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  1. P

    Two Strange (To Me) Finds In The Wiring...

    I mention in another thread the possibility of using a redundant immersion feed as a possible starting point for a "spur" into a bedroom. I should add I am definitely not looking to do this myself as it is out of my comfort zone but just looking at potential ideas before getting an Electrician...
  2. T

    Strange things at callout

    Was at a callout today kettle plugged into cooker control switch was not working and neither was the cooker.Unplugged the kettle and put my megger in and im getting 248v.Disconnected the cooker and getting the same at the outlet.Changed both the switch and outlet and rcbo however still the...
  3. A

    Strange Neutral in Armoured from Meter to Henley.

    Hey Everyone, I'm in the process of rebuilding a house in the highlands of Scotland that suffered a significant escape of water in the attic, place is trashed. So my question on the mains in. The mains comes into a 100amp fuse then into the meter. Out of the meter is an armoured that runs...
  4. N

    strange fault - who can solve it?

    hello. just wondered if any of you have experienced this or can possibly shed some light on it. today i went to a fault on an immersion circuit symptons was - upon waking up, customer noticed B16 MCB had tripped along with 1 of the split load 30ma RCDs. he reset RCD which stayed on and when...
  5. A

    LED Panel Strange problem..

    So a long story short, someone I work with said they had a small 'Tingle' off a Lumineux LED panel. We took a couple down that we recently installed, and plugged them into a safe tester to check if there was any voltage flowing through them. Oddly enough, we read 90-95V AC to earth, straight off...
  6. gazdkw82

    Strange set up - damn 25 characters

    Took this picture earlier. Has someone bypassed the meter? Those tails go up to another c/u
  7. G

    Strange Waveform on Secondary of Mains Transformer

    Hi Folks, Although I'm not an electrical engineer, I've registered on this site in an effort to seek some advice regarding a strange "240v mains" issue I'm seeing in my work shop - I will explain. The problem first came to my notice whilst trying to locate a 100Hz buzz on my amplifier. I traced...
  8. simon rogers

    STRANGE NEUTRAL CURRENT !!!!

    Morning fellow practicioners of the dark art we call ELEKTRICKARY , I have recently been ask by a close freind if i thought his electric bill seemed "A SLIGHTLY BIT HIGH!!!". So he showed me it and I nearly fell off my bar stool (forgot to say he is a publican),his usage breakdown has come...
  9. markythesparky

    Very strange Zone valve problem

    Hi guys, I have a really odd one for you all. About four years ago we installed a heating systems for a swimming pool using various items but the main part of the heating was a Honeywell zone valve controlling the boiler. The valve was controlled in the usual way via a programmer and stat...
  10. W

    What is this? Strange job today!

    I was called to a job earlier and came across a switch which had completely melted.. it had this inside and I wasn't sure exactly what it was. Upload the image directly to the thread: The most awesome images on the Internet - https://m.Upload the image directly to the thread.com/ttf83Sb It's for a septic tank pump which is single phase. The other strange...
  11. Midwest

    Loop Impedance Testing - Strange fault code

    Being doing a domestic bathroom refurb', lighting, altering shower circuit (have a Megger 1730 MFT). History, property has no RCD protection, but as it was a Hager CU, had contemplating using RCBO's (TN-C-S supply). Before doing any work, I decided to clamp the meter tails, as the property has...
  12. L

    Head scratcher!! Strange Zs readings

    Evening all, bit of advice needed please. First time posting in this section because I don't really seem to come up against things that baffle me like this. The job is an EICR on a production plant. Main supply to the plant doesn't have a neutral so someone has installed a 3 phase to the phase...
  13. C

    Strange motorhome electrical problem - any ideas please?

    I have a '17 Eldiss motorhome based on a Peugeot Boxer and have a strange warning light coming on on the dash. It's the orange triangle , which according to Peugeot is a general light failure warning. The light comes on when I select reverse and then stays on until I restart the M/H and is...
  14. P

    Strange earth reading on ring main

    Hi guys. I have just tested a ring main. The readings end yo end on the 3 conductors were all fine. When I cross connected the live to neutral and tested around the sockets all of the readings were correct ie R1 + rn÷4. But when I tested with live earth cross conceded the readings got higher...
  15. gazdkw82

    Shower/outside light strange

    was talking with a friend of mine who has a strange situation. Every time he turns his shower on the outside light by the garage turns off. If he leaves the shower running and turns the garage light on and off at the light switch it comes back on again. He asked me if I knew what it was...
  16. Pete999

    Pete's Videos Strange Electrical language

    Because I can't understand a word he is saying
  17. B

    Strange earthing arrangement.

    Hello all. Had a job today putting in a new kitchen circuit. Plan was to put in a new CU just for the kitchen sockets and lights. When I looked at the cut out, found a Seeboard PME label and the neutral came out of the cut-out into a Henley block then onwards to the meter. So far so good but...
  18. E

    Strange Loft Hatch!

    Anyone come across one of these before? It's in a flat so possible the Landlord may wish to keep out rafter-crawlers, but my customer needs new lights! There's nothing I can see or feel inside the hole (other than a soft, spongy foam on one side) and I've resisted giving it an almighty pull for...
  19. O

    Strange SWA cable

    I've just moved into a 1960's house and when checking the supply to the detatched garage I came across a strange cable type that I at first thought was SWA. It's 10mm diameter with a black plastic sheath. There is one core of 7 strands with red pvc insulation, 7 strands individually insulated...
  20. F

    Strange RCD fault

    Hi I've been investigating a strange RCD fault in my house this afternoon, there are only 3 circuits on the RCD, GF sockets, 1F sockets and Garage. It's a Crabtree board installed around 2000 I've tested the RCD a few times at 0.5 and at X1 both test fine, traced the tripping to GF sockets...

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