Neutral earth fault

[james the spark]

I swapped a db on a job yesterday and there is a fault on the heating circuit and i just cant find it in the most disgusting house you have ever seen what is the deal with putting it on the non rcd side? can i do it

 

[GLENNSPARK]

you know....i`v just read through some of this......and its farcical...i tell you it really is....

 

[thekingiam]

i have an old washing machine that keeps blowing the fuse in the plug can i exchange it for a bit of welding rod or a nail..?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

i have an old washing machine that keeps blowing the fuse in the plug can i exchange it for a bit of welding rod or a nail..?

why not.....has solved a load of faults on BS3036s has that in the past....:joker:

 

[Silly Sausage]

The big mistake this chap has made is...
he's spotted the place is a complete hell hole in the 1st place and he's taken the job on....
Too late whinging now

 

[GLENNSPARK]

The big mistake this chap has made is...
he's spotted the place is a complete hell hole in the 1st place and he's taken the job on....
Too late whinging now

agreed Archy......you took the cash.....now its see it through....
1st thing i would be checkin here is the connected load (immersion heater)
then move on to the cable for the offending circuit (obvious)...
the immersion heater may come back reasonable though cold......
so warm it up first...then IR it....

 

[MDJ]

you know....i`v just read through some of this......and its farcical...i tell you it really is....

Yes quite,I nearly choked on my coco.

 

[thekingiam]

i can sypathise with the fact that alot of houses are complete hell holes dirty and smelly etc,i personaly would not want to spend too much time in them,but i beleive you have a moral and legal requirement that when testing needs doing you do it! A basic IR test checks the original wirring before work is undertaken and afterwards checks what you have done.cheers tony for mentioning rcd's are not compulsery but as he knows it is unlikely that in a domestic enviroment we can get away with non rcd or rcbo protection:smart:

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may i add i am still not sure if this was a wind up thread?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

i can sypathise with the fact that alot of houses are complete hell holes dirty and smelly etc,i personaly would not want to spend too much time in them,but i beleive you have a moral and legal requirement that when testing needs doing you do it! A basic IR test checks the original wirring before work is undertaken and afterwards checks what you have done.cheers tony for mentioning rcd's are not compulsery but as he knows it is unlikely that in a domestic enviroment we can get away with non rcd or rcbo protection:smart:

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may i add i am still not sure if this was a wind up thread?

well the thing is king....its just so ridiculous not to be a winder upper this is...
its like you have just said as well.....what is it that some cant get their heads around?....that inspections are for the stuff you can see.....the tests for the stuff you cant ...such as shared and borrowed neutrals damaged/interrupted conductors and cable/fixed load dielectric faults.....

 

[thekingiam]

ok ,now we have told the op how to test the installation and therefore he could theoreticly solve and rectify the problem therefore making the poor smely sole that has employed him a bit safer as long as the op is an electrician and has a ir tester and nows how to use it?

what about the other tests? he going to make them up too! ...................i hope this was a wind up post because you guys have given advice to someone i would class as unfit for domestic work and ...............and...............etc.

 

[thekingiam]

cheers glenspark i just couldn't believe that people are tring to solve this problem even if it is a wind up,you never know:6: