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SPARTYKUS
Hello
haven't posted for a while but thought this might tickle someone
Went to a job today, done a job for the parents of the missus there so was recommended, her mum and dads was like going to your nan and grandads..... Anyway the are moving and needed some lights taking down and replacing with pendants, and main issue was a complex menagerie of outdoor cabling in the garden, controlled by a 6 way grid switch.
one or more of these caused their main RCCB in the main DB (memera 2000) to trip (outdoor stuff fed by a 16A breaker in main DB to sub board with just MCB's, was done a while back in late 90's).
As an installation I would describe it as impressive. The guy was clearly proud of it and was clearly an industrial spark (owner already told me this as he is a scrap merchant and the guy did some work for him at one of his sites). I know this because there is steel tray in the garden shed
SWA everywhere! multi cored, all labelled correctly, all terminanted beautifully, banjos, flying leads, crimped ends.... all very nice.
However for what ever reason (time maybe, the passage of) the ground mounted spots have ingressed with water... you can see it inside.
So took one apart (full of H2O). diconn'd, still trips.
Followed back to JB - full of brown plastercine!! (R391). Also full of H2O all over the choc block so made good - still trips.
Lunchtime so cleared off (job in same village, beans and cheese on toast at home for a change )
Back over, hang on? Wheres that big ball of brown R391 gone I left on the ground.
Assume someone has cleared the turds up resident elsewhere and mistook for one (as it is not dissimilar looking).
Remove last light, full of water, disconnect, and alls well.
mention the plastercine to owner
"Oh Dan (the son) mentioned Stan (the dog) looked like he was eating a dogs doing but we've seen him eat everything"
"no that was sealing compound - is he alright?"
Quietly panicking I left, pulled over rang techical helpline
got home (waiting for callback) and spoke to them as I also did a google - brought up the datasheet(thanks TLC DIRECT) and read "Inhalation / Ingestion: Not applicable"
Massive sigh of relief!!!
technical found it an interesting call too.
haven't posted for a while but thought this might tickle someone
Went to a job today, done a job for the parents of the missus there so was recommended, her mum and dads was like going to your nan and grandads..... Anyway the are moving and needed some lights taking down and replacing with pendants, and main issue was a complex menagerie of outdoor cabling in the garden, controlled by a 6 way grid switch.
one or more of these caused their main RCCB in the main DB (memera 2000) to trip (outdoor stuff fed by a 16A breaker in main DB to sub board with just MCB's, was done a while back in late 90's).
As an installation I would describe it as impressive. The guy was clearly proud of it and was clearly an industrial spark (owner already told me this as he is a scrap merchant and the guy did some work for him at one of his sites). I know this because there is steel tray in the garden shed
SWA everywhere! multi cored, all labelled correctly, all terminanted beautifully, banjos, flying leads, crimped ends.... all very nice.
However for what ever reason (time maybe, the passage of) the ground mounted spots have ingressed with water... you can see it inside.
So took one apart (full of H2O). diconn'd, still trips.
Followed back to JB - full of brown plastercine!! (R391). Also full of H2O all over the choc block so made good - still trips.
Lunchtime so cleared off (job in same village, beans and cheese on toast at home for a change )
Back over, hang on? Wheres that big ball of brown R391 gone I left on the ground.
Assume someone has cleared the turds up resident elsewhere and mistook for one (as it is not dissimilar looking).
Remove last light, full of water, disconnect, and alls well.
mention the plastercine to owner
"Oh Dan (the son) mentioned Stan (the dog) looked like he was eating a dogs doing but we've seen him eat everything"
"no that was sealing compound - is he alright?"
Quietly panicking I left, pulled over rang techical helpline
got home (waiting for callback) and spoke to them as I also did a google - brought up the datasheet(thanks TLC DIRECT) and read "Inhalation / Ingestion: Not applicable"
Massive sigh of relief!!!
technical found it an interesting call too.
