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  1. M

    Earth wire on domestic heating oil tank - various questions

    Hi all I had a new consumer unit fitted 3 - 4 years ago. I was never told that I had to periodically test the RCDs by pressing the T buttons. Still, you live and learn! Anyhow, it is a split unit. The left side tripped when I hit the button. But the right side didn't. Did a bit of reading but...
  2. M

    LED lighting swap in old warehouse.

    Hi all, I'm new to this forum and just wanted a bit of advise. I have a small NICEIC registered company and usually undertake small to medium sized commercial new builds which have been designed by others. I would then just test the job at the end as usual, no dramas. I have now got...
  3. G

    legal requirements

    Hi wanting advice on what I can legally carry out electrical with my qualification , I have my 2330 level 1.2.3 , and my 17th edition level 3 BS7671. I know I can't self certify ,just would like some clarity on what I can legal do , I'm doing minor works like installing new light fittings and...
  4. R

    Dead test fail?

    Evening all , Called out to short circuit on cooker circuit assumed that cupboard fitted above isolater switch screwed through cable , disconnected at switch then dead tested back to board Continuity l- cpc .22 l-n .16 n-cpc .22 Ir test l-n 999 l-...
  5. B

    Rocket Explodes While Being Tested At Cape Canaveral

    A spaceX rocket due to be launched saturday with a satalight as a payload has exploded today whilst being test fired . The spaceX rocket are trying to create a reusable rocket with trips for paying passengers into space. see SpaceX rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral ahead of launch - BBC News
  6. O

    Should Tax Credits Be Means Tested?

    I've got a bee in my bonnet about tax credits - they are handed out to millions on the basis of the number of hours you work, the number of kids you have and your income...... .... but they are not means tested, so in the case of an absent parent paying maintenance, this is not included in the...
  7. S

    testing

    hi all, in previous talks there has been confliction due to my lack of experience, however my latest experience has made me think! At a job doing none sparky work, when 2 sparkies arrive to fit new c/u!about 6 hours including bonding water & gas, testing all done @ c/u, no instruments removed...
  8. U

    Believe it or not, I joined to ask a question about a fuse....!!

    Dear Everyone. I myself am not an electrician, that's why I'm here. I've got a Baby Belling style cooker that rather spectacularly blew its plug fuse a couple of days ago - took out the entire plug circuit. I've got the plug sockets working again, but now of course I have no cooker! Is it...
  9. R

    Megger 1552 easy repair or is it time to buy a new test kit ?

    Hi all, just wondered if anyone has had a similar issue with their 1552 or 1553 Megger mft ? noticed the fault started just after I changed the batteries, fuse logo came up on screen so changed that, now it works, but when testing live circuits it completes the test, but then within a few...
  10. D

    5 year testing 20%

    Just a general question on testing when carrying out a fixed wire test of 20% would you fill in all circuits identified on the circuit chart and test the required 20% filling in the results as tested or would you only fill out the circuits that you have tested and fill in N/A for every...
  11. M

    Metrel MD9272 Leakage testing

    Hi, My new leakage tester arrived so I wanted to try it out, I connected it to the Line and Neutral meter tails and got a total leakage with all circuits on of 8.05 ma, I turned them all off and re-tested individually and found that the first floor ring final was giving the highest leakage of...
  12. L

    Periodic IR testing

    Hello all. When conducting IR tests on condition reports, with L-N connected together and testing to earth. What equipment have you found will still cause the readings to be 0.00?
  13. S

    Time delay RCD

    Hi People, Carrying out a EIC on a recent cu replacement on a TT system. 100 amp 100MA time delay RCD used up front but cert is asking for time delay in MS- how do i find this out? Thanks Adam
  14. andyb

    Interesting Fault

    Had a call out yesterday to a house where the rcd on a board supplying storage heaters would trip intermittently. When I arrived the rcd would not reset at all. The rcd was also the main switch for the board. Obviously an earth/neutral fault I thought, so with all the mcbs off and the the rcd...
  15. spark-ticus

    Does complete board need to be tested.??

    Hi All I'm a little unsure if i need to test all circuits in a consumer unit if i have added a new circuit into it. The circuit added is a ring final and has been installed in a spare way on the board, also one of the lighting circuits has now had a single pendent changed to 6x downlights. Do i...
  16. S

    RCD tripping at 6ma on ramp

    Hello, I am a diyer doing my own board change shortly (paying a premium for the honour to BC) and have a problem either with my tester or something else. Basically when i test the RCDs and the two RCBOs i have on the board they are tripping on ramp at crazy figures, 6ma on one RCD and 9ma on...
  17. HappyHippyDad

    Fault finding!!!!!!

    Hello all.. I have a problem with a tripping RCBO and it has me stumped! Yesterday I fitted 10 RCBO's into a CU which currently had an RCD main switch. This was a sub circuit from a house CU which feeds various circuits for a cattery. 4 of the RCBO's are for the cattery pens. Pens 1,2,3 and 4...
  18. P

    Testing IEC Extensions

    Hi all and thank you for letting me join the forum !! I do a bit of Pat testing at my work and have been asked to test some of the leads that attach to the IEC leads with the plug on(I.e. to make them longer). As these haven't got their own plugs do they have to be tested as surely they are only...
  19. HappyHippyDad

    What was the fault??

    I have been fault finding today. The problem was fairly common. 3 switches (on different landings) switching one light, so 2 2way switches and an intermediate. The problem was that sometimes each of the switches worked and sometimes they didn't, so sometimes you have to go back upstairs and...
  20. S

    inspected and tested by vs report authorised for issue by....

    Hello everyone, was speaking to a qualified electrician who was giving me advice as a rookie. We were talking about an eicr which he just done on a house and was talking about section G (declaration)of the report. He said that anybody whom is competent may carryout the report however ONLY a...

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