Continuity RFC error??Help please

[Octopus]

Back to the OP - were you given an EIC? Part P done?

 

[Gudoldtom]

Back to the OP - were you given an EIC? Part P done?

I would have to do it out but I do have some form of certification. I'll post it once I dig it out this evening

 

[Gudoldtom]

OP: This forum is great for info. Like what books to get or what persons vids to watch...

Thanks I'll have a look round to see what I can find.

 

[Pete999]

Good luck

 

[Gudoldtom]

Can we see the certificate issued to you for that work? Talking you through that mess and telling you how to proceed it would take longer than the course you did. I am sorry to say you seem woefully unprepared for such work, there have been so many people on here who have paid a lot of money to end up the same position. Maybe it is lucky you tried on your own house first, you would have been in a right pickle in a customers house. So who are you registered with on the CPS. While

Can we see the certificate issued to you for that work? Talking you through that mess and telling you how to proceed it would take longer than the course you did. I am sorry to say you seem woefully unprepared for such work, there have been so many people on here who have paid a lot of money to end up the same position. Maybe it is lucky you tried on your own house first, you would have been in a right pickle in a customers house. So who are you registered with on the CPS schemes?

Whilst I am confident in my testing procedure of the RFC I have 0 experience in the field as I have only had experience on working circuits during my training course. I was just hoping to get some help & pointers by joining this forum. While I may have been swindled out of thousands of pounds i do have a general understanding of domestic instalations as I passed the course and I am able to self certify work so I will be continuing in my quest with or

 

[Spoon]

...I passed the course and I am able to self certify work so I will be continuing in my quest with or....

Looks like he won't be continuing his quest, as another person has been abducted by aliens....

 

[Pete999]

Looks like he won't be continuing his quest, as another person has been abducted by aliens....

 

[Octopus]

If you do post any certificates, best you don't include YOUR or the INSTALLERS details...

 

[The Ghost]

While I may have been swindled out of thousands of pounds i do have a general understanding of domestic instalations as I passed the course and I am able to self certify work so I will be continuing in my quest with or

Please don't misunderstand me, I am not discouraging you or criticising your knowledge or standing. Please use the forum, you will get invaluable help even if just doing your own properties. It is just getting that experience under your belt that will help you feel more confident. While I understand you can test a ring circuit I feel that courses in general don't go into what one should do when the figures are awry, and what do they mean. That is the difficult bit after all. In fact if you sit down and take time and think about it, you will be able to work out what is going wrong, and that is quite a buzz when you are successful. Be assured I was not having a go at you or your efforts on the contrary I applaud them.

 

[Des 56]

If you want to use a trailing lead to test the R2 of the lounge and cellar sockets,connect one end of the trailing lead to the main earth terminal (met) in the consumer unit,the other end onto your meter probe
Using the other probe of your meter take a reading at the sockets earth terminal

You need beforehand to either measure the resistance of the trailing lead so that it can be deducted from your result,or you can null the meter by testing the end of the trailing lead to the met prior to testing the circuits

I agree with others and suspect these circuits are radials,given the 20 amp mcb ratings
Do a earth loop test and check if the reading at the sockets are within the specified maximum for the 20 amp mcb

 

[Gudoldtom]

I am back from mars sorry for the previous post I was on my phone & didn't mean to post it. I am just frustrated at been conned out of thousands of pounds & having nothing to show for it really. Hopefully I will get something back out of it. So I shall continue my quest to be a responsible sparky one day & hopefully be able to test a circuit correctly lol. Thank you for all the advise given

 

[Gudoldtom]

If you want to use a trailing lead to test the R2 of the lounge and cellar sockets,connect one end of the trailing lead to the main earth terminal (met) in the consumer unit,the other end onto your meter probe
Using the other probe of your meter take a reading at the sockets earth terminal

You need beforehand to either measure the resistance of the trailing lead so that it can be deducted from your result,or you can null the meter by testing the end of the trailing lead to the met prior to testing the circuits

I agree with others and suspect these circuits are radials,given the 20 amp mcb ratings
Do a earth loop test and check if the reading at the sockets are within the specified maximum for the 20 amp mcb

Thank you

 

[Gudoldtom]

Please don't misunderstand me, I am not discouraging you or criticising your knowledge or standing. Please use the forum, you will get invaluable help even if just doing your own properties. It is just getting that experience under your belt that will help you feel more confident. While I understand you can test a ring circuit I feel that courses in general don't go into what one should do when the figures are awry, and what do they mean. That is the difficult bit after all. In fact if you sit down and take time and think about it, you will be able to work out what is going wrong, and that is quite a buzz when you are successful. Be assured I was not having a go at you or your efforts on the contrary I applaud them.

Thanks

 

[Octopus]

If you are "looking" for the end of a radial, using the Zs setting on your tester can help - just make a note of the readings at each socket, and the highest one is normally the "end of line" - if the sockets are old this doesn't work as they can give very inconsistent readings.

Have fun

 

[buzzlightyear]

I had my house rewired about 10 years ago

looking at that consumer unit looks like a tin of Heinz spaghetti . get grip man we have standards you know on this forum.