Tell us about your faults!

[kung]

Hi ALL
Just thought id put this one up for all those faults we find.
heres one to kick it off !
Domestic RCD tripped and wouldnt reset cause was a blown low energy light bulb.
There you go now for yours !

 

[dazza1981]

Re: Tell us about your faults !

Imagine the scene,Friday afternoon about 3 oclock,office gets a call,a 2KW heater gone down in the securitys site office,(cant have the security guards getting cold,they wont be able to fall asleep)anyway i get the job to go and replace said heater,site was around an hours drive from where i was,i eventually get there report to site manager,then have to show my cscs and get inducted on site,all the usual rubbish.No risk assesment no method statement,site manager reluctantly lets me get to work,its around 5 oclock now and not even got my screwdriver out,site manager standing over me,i guess he wanted to go home,im rushing around like somebody possessed,isolate heater circuit and disconnect heater from SFU fit new heater to wall wire it up energise circuit test heater nothing aaaarrrrhhhh.Lots of colourful language by this stage,site managers pacing up and down,i ask him any chance of a brew. Well didnt get brew tested SFU,its not swiching no probs run to van get new SFU safely isolate again,but now have to dissconnect circuit cables,CPC and N touch taking out whole site,ask site agent for keys to CU,their on the way to liverpool,site sparks got them in his pocket.When a very angry site spark returned i set main switch and everything was fine.I left site at 19.30.The moral behind this story is rushing gets you nowhere fast.Istill didnt get a brew,but the guards were nice and warm.

Ha great story..... i can definately relate to it. And it makes it ten times worst with someone standing over your shoulder. pmsl

 

[Carpe Diem]

20A junction box used to extend the line tail. BTW somebody ran out of red cable! Oh, and a little matter of forgetting to connect the earth bar in the fuseboard to the MET - must have run out of black cable as well then.

 

[Englishman]

Had a broken neutral on the kitchen ring in a block of flats that's been up less than 13 months.

Tracked it down and noticed it went up behind a wall unit, off it came, and this is what I found

 

[jay sean]

That reminds me of a new block of social housing flats I worked in, no continuity on the ring in the kitchen at all, opened all the spurs/skts, some idiot does not known load from supply!!!

 

[Englishman]

That reminds me of a new block of social housing flats I worked in, no continuity on the ring in the kitchen at all, opened all the spurs/skts, some idiot does not known load from supply!!!

Got a load of new build flats in Crawley and I'm hitting issues, mostly small to be fair, at nearly every flat.

 

[Andrewr3]

No CPC continuity at all in a domestic garage fed underground from the main house. Loss of continuity caused by a) loose gland nut on an SWA termination into a steel surface box. It was impossible to tighten the locking nut because the back box lug fouled the nut! b) the gland to steel box termination at the other end was corroded so no connectivity at all between the back box and the gland. Even if there was no corrosion present then there was no fly lead between the back box and the circuit CPC, co the connectivity would have relied on the front plate (plastic 13A socket outlet) screws only. The front plate screws were corroded and had extenders as well. Re terminated the lot using lug rings on the glands for the fly leads and suitable back boxes. The wiring had been previously untouched for probably 20 years or maybe 30 years like that. Including a CU change probably around 10 years earlier. I spotted the problem when an extra socket was required in the garage.

 

[Andrewr3]

Found this last week on a domestic Safety Inspection for a home buyer. What appeared to be a recent and nicely installed DSSO in a bedroom, trunking neatly along the skirting board for the cable. Decided I would take a look behind the cover and found a flex, looked further around the room and found there was a plug top on the end of the flex which in turn was plugged into 5 way multiway extension lead. It begs the question if I found this on a Periodic Inspection would I C2 (depending on the cable size and length) or C3 it. Or maybe highlight it as an advisory note only because it is not actually part of the installed fixed wiring. Responses not required on this thread as this post is more just to highlight that it is worth following up when you you seem something out of place.

 

[Badged01]

Found this last week on a domestic Safety Inspection for a home buyer

What on earth is one of these?

 

[Andrewr3]

What on earth is one of these?

Ah, yes, I should not have used capitalisation on safety inspection which may have confused you. The choice of words not ideal either. It was a priced quick visual (mostly) inspection offered to a potential buyer in to advise and quote for other work that might be necessary for example a replacement CU, a rewire or just a periodic inspection. A better description for the job would have been a chargeable visit to quote for other work.

 

[Carlosfandango]

 

[Carlosfandango]

Let's play follow the neutral links!

 

[Andrewr3]

Found this outside light wiring in a decking balcony/fence, hidden under a wooden strip. Also note how close the nail is to the cabling.

 

[DPG]

Jesus!. Is that mains voltage? Daz

 

[Andrewr3]

Jesus!. Is that mains voltage? Daz

Yes, all 230 of them. The woodwork (a handrail) was out in the open too. Been like it for many years but had 30mA RCDs fitted a year or so ago (for some other reason).

 

[Dan]

I'm just bumping some of the older threads in the general electrical forum that had a lot of replies. They might not be current topics, if they're not, just ignore them and they'll soon drop off the list. If you DO wish to add a reply and get the conversation going again, feel free to do so. Your input might help somebody else in the future.