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egginyourface
went to a job couple of days ago where supplier hadnt supplied earth and looks like it was taking from the water pipe.
Mains water had been up graded to plastic so that wasnt doin the job anymore.
So somewhere down the line someone had come along and stuck a spike in.
I did a test and got a reading of 5ohms. No rcd protection was present. So I told the customer to call energy supplier to come have a look.
To cut a long story short they issued a danger notice and cut the supply at the head by pulling fuse.
Customer calls me with engineer there and tells me theres nothing they can do other than upgrade it to pme but would cost £3,000.
What they offered was that they could strip back sheathing and let me attach earth clamp. they tested the loop impedance from the outer sheathing and they were getting .5ohms.
I refused to use an earth clamp on the sheathing as its illegal for me to mess around with suppliers side of meter.
Is this allowed? Ive seen it many times but never actually put a clamp on the incomer.
Shouldnt it be sweated on by them??
Mains water had been up graded to plastic so that wasnt doin the job anymore.
So somewhere down the line someone had come along and stuck a spike in.
I did a test and got a reading of 5ohms. No rcd protection was present. So I told the customer to call energy supplier to come have a look.
To cut a long story short they issued a danger notice and cut the supply at the head by pulling fuse.
Customer calls me with engineer there and tells me theres nothing they can do other than upgrade it to pme but would cost £3,000.
What they offered was that they could strip back sheathing and let me attach earth clamp. they tested the loop impedance from the outer sheathing and they were getting .5ohms.
I refused to use an earth clamp on the sheathing as its illegal for me to mess around with suppliers side of meter.
Is this allowed? Ive seen it many times but never actually put a clamp on the incomer.
Shouldnt it be sweated on by them??
