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stavvie
Hi,
Been to a house today to sort out hallway light that was not working. As I was doing a safe isolation with my continuity/voltage tester I was getting continuity between the ring main live and neutral, ring live and earth and ring live and lighting neutral. So I wanted to do a further investigation and carry out a r1+r2 test and insulation resistance test. (this is a TN-S earthing arrangement and the CU is an old rewireable CU).
I took out the main supply fuse to isolate it completely as I did not trust any of the electrics now. 2 minutes later there was a knock on the door and it was the neighbor asking if the power was out in this house. I told him I turned the power off as I was working on the elecs and told him that his power should not have turned off. I stuck the fuse in again just to confirm that it was connected to his elecs and to my amasement it was.
I couldn't carry out the test's I wanted to because I didn't bring the right leads with me as I forgot them. So will be going back next week.
Any suggestion? or has anyone come across this before?
Cheers
Been to a house today to sort out hallway light that was not working. As I was doing a safe isolation with my continuity/voltage tester I was getting continuity between the ring main live and neutral, ring live and earth and ring live and lighting neutral. So I wanted to do a further investigation and carry out a r1+r2 test and insulation resistance test. (this is a TN-S earthing arrangement and the CU is an old rewireable CU).
I took out the main supply fuse to isolate it completely as I did not trust any of the electrics now. 2 minutes later there was a knock on the door and it was the neighbor asking if the power was out in this house. I told him I turned the power off as I was working on the elecs and told him that his power should not have turned off. I stuck the fuse in again just to confirm that it was connected to his elecs and to my amasement it was.
I couldn't carry out the test's I wanted to because I didn't bring the right leads with me as I forgot them. So will be going back next week.
Any suggestion? or has anyone come across this before?
Cheers
