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 !

 

[greavo]

Re: Tell us about your faults !

The intelligent ones are the most dangerous.. They seem to lack common sense. :iagree:

 

[ringer]

What is the IP rating of this head?

 

[Dunc]

What is the IP rating of this head?

IP 1X maybe. Depends if the hole in the picture is less then 50mm wide, i'd say it was close to having no IP rating at all!

 

[brucelee]

ip2x for the front whats damaged so it fails as you can get your finger in 12mm

 

[kung]

Re: Tell us about your faults !

Domestic RCD tripped and wouldnt reset cause was a blown low energy light bulb

As my opening post ! had a few of these little gems !

 

[sparkie710]

when using old 3 core make sure you keep an eye out for the yellow core. nightmare job because the electrician threw that in with the earth :|

 

[zeljuga]

Re: Local barn fuse box???

County internet Arial sup lay.

 

[Mr.Si]

Lol... Not quite how you would install a breaker!

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[tc50]

doing rcd tests today on up and down ring circuits ie separate rcd units with newish newlec multifunction tester with x half ok no trip x 5 ok less than 40 m/secs but x1 tester tripped rcd but no reading less than 200 m/secs due to safety device built into meter indicating test stopped due to greater than 50v present possibly across n to e have lost manual so dont quite know what it means ,any bright sparks out there ?

 

[vernam616]

A neutral to earth fault by any chance?

 

[astormatt]

Did you unplug everything out of the circuits before testing?
How were the circuits fed? RCBO's, MCB on a split board with rcd for each bank?

 

[tc50]

on both circuits on seperate rcds on new rewire ....they dont call me unlucky for nothing then do they lol

 

[tc50]

dual split load seperate rcd s for each up an down ring

 

[daiplayer]

Re: Tell us about your faults !

Wow; an honest to God thoroughly decent bloke. If he is a member of this forum. he has my vote.

I second that

 

[tony mc]

Call from friend (Tennent) who returned from holiday to find power off on sockets and freezer flooded room.

Just been re wired but landlord unable to get the spark who did the work.

Asked to sort the matter out.

Found fault where joiner put screw into cables while installing cabnet enclosing CU and meter.

Thats a dado rail above the ring final cct cables where the cables run and the CU is a bit of a mess with a old cable left in for the shower!

I have told them not to hang any pictures or shelves just in case!!!