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[Darkwood]

Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

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Anything to do with the trade or in and around it ...H&S pic's welcome.



I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago. mg_smile:

 

[happysteve]

I reckon that is 3mm

Obviously I concede to your superior knowledge of sleeving sizes, by bad!

 

[Raptor0014]

Currently doing a EICR at my mums as she wants the board changing and moving from under the stairs.

Recently she had a garden room built and they took the power by spurring off an outdoor socket.

Now I’m hazarding a guess they didn’t bother their arses to check the circuit prior. Because there’s no minor works Cert for a start and even with that ‘spur’ disconnected I still get massive reading on the CPC - CPC.

It starts at 2.77k-ohms and gradually creeps up to around 2.95k-ohms, then jumps to 4.11k-ohms before settling at 3.77k-ohms.

Can’t wait to go hunting for this fault as loads of the sockets are inaccessible and means emptying rooms.

L-L & N-N get same reading.

CPC - CPC gets this.

 

[timhoward]

It starts at 2.77ohms and gradually creeps up to around 2.95ohms, then jumps to 4.11ohms before settling at 3.77ohms.

Did you notice the little "K" on the screen btw?

 

[westward10]

Did you notice the little "K" on the screen btw?

I was about to quote the same thing.

 

[Raptor0014]

Did you notice the little "K" on the screen btw?

Yeah I did, for some reason it autocorrected to ohm rather than k-ohm

 

[Raptor0014]

I’ve also just found there are 17 sockets spur’d off the ring at various points with at least 3 double sockets taken on each spur around the ring . With no fuse in between any.

Plus several JBs. I think my mum might regret asking me to do this.

 

[westward10]

I’ve also just found there are 17 sockets spur’d off the ring at various points with at least 3 double sockets taken on each spur around the ring . With no fuse in between any.

Plus several JBs. I think my mum might regret asking me to do this.

Yes son but it all works fine, never had any problems.

 

[pc1966]

Try a wader lead to as many socket screws (or test plug E pin) as you can get to without major excavation, you might just get lucky in tracking down the break and find it is at the back of a socket or FCU.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Try a wader lead to as many socket screws (or test plug E pin) as you can get to without major excavation, you might just get lucky in tracking down the break and find it is at the back of a socket or FCU.

I just bought a new set of chest waders, cost a not inconsiderable amount of my fishing budget for the next couple of years.

 

[Raptor0014]

DIY 100A supply to a Solar shed setup.

‘It’s all ok mate, I’m a cable jointer so it’s all good’

I beg to differ. But what would I know I’m just an electrician.

 

[littlespark]

So what’s the IP rating of that CU?

IP00??

 

[Raptor0014]

So what’s the IP rating of that CU?

IP00??

Apparently as it’s in a shed it’s not covered under any regulations.

I must admit, I haven’t read 7671 cover to cover. But I’m pretty sure that exemption doesn’t exist.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Does that mean my Garage and Greenhouse don't have to comply either.

 

[Raptor0014]

Does that mean my Garage and Greenhouse don't have to comply either.

I guess so

 

[LewisM]

So what’s the IP rating of that CU?

IP00??

Air-cooled

 

[littlespark]

If he needs a tool or key to get into the shed, is it then an enclosure?

A large, walk-in enclosure

 

[littlespark]

So what do you do?

Try to convince him it’s wrong?
Hang a danger notice on it?
Walk away and pretend you didn’t see it?

 

[Raptor0014]

So what do you do?

Try to convince him it’s wrong?
Hang a danger notice on it?
Walk away and pretend you didn’t see it?

The first two.

I’ve no doubt he’ll just remove the notice and carry on. But I have it all noted on the EICR so my arse is covered.

 

[Raptor0014]

When DIY Dave gets let loose on 3 phase.

“But it’s worked fine for years. Why is it unsatisfactory?”

 

[LewisM]

First chase on a rewire has gone well

 

[Raptor0014]

First chase on a rewire has gone well

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Is that water pipe?

Good job you weren’t using a chasing machine.

 

[nicebutdim]

Doesn't look like water. Hard to tell - maybe a cable?

 

[SparkyChick]

Could be a lead gas pipe.

 

[brianmoooore]

Did a full rewire on a large town house not too long ago, and kept coming across small lead gas pipes like this while chasing out. All still connected to the gas supply and just crimped over at the end, about 60 years after the last gas lamp would have been removed

 

[LewisM]

No, nothing as exciting.

It's a rubber cable (hence the rewire) they've routed them all over place