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 !

 

[DNS]

What about IR results?

Yes I knew someone would ask this, I realized I hadn't put it in my paragraph. To be perfectly honest, I know I should have performed them, but it was all ok on the old board, I know I shouldn't asume. I did a ZS from one of the sockets and it is testing back to the source. So the earth is working correctly. I have spoken the owner who informs me there was a flood from the dishwasher, which ended up exiting a socket which blew everything years ago????? Or it could be this or it could be that when this happened.....I seem to have opened a can of worms, I will have to test every leg on the first floor ring. Busy times ahead.....

 

[Stonsey]

Had someone call me about outside lights tripping when switched on, opens up all the brick lights, and find slime and all damp and ballasts corroded,. I disconnect all lights and test circuit from switched output, all clear. Reconnect one light at a time and still trips on every light. Finally open up CU and its a split load, the lights are on rcd switch side but neutral is connected to main side. Reterminate neutral to rcd neutral bar and circuit stays on, hooray! Reconnect all the lights one by one after cleaning them and find 2 faulty that trip so replace with new fittings and jobs a gooden! Still felt a --- for not checking db first!

 

[Silly Sausage]

Nothing wrong with feeling a ---...

 

[Dipzy]

right ---....

 

[flowcab]

Re: Tell us about your faults !

This is quite a frequent fault... Go to the customers house and they say they tried changing a bulb but pendant still doesn't work. You have a look, it's an edison screw fitting and the neutral makes no connection to the lamp... Get your screwdriver out bend the copper to make a connection, job done :wink5:

 

[vjsmarwick]

Mmmm my faults ? Is this one I should answer or the wife should answer ? Hehehe

 

[amlu]

fuse box installed by so called electrician who does not bother with tightening terminals properly...

 

[amlu]

old school style

 

[sedgy34]

Old blue trousers lol

 

[electric will]

Changed a cu today, On testing of the rings up and down.. end to end ground floor. R1 0.53 Rn 0.53 R2 0.79....first floor R1 0.54 Rn 0.53 R2 0.83..... Both rings were fine on the old rewireable DB. The ground floor ring is fine on the RCD, but the first floor trips, after testing it appears to be a fault between neutral and earth, I tried with just the live and neutral wired. no trip.....plugged in a tester and all three lights come on, I was expecting two lights suggesting no earth. the house has had four extensions over the years and it's a right balls up with sockets on the ground floor in the SNUG on the first floor ring. In one of the bedrooms upstairs in an extension there are two double sockets and one of these is a spur from the ground floor ring.......
Over the weekend I'm going to have to try and find this fault, and try and find where the earth is coming from.....Does anyone have any suggestions. ?????

If you have a n/e short, when you disconnected the cpc in the cu and tested with three light tester, it'll test ok, as its sensing earth via n/e short

 

[pennywise]

old school style
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Well atlest there all in the same spot lol

 

[hermetic]

Ok, the earth wires, (sorry circuit protection conductors) should have connectors on them, but other than that, where is the fault? This looks like it was installed in the early seventies, and has been working safely and efficiently since then. remember, 90% of the uk housing stock is wired exactly like this, and they aren't burning down or killing people.

 

[rich.250]

The cpcs should be in the enclosure.
Surely if not they would need to be 4mm........ Lol

 

[Plonker 3]

Recently been carrying out some emergency light replacments, can you spot the errors?

 

[trev]

What's the matter with it Dillb? Perfectly fine, nowt to see here move along.
Now where did I leave my horse?