Fault problem with up ring

[swaley]

got called out to a job yesterday. Upstairs ring Mcb not staying on. Done a quick visual took all sockets off didn’t notice anything out of sorts. All appliances unplugged only other thing on ring is boiler programmer off a fuse spur. So I split the ring did IR and one side was showing a low reading. I energised the good side and starting the tedious process of trying to find the culprit on the dead side. I came across 1 leg between 2 sockets which was giving me a reading of o.52 ohms IR. so I disconnected the link between and energised both sides. Voila mcb stays on. My concern now is I have a socket in hallway and boiler programmer with no power. Even though both legs are in board? And 2 sockets in another bedroom showing 60v output. I’m baffled didn’t have time to get boards up need to go back. Surely by disconnecting 1 faulty link I would in principle have 2 radials?? tenant just moved in recently new carpets fitted and it’s been intermittent tripping. Any ideas guys

 

[buzzlightyear]

I ain’t gotta prove anything to you. You obviously know the answer

bow your head in shame ,if you know any better why post it on the forum .

 

[buzzlightyear]

this what I think.

 

[Adam W]

When the tenant moved in was one of the first things they did to nail a load of pictures to the wall?
Is there a TV booster and associated wiring in the loft?

Just throwing some ideas around in case it helps, didn't mean to offend anyone.

 

[Octopus]

6inch maybe but I doubt it.

hum ....... older house, cables just below the boards, new gripper rods ...... seen it, been there

 

[Deleted member 9648]

hum ....... older house, cables just below the boards, new gripper rods ...... seen it, been there

But all that's guessing, OP needs to get his tester out and use it properly. Alarm bells always ring for me when people start by dropping points and unplugging things and testing is a last resort.
First thing is leave everything in place including appliances and get the IR tester fired up.
Establish what you are looking for before starting to look for it

 

[Octopus]

^^ I quite agree - I still don't understand what and how he IR'ed ....

BUT - I do go for the "isolate" everything first rule ....

 

[buzzlightyear]

I quite agree - I still don't understand what and how he IR'ed ....

BUT - I do go for the "isolate" everything first rule ....

or the dynamite test .

 

[weevilward]

I don’t like sarky comments. It was a IR so being the competent sparks your are I presumed you would know the answer. You didn’t add anything constructive. But hey ho I’ll get to the bottom of it in the end. I’ll make sure next time I post I spell it out to the precise detail not to offend anyone.

Mate did you get to the bottom of the problem?