Multiple choice, you can receive the result straight away (from the centre), & the "Notification of candidate result" is then sent to you. Is this...
Hi Guys,
Taking 2395 exam shortly.
Im just wondering on schedule of test results form what do I put down for size of cpc for MICC cable and for SWA cables if the armour is used solely for the cpc?
I'm sure that somehow there must be procedure.
Many Thanks
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I just done a job today and got some reading of 7ohms, on continuity of a light circuit (B6 CB) this is the highest I have yet seen
is this still ok? Or is this a problem?
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I'm so gutted I didn't take a picture today! Whilst visiting one of my guys on site (domestic) he took me to one of the back rooms of the house to show me a socket outlet that had been wired by one of the local NIC 5WWs a few years back. What I saw next was one of the worst things I have ever...
Just carried out a ze on a tt istallation and got a reading of 156 m ohms, carried the same test out a few months before and got 132 m ohms, the zs results were slightly higher as well! Could this be due to the changing conditions of the weather as to we're the earth rod is placed.
Thanks chris
Q & A of the Day – What departure Code to use for this lighting test result? - Voltimum UK - Electrical Installation Products and Contracting
If you click on the link to the Votimum site the Q&A of the day I guy asks a question about testing a house light circuit for a PIR and NICEIC advise...
Hi all I passed my 2391 about 6months ago and thought I was flying, I know test procedures & how to carry out the tests like the back of my hand and I fully understand any results I get and how to rectify or diagnose any faults in a electrical system.....but then again I have only tested...
Hello all, i have some dead testing to do, i just have a new megger Robin KMP3075DL and when using it in Insulation test mode (500v - 20Mohm) on 2.5 twin + earth as practice, i test between LINE and CPC and get the reading from the display (up arrow 1) so on my schedule of tests sheets what...
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Getting used to Metrel tester and am getting used to testing and was just after advice on clarifying some points:
1 - FCU's with neon indicators on IR tests - whats the best way of disconnecting the neon lights on these if they cant be disconnected? Do I keep that particular FCU switched...
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Trina 235w x 17
Solar edge SE4000 and 17 x Power optimizers
south facing
Aberdeen scotland NOTE READING FOR 20th MAY ..... 29.32 KWH in one day WOW WEEEEEEEEEEEEE has any body witness higher than that ? 424 kwh already in MAY ................ the owner...
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New to trade and 1st post – any help/advice appreciated
Testing DIY installation approx. 10 years old. Final circuit for sockets – a radial (not ring) wired in 2.5mm T&E protected by 20A mcb to BSEN 60898. Not logically wired, several JBs in loft and a number of spurs so not easy to...
regestered for our MCS last august got qms sorted but with one thing or another tarriff changes, new baby,mowed out with electrical work we never got any further, so thought id kick it to the kerb after listerning to you boys in the game.
asked napit for a full refund hadn't heard anything for...
Please to state that my stated 2.88kwp system managed to peak over 3kw the other day for a few mins under normal weather cons ..... hopefully to be a more common sight in the coming weeks......
Happy days............
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