help please on testing ground and neutral wire on lighting circuits with a multimeter

[trev]

Re: help please on testing ground and neutral wire on lighting circuits with a multim

"If it's the former my best advice is to stop what you're doing mate and if you're not an electrician, get one in. It shouldn't be prohibitively expensive and may save a lot of heartache for your family."

I already told him the best course of action along with several others if you read through you'll see that apart from what I've quoted from one of my first posts here that I've given him no instruction on how to proceed. My conscience is clear and my fear of litigation is low

 

[Geordie Spark]

Re: help please on testing ground and neutral wire on lighting circuits with a multim

If you want to tell him how to do something then go ahead - but be ready for a blame claim if he is killed because of something you said.

Personally go to B&Q or a Electric Shop and you can get socket testers - that will tell you if its wired up correctly and you can also get some with Zs testers as well - safe to use.

Way better than sticking probs into sockets!

What makes you think he's got sockets on his lighting circuit? mg_smile:

 

[telectrix]

Re: help please on testing ground and neutral wire on lighting circuits with a multim

DIY'er. there's got to be sockets on the lighting circuit...:tongue3:

 

[Geordie Spark]

Re: help please on testing ground and neutral wire on lighting circuits with a multim

DIY'er. there's got to be sockets on the lighting circuit...:tongue3:

Well I have to say when I was just a nipper in the early 1950s, our house did have a 2 pin socket in the kitchen that was somehow incorporated in the kitchen light switch that Mum used to plug her iron into.

She had an adaptor as well that enabled her to plug the iron into the living room light so in the winter she could do the ironing in front of the fire - instead of the cold kitchen !!!

 

[Top Cat]

Re: help please on testing ground and neutral wire on lighting circuits with a multim

Well I have to say when I was just a nipper in the early 1950s, our house did have a 2 pin socket in the kitchen that was somehow incorporated in the kitchen light switch that Mum used to plug her iron into.

She had an adaptor as well that enabled her to plug the iron into the living room light so in the winter she could do the ironing in front of the fire - instead of the cold kitchen !!!

Hi Geordie that sounds the same as when i grew up! The thing i remember is if we smelt gas my dad would light a match and run it over the gas pipes! Quite often he would have a little flame coming out of a joint in the pipe! Still hear to tell the tale though.

 

[Guest111]

Re: help please on testing ground and neutral wire on lighting circuits with a multim

why are some people afraid of posting their location,do they think we,re all spies or something? Same as the op here wants help and people ask where he is and they don,t tell you I,ve given up now with posts like this as I have in the past offered to help people for free if they are near me but some people don,t even want to give you an area,I mean it,s not like we,re asking for an address on open forum is it? still their loss isn,t it!