Hi RG, the two legs are already connected into the spur, as it was feeding the ring. But yes, if I disconnect the fault cable, I will be left with two radials
Hello all, thanks for the replies. Yes, it is a rfc feed from the spur. And yes, if I disconnect the faulty cable, I will be left with 2 radials, feed from the one spur.
I'm just trying to work out if this goes against regs.
Before I start, I know this is not usual but I want to know if it's against regs.
I'm testing a conservatory ring, feed from a fused spur. There's a Live-Neutral IR fault between two of the three sockets.
The cable is embedded in the conservatory bare block wall.
If I just disconnect the faulty...
Not trying to get out of anything mate, just asking the advise of people who have more experiance than me in a domestic enviroment.
As an idustrial sparks, all my work tends to be in conduit, truncking on ladder, so I've never dealt with a nailed cable burried in plaster. Different people have...
Hi Kingeri, thanks for the reply. I had a bad feeling that would be the answer.
I've done an IR on all of them and only found one more with a nail in.
Worryingly, I tested the one he showed me (before I replaced the leg) and I got perfect reading, even though I could see he had knicked a bit...
I recently bought a house and started to rewire it. A sparks mate came and helped with a few bits and I got him capping the chases.
He put a nail through a cable in one chase, then told me he may have done it in a couple of other places, he's not sure!
I had a plasterer going round behind me...
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