EICR issues and small works.

[Soulsurfer]

Its not just the experienced and qualified who find this useful. Most trainees and improvers can learn from peoples posts as well so an update post on your findings and outcome is most useful.

Hey gents / ladies, have finally sorted the issue as been back. Methodically worked around the sockets on the supposed ring final as one of old MK outlets ( 4 screws on frontplate ) was seeping green goo and the line cables plus a spurred twin were barely touching terminal and the lot fell out upon undoing the 4 screws !

Ended up livening up one leg at a time from board and found a single socket had feed in at 250V but outgoing leg was dead from the socket, went back and livened other leg at board and had all other sockets fed except this one. Traced through loft to find where twins were run in wall to below offending socket and followed outgoing dead leg down edge of roof by soffits and once virtually back around 8-9 mtrs away next to loft hatch I saw a 2.5 looking cable appear then dive into rock wool again so I killed mcb and slowly pulled and it seemed loose.
Kept going and cable was stripped bare and taped on the ends with brown ( crispy ) parcel tape !!

Sure enough for whatever reason this was the break, broke a spur from a Jb in loft and extended the ring to add the spurred socket into the ring and back on the found loose cable and sure enough all results were good.
r1 0.38
rn 0.38
r2 0.66 or so haven't got work with me tonight.
R1+R2 0.62
Zs from original 1.55 ohms down to 0.88 and compliant finally.

Thanks all, was wondering if they had doubled radials up for a while but on a 30A mcb or a bad ring and it was.

 

[uksrevivor]

Many thanks for the update and final outcome soulsurfer glad you got it sorted and posted it on here for others to see and learn from.

 

[Soulsurfer]

Many thanks for the update and final outcome soulsurfer glad you got it sorted and posted it on here for others to see and learn from.

Least I could do buddy, always learning mate

 

[uksrevivor]

Where in the channel islands are you from m8 if its Jersey do you remember Raffles the nightclub by any chance lol I had many a good night in there in the late 80s

 

[Soulsurfer]

Where in the channel islands are you from m8 if its Jersey do you remember Raffles the nightclub by any chance lol I had many a good night in there in the late 80s

Yes mate Jersey that place has been renamed around 10 times ! Now a furniture store on the 3 floors. Was busy as in there but now all full on cocktail lounges and all that, still probably more pubs then should be allowed in Europe though. Everyone likes a scoop on the rock !!

 

[uksrevivor]

I was on a small container ship as a deckhand doing the potato run back to Portsmouth mary ann beer if i remember right in the pubs then on to the night club via a couple more pubs i cant remember what they were called. I do remember falling arse over --- getting back on the ship when the tide was low as you walked under the dock to get onboard ship lol slippery as hell them dock steps.

 

[Soulsurfer]

I was on a small container ship as a deckhand doing the potato run back to Portsmouth mary ann beer if i remember right in the pubs then on to the night club via a couple more pubs i cant remember what they were called. I do remember falling arse over --- getting back on the ship when the tide was low as you walked under the dock to get onboard ship lol slippery as hell them dock steps.

Indeed they are bud, I used to work on the docks at Victoria quay for Huelin Renouf shipping on the Artics and their container ship was the one. Had a break from electrics, then worked for Tony Porritt who owned the shellfish export viviers on the quay, found out I was an electrician so had me sort huge seawater pumps for the tanks, dropped over back wall in port and then once he knew I did Scuba diving sent me down to hook up and maintain the pumps too ! All for £7.50 / hr in oily murky harbour ! What a nightmare

 

[Soulsurfer]

Mary Ann special or Best Bitter there was, you're bang on and also Randall's brewery.
Liberation ale now. Steve Skinner opened two awesome breweries in a pub here too then moved to Newquay to surf more, still makes brews like Horny toad ! Skinners ales = lush

 

[uksrevivor]

Huelin Renoulf lol does the Owenglas ring any bells that was my ships name
Huelin Renoulf was painted all over the sides of our ship it was who we were contracted by for the cargo. The GWC was the best crab boat out there at the time.
I spent some time on the Fin AR Bed for mr mcloud at viviers uk in pompey as well working the english channel.