Hi folks,
so here was a new one I came across today. Was sent to put in a new bathroom fan today to an old Barrats house. Opened up the switch at the bathroom door to have a look - no neutrals. Ok I thought, neutrals obviously looped at the ceiling roses. Wanting to test the circuit first, I wanted to find out which neutral was feeding the circuit as they weren't in order. To cut a long story short, I removed every single neutral (bar the incomer) from the neutral bar, and the lights stayed on! After calling another spark, he recommends pulling the main earth and low and behold - the lights went off.
What are everyone's thoughts on this, and have you come across this before? Crossed neutral somewhere or have they used a cpc as a neutral somewhere along the line?
The house had an octopus box for the lights which I have never seen before, and never want to see again!
The fault was recorded on the test sheet and have advised that customer that they should have this looked at. A new feed was run to the bathroom light switch off of another lighting circuit through a local RCD. The faulty circuit is a shambles from the previous owner and have told the customer they may be quicker and cheaper having someone to quote for the affected rooms to be rewired.
Look forward to your responses.
so here was a new one I came across today. Was sent to put in a new bathroom fan today to an old Barrats house. Opened up the switch at the bathroom door to have a look - no neutrals. Ok I thought, neutrals obviously looped at the ceiling roses. Wanting to test the circuit first, I wanted to find out which neutral was feeding the circuit as they weren't in order. To cut a long story short, I removed every single neutral (bar the incomer) from the neutral bar, and the lights stayed on! After calling another spark, he recommends pulling the main earth and low and behold - the lights went off.
What are everyone's thoughts on this, and have you come across this before? Crossed neutral somewhere or have they used a cpc as a neutral somewhere along the line?
The house had an octopus box for the lights which I have never seen before, and never want to see again!
The fault was recorded on the test sheet and have advised that customer that they should have this looked at. A new feed was run to the bathroom light switch off of another lighting circuit through a local RCD. The faulty circuit is a shambles from the previous owner and have told the customer they may be quicker and cheaper having someone to quote for the affected rooms to be rewired.
Look forward to your responses.
