alternatives?

[shadewakka]

Just fitted a 17th edition CU in a clients house.

the old cu was a metal clad old style, the house electrics have had extensive DIY work by the previous owner, had nothing but problems fitting this, RCD kept tripping, circuits not working etc, pain in the arse, various circuits with incorrect size cables, and about 4-5 wires in one 32 breaker as the previous owner has ran 'spurs' for there.

could not pick up a continuity reading as the tester kept going to 2000.
could only get reading from certain circuits at approx 1.58

In my opinion seeing the installation state id say its a disaster waiting to happen, and a rewire would be most appropriate.

Client would rather not rewire and i cannot think of any alternative, solutions??

 

[MDJ]

Then you have to leaf the forum in shame.

Thats why JRC leafed then?

 

[Silly Sausage]

He'll return with the stipuleation he's given new ID!

 

[Knobhead]

only joking by the way..........

You were, why?

 

[HandySparks]

He'll return with the stipuleation he's given new ID!

Was that a very subtle reference to leaves, or just a spelling error?

Stipule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Silly Sausage]

Was that a subtle reference to leaves

The online Thesaurus is a wonderful thing!

 

[R G]

Pre testing and covering your ar$e with pricing obviously isn't something you're taught in the 5day 'become an electrician, part p, buy a qualification' course then???
If you don't have the experience or common sense to 'suss' out an installation when you first arrive on site, I question whether you should be carrying out the job at all.
As it has been said before, you've dropped a ------- , made an --- of yourself, left yourself wide open and the install unsafe.
There is no alternative, you'll have to put it right.
If you had any common sense or experience you'd know, whether a 'rewire' is required or not, wouldn't be in question... It'll either be something you can put right with alterations and improvements, or it'll need a complete rewire. If you can't decide on that, after carrying out CU change and being onsite for 6hrs, you really are in the wrong job...

Quite right too

I honestly don't know how these wonder courses can give anybody the experience they need to do this sort of work , and judging by what I have seen in the very short time I have been back to this forum the comments and misunderstandings by these guys I wonder how much work has been done that is unsafe to say the least,,,

 

[PEG]

To be brutally honest,there are "time served",electricians,who have been at it for years,doing the same land & fit with CU's,around my area,anyway. The lad from Megger told me the new 1740 MFT has a Flux Capacitor which allows the user to set a date to return to,if the board fit does not pan-out...just needs a lightening strike...

 

[Zeno]

If you test as you disconnect, you will not get into this sort of mess. Now you have made an alteration to a circuit and re-energised it, so it has become your problem. As you are going to have to rectify the faults before you certify. Testing first does not increase the time the job takes.