Green goo

[Sparky5473]

Hi guys, carried out an eicr yesterday and found green goo present, all IR readings were very acceptable. I’m thinking C3 but what’s your thoughts?

 

[jay sean]

I know a guy who bought a flat and he wanted a test and inspection of the flat.

We found green goo on the insides of the accessories, showed him and printed off the green goo leaflet and the guy went for a rewire as he had not moved in yet.

 

[marconi]

My mum and dad's house has green goo in the FRC. At first I recommended a complete rewire but at 86 and 84 they could not face the upheaval. My dad, a chemist and member of the Royal Society of Chemistry looked into green goo himself and could not be persuaded by me, (member of the IET no less !) to rewire. An impasse. What annoys me about their home's problem is when we visit everything we plug in ends up with contaminated pins which we have to clean before plugging them in at our home.

Which got me wondering if one could use heat shrink to seal the ends of the conductors so that green goo remains contained and does not ooze into accessories. If that 'worked' I could then suggest this and replacement of all sockets. Anyone tried it?

 

[Midwest]

Don’t think that would work, unless you have some sort of ‘boot’ thing. Being a liquid, it would just find it’s way out.

I can see your parents view point, mind.

 

[Marvo]

My mum and dad's house has green goo in the FRC. At first I recommended a complete rewire but at 86 and 84 they could not face the upheaval. My dad, a chemist and member of the Royal Society of Chemistry looked into green goo himself and could not be persuaded by me, (member of the IET no less !) to rewire. An impasse. What annoys me about their home's problem is when we visit everything we plug in ends up with contaminated pins which we have to clean before plugging them in at our home.

Which got me wondering if one could use heat shrink to seal the ends of the conductors so that green goo remains contained and does not ooze into accessories. If that 'worked' I could then suggest this and replacement of all sockets. Anyone tried it?

It's an interesting thought that it could cause premature failure of the plug pin and socket sleeve connections, especially on the higher load appliances like washing machines and tumble dryers that already have a tendancy to burn the plugs and sockets.