Consumer unit change with a fault!

[HappyHippyDad]

Evening all..

I have just changed a CU. I did find a neutral - earth fault prior to the change so I thought I would probably have a tripping RCD.. which I did!

My dilema is how do I proceed with the paperwork?

I'm going back tomorrow morning to do all of the testing and I shall give the required certificates (with a note on regarding neutral/earth fault on downstairs lights), but I get the feeling the chap is going to hunt for the fault himself, the reason being it will require the floorboards being taking up and he doesn't want to incur anymore cost (fault is in a junction box(s), under the floorboards that someone has kindly wired all the downstairs lights from - took me a while to figure this out!)

The main point being that the work is notifiable, but I cant notify it if it still has faults! How do I proceed?

I realise I should have perhaps corrected the fault before the CU change, but the chap just wanted the new CU in and due to my inexperience I wasn't sure if the new CU would trip!

Cheers...

 

[Guest111]

Why,why why!

Tom Jones - Delilah (1968) HD and HQ - YouTube

 

[HappyHippyDad]

You need to include this caveat on your quote/estimate:

I shall definitely be doing that next time!

"NB: Should the testing of the existing circuits find any faults there may be additional charges. Such additions would be discussed with you at the time."

So did you leave them without lights then?

He has not moved into the house yet, but yes there were no downstairs lights, however sockets were on so light could have be plugged in.

I returned to the house this morning and found the following JB's under the floorboards in the bathroom:



No earth sleeving and one was touching the neutral terminal.

VERY glad I found the problem, but embarrassed not to have hunted for it before changing the CU, no charge.. Lesson learnt. :redface:

 

[Badged01]

Ive come across my fair share of 'hidden' J/B's but the wiring in that takes the biscuit! A snakes pits of wires .......

 

[Knobhead]

564 posts
Member since 2011

Still a Electrical Trainee

I'm sorry HHD, in the past you've asked how to wire a doorbell!

No one in their right mind would let you loose on the public.

I've said to much already.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

this is just rubbish...

this OP IS NOT COMPETENT!!

sorry hippy but i`v read loads of your posts and i wouldn`t let you any where near an electrical installation...

for the life of me:nonod:...

And you'll read alot more of them too Glen. Unlike the many new members who you have bullied and who will now be too afraid to ask any further questions It doesn't bother me.

 

[Octopus]

I returned to the house this morning and found the following JB's under the floorboards in the bathroom:

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No earth sleeving and one was touching the neutral terminal.

VERY glad I found the problem, but embarrassed not to have hunted for it before changing the CU, no charge.. Lesson learnt. :redface:

Good feedback mate and 10/10 for being honest.

Skills that are sadly lacking on this forum these days.:juggle2:

 

[SPARTYKUS]

And you'll read alot more of them too Glen. Unlike the many new members who you have bullied and who will now be too afraid to ask any further questions It doesn't bother me.

Skin of a Rhino, I like that.

 

[markc123]

I kind of got that impression, I did speak to an electrician friend, who said just change it!

Under absolutley no circumstances do you follow that advice. If you just 'change it' you end up in the situation you found yourself in.

 

[guest119]

Tony beat me to the door bell bit.
This shows whats wrong with the system nowadays and the danger the public are in.
This particular Electrical Trainee posted for answers about wiring a door bell, then doing a pir, now cu change problems.
All of which could be accepted from an apprentice but this guy is loose on the public.


Boydy

 

[SPARTYKUS]

And you'll read alot more of them too Glen. Unlike the many new members who you have bullied and who will now be too afraid to ask any further questions It doesn't bother me.

Reminds of that Metallica song off "Frantic", the line is " shoot me again, I ain't dead yet, shoot me again, shoot me again" :82:

 

[Meggerman]

I like that you have shown it on the forum. It was a mistake and, you have sorted it. At least you even did a test prior, that is more than some do. Do a global I/R minimum before every CU change. Turn off main switch and backfeed through a socket outlet, easy to do. If you spot a problem then, then you can talk to customer about it. Don't fix for free. Rectify, then when you are happy you will be able to issue an EIC.

 

[R G]

In a way it all worked out o/k , but imagine if you had not been honest and walked away with leaving the lights without RCD cover and with that mess under the bathroom floor of all places , Imagine if the bath overflowed or a leak on the plumbing God forbid , Its a lesson to anybody really and a must to carry out pre testing before any work is done and acting on it , even if it means not getting the job because of price.

 

[Brightspark2]

HHD I don't know how you are making any profit!...

Another lesson learnt!...

 

[GLENNSPARK]

And you'll read alot more of them too Glen. Unlike the many new members who you have bullied and who will now be too afraid to ask any further questions It doesn't bother me.

yeah...well i`m sorry to disappoint you but i deal with fact...not fiction.

which is the reason why i said i wouldn`t let you near an electrical installation as you are at the mo..

and i`m sticking by what i said n all.......

 

[GLENNSPARK]

564 posts
Member since 2011

Still a Electrical Trainee

I'm sorry HHD, in the past you've asked how to wire a doorbell!

No one in their right mind would let you loose on the public.

I've said to much already.

to be honest Tony i think you`v been very conservative on the subject..