What the heck is going on here?

[Goody]

Hi,

Visited a property today and this is what I found. Don’t know what the hell was going on with the chap who did this. Garage has a re-wirable fuse-board fed by 1.5 mm SWA from a non-rcd DB in the house and the armour not earthed.

Removed the earth leads from the stud on the cut out and stuck my meter (Fluke 1652) lead straight on to that stud.

Ze = 0.36
PFC = 1.1 KA
PSC = 1.3 KA

Cheers!

 

[Octopus]

looks like a nice money earner to me. Did anything work? Was it a DIYer?

 

[High Tower]

DIY TNC-S, ...........Priceless!!

 

[cbw]

I am fed up of people critisising my home made PME!

It works and I get a good Ze.

Took me ages to do that....If you dont like it I left the old TNS link there for you to reconnect.

 

[Richard Burns]

Oh I cant be bothered with that neutral stuff, the earth is much easier, lets link everything together!
The separate switchfuse neutral is lovely.

 

[WDMDL]

Hmmm. On the N tail in pic 5, does that tape continue all over the copper so it looks connected but isn't?

Either there's been an intermittent Neutral DNO side, and it's someon's workaround, or it's an elaborate meter fiddle that won't work (unless the supplier's Neutral is open circuited) - but your PSCC showed it wasn't....

Meters only measure line current, the N is straight in and out, just needed for voltage reference AFAIK?

Simon.

 

[Rampage]

Picture 4 reminds me of the inspection board in the 2391-10 practical test that you have to find 20 faults on!

 

[telectrix]

and here's me thinking we'd had burglars, when it was only goody with david bailey in tow.

 

[baldsparkies]

Have some respect lads.
The job was completed by John Wayne himself.
Now get off yer horse, and drink yer milk.

 

[cablemonkey]

As my old boss would say " a right buggers muddle that"