Neutral Earth Fault

[uksparks]

Hi,

ok ok so I tested this old 3036 board a week ago ready to change today, all ok, nothing bad.

went today to change the board, changed it all etc, had to extend two legs, but other than that, nice job.

i go to switch it on prior to testing like you do, and one of the RCDs won't hold.

bugger, what have I done? Scratching head...

tested IR and its 0.02 between neutral and earth, so I think maybe I missed something previously, I quickly removed a few faceplates as there were only 6 sockets on that ring as it happend, nothing obvious.

anyway, so I think I'll try continuity between Earth and neutral at one we of the ring and got 0.61 and did it the other end and it was 0.02, so I think, that's a bit sodding close to the board, what could it be?

so I start t remove that circuit from the board thinking maybe of done something strange with a joint where I'd extended the leg... Nothing.

so I stand back and think what the heck is it, then I think hang on those shelves weren't there before.... Three large oak shelves, in the return on the wall directly sbove the fuse box....

i thought, I wonder... So got the meter out and touched it on a screw head on the bottom shelf and would you sodding believe it I had continuity!!!

anyway, so I removed the screw and it resolved my problem...

Customer later returns home, says everything ok? I said yes, it is now...

i said they are nice shelves, did you fit them? No we had someone do it for us.... I said tell them they drilled through a cable.

thete were probably 8 cables going straight up the wall where he had drilled 3 holes so not sure how he managed to miss the others, luck I say!

anyway...

 

[davesparks]

....because it was an old crap 3036 board that was hanging off the wall.

Just keep digging, just keep digging

 

[Plonker 3]

Why did you notnhave time to carry out any testing before the RCD tripped, then as soon as it tripped you seemed to manage to find the time to do some testing?

 

[uksparks]

Just keep digging, just keep digging

Whatever

 

[uksparks]

Why did you notnhave time to carry out any testing before the RCD tripped, then as soon as it tripped you seemed to manage to find the time to do some testing?

Because I was then at the point I was just going to test it all.

 

[davesparks]

Whatever

Come on, you're an experienced member who knows what this place is like and you stated that you changed a CU because it was a crap 3036 board which was hanging off the wall. Did you seriously expect not to get stick?

If you had changed the board 'after discussing the merits of adding RCD protection as part of the larger job of extensive alterations to the installation' then there would likely be no reaction at all.

 

[sparksburnout]

i go to switch it on prior to testing like you do. What?????? And I get banned for 2 weeks for making a daft criticism ? Are you reading this Tazzy?

 

[uksparks]

Come on, you're an experienced member who knows what this place is like and you stated that you changed a CU because it was a crap 3036 board which was hanging off the wall. Did you seriously expect not to get stick?

If you had changed the board 'after discussing the merits of adding RCD protection as part of the larger job of extensive alterations to the installation' then there would likely be no reaction at all.

accepted, i suspect everyone has there way of doing things and things they perhaps shouldn't share due to getting stick. I have said the cable is being replaced.

ill keep quiet now.

 

[telectrix]

it's OK. UK. you're amomg friends here:
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[spark 68]

More like this Tel

 

[telectrix]

but did he IR test the rigging? it might be shorted to the mast.

 

[spark 68]

but did he IR test the rigging? it might be shorted to the mast.

That I don't know,
but does the mast have an RA of less than 200 ohms ?

Poor old UK is walking the plank, E54 with the sword behind him, and Tony with the cosh lol

H69 strapped to the front as a figure head lol, on the good ship Electrical forum lol

 

[ImpededLoop]

Because I was then at the point I was just going to test it all.

I'm not knocking you, but this fault should have showed up when you did the dead tests before energising the installation.

 

[PEG]

....I'm going to give UKsparks a break...i love an under-dog...

His honest enough post has got scent in the hyeenas nostrils...yep,we all know,or should,the correct sequence of events,and whilst these may not have been adhered to,there are lots of other rules,in instances such as this,such as not being legally able to prevent the home-owner saying "i want it on" or "I'm turning it on..."

The comment regarding trainees viewing such details is fair,although their instruction should not leave no place,for a bit of "real-world" input,and being capable of judging the rights and wrongs of said details.

The man who never made a mistake,never made anything :icon12:

 

[Plonker 3]

....I'm going to give UKsparks a break...i love an under-dog...

His honest enough post has got scent in the hyeenas nostrils...yep,we all know,or should,the correct sequence of events,and whilst these may not have been adhered to,there are lots of other rules,in instances such as this,such as not being legally able to prevent the home-owner saying "i want it on" or "I'm turning it on..."

The comment regarding trainees viewing such details is fair,although their instruction should not leave no place,for a bit of "real-world" input,and being capable of judging the rights and wrongs of said details.

The man who never made a mistake,never made anything :icon12:

There is when a certificate is too be issued and signed by myself.

 

[GMES]

The Main issue for me is that dead tests should have been carried out before energising the board forget the customer wanted is house back on, That's tough he is not the professional. The 2nd issue and probably more serious is that the damaged cable as been left damaged and even worse as been left energised.