Tell us about your faults!

kung · Nov 30, 2009

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 !

1shortcircuit · Aug 30, 2010

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This was fitted in my brother in laws home - nice wouldn't you agree?

kung · Aug 30, 2010

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Tony said:
Admit it haven’t we all sent an apprentice to the stores for a long stand, left handed spanner, long weight Etc.

Dont forget the elbow grease and skirting board ladder !

1shortcircuit · Aug 30, 2010

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kung said:
Dont forget the elbow grease and skirting board ladder !

Blue and yellow sparks for the grinder

sent with a cardboard box to carry them back in, pair of rubber gloves and a pair of goggles

kung · Aug 30, 2010

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darren balchin said:
I have a fautly apprentice! cant get out of bed and battery runs flat by thursday afternoon

can anyone helpe.

Yer i know a guy who can help ! his name is sergeant savage !

m25maintenance · Sep 5, 2010

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yea i can see the danger here, that lamp could fall on ur head, i had a good giggle on this one. tanx

m25maintenance · Sep 5, 2010

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if there was work in the bed he wud sleep on the floor, ask his wife

Burnt Fingers · Sep 5, 2010

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Local hotel - asked for signs removing from outside of building - I said "I can do that". Found mcb all labelled nicely and followed cable into wall and tracing visually, its an simple run so a cut at both ends and pull cable out will be easy.

I'm a bit picky though so I opened up a sign and spotted 1mm T&E. But its 1.5 Twin at the breaker. Energised and Mr Fluke Magic wand tells me its def that cable. How nice of someone to swap from twin, to twin and earth in a junction box hidden by wooden panelling. Easy how one hour becomes three. And I'm crap at joinery.

samosha · Sep 6, 2010

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Hi everybody.
Who ever works with 100t offshore telescopic crane Gray Mackenzie?
Got a troubles with load measuring system, but don't have instruction manual. Maybe some body have any info, how it should works. If yes, please send manual to [email protected].

Best regards.

telectrix · Sep 11, 2010

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fitted new dis. board ( 2 RCDs ) put uptairs light on one RCD, downstairs lights on the other. all fine till switchedon landing light ( 2 way ). both RCDs tripped. turns out whoever had done the original installation on a wylex rewirable board had taken the live feed form downstairs and the neutral fom upstairs. DOH!!!

davelerave · Sep 11, 2010

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ya

if both circuits are rcd protected -i guess either or both rcds can trip when light is switched on

Burnt Fingers · Sep 11, 2010

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Nice chap complained that when he left his house to go on holiday he switched off his mains but his outside lights still worked.

Lights wired from garage........old wylex rewireable fuse CU (both 16A)......so called sub-main for garage wired into incomers.....oh how I laughed....

telectrix · Sep 11, 2010

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here's a beauty. plumber called me out because the new shower that he had fitted some 3 weeks ago had blown its fuse ( 30A rewirable ). First thought was --- new shower higher rating than old one. my solution was to fit separate " mini" board, RCD and 40A MCB as there was no RCD in the old board. guess what. on testing circuit with my trusty megger, dead short P/E/N. opened shower unit and could not believe!!! 6mm incoming cable too short for termination so Mr. Plumber had twisted and taped a bit of 1.5mm flex onto the 6mm. all melted in a glorious lump. Wonderful. told him to stick to wet work .