Ring final continuity readings.............

[mickytuff]

Hi all had a weird one today, actually make it two, tested ringfinal continuity at the board lives were 0.00 and so were neutrals, earths were the same too, not sure why, is it a ring that has been interconnected causing a duff reading??
Secondingly tested another property's ringfinal circuit and got 30 ohms, very high- across lives an neutrals, earths were 49 ohms.........has anybody discovered similiar readings as i need to put an observation against these results and i would be even happier if i knew what they suggested/what was wrong with these circuits?? :sad_smile:

 

[Sintra]

My testers fine, batteries fully charged, and checked readings on my spare meter, exactly the same so the readings are correct, i think the ring is interconnected very close to the board and is duffing the reading up hence the 0.00 which is obviously not a correct/compliant reading as it suggests no resistance............there must be a reason for it

Ok if you think the ring is interconnected close to the board why did you not open a socket at the half way point and test there. I would suspect ring leaving board probably straight to a JB then on to sockets.

 

[Octopus]

Seen readings like this once - the CU had been moved down the wall and the offending JB was under the floor board - the sparky had connected 4 cables into one 30A jb!

 

[i=p/u]

Seems pointless..:.. And in an eicr the code would be????