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    Live earth fault on every leg of the ring

    The blokes still at work I’ve known him a long time so I was first port of call don’t blame him for going through insurance we all pay the damn stuff might aswell get what we invest 😅
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    Live earth fault on every leg of the ring

    Faulty drum is where my heads at Wiring I did end up belling leg to leg just to figure out how they did it and seems pretty logical doesn’t look like a jb nightmare job like all work looks 10/10 just cheap gear Megs just been calibrated month or so ago and was in full force last night...
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    Live earth fault on every leg of the ring

    Sorry I feel I must have worded it poorly but I did mate I took every socket off and every leg between every socket had a LE fault my thinking was the drum must have been NE >999 LN >999 LE >50 Something like that at install so it would have held fine and now 12 year down line it’s broke down...
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    Live earth fault on every leg of the ring

    I thought the same about the installer like don’t get me wrong board was tidy sockets made off neat decent looking job from what I’ve seen, but I’m sure LE readings would have been down from install on a faulty drum ? 12 years is a rapid decline. I’ve asked homeowner for test results if any were...
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    Live earth fault on every leg of the ring

    My exact thought you’d have to be one unlucky man to hit LE only 14+ times or one consistent mouse
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    Live earth fault on every leg of the ring

    Not at the minute left my suggestion and findings with homeowner he’s ringing home insurance to see if he can get them to foot the bill 😂
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    Live earth fault on every leg of the ring

    Every thing is disconnected pal literally just legs out the wall and every single leg has a LE fault some 0.03M next one coul be 0.59M one leg was 3.38M but every single leg was faulting
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    Live earth fault on every leg of the ring

    They are yes mate 3.48M is acceptable but not on a 12 year old install NE LN>999M House is fairly simple no fcu just two living rooms on one ring
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    Live earth fault on every leg of the ring

    Yes mate standard stuff 2.5mm
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    Live earth fault on every leg of the ring

    0.03 mate when ring was connected the it varied from leg to leg got as high as 3.48
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    Live earth fault on every leg of the ring

    Brief run down for you all Checked end to end of ring that’s sound Meggered LN sound NE sound LE 0.03 Split the ring same stuff Split it again same stuff again Long story short stripped all sockets off on the ring and every single leg has a LE fault Was rewired 2010 Only logical thing I can...
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    Motorised gate arm

    Yes the actual arm is live and yes it is locked off at rotary just trying to figure it out After removing water damaged capacitor (brown stain) it lost continuity to arm and lives and now even with new parts the problem returns
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    Motorised gate arm

    Right general run thorough Gate disconnected as one arm was live and earths were cut out tested arm and yes it was live, ran through everything I could and after disconnecting the capacitor the arm had no voltage or continuity. replaced capacitor and voltage is back and the gate will only...
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    I can’t say I know the difference but professional curiosity has got the better me and would love to know the different ratings between the two ? also all this will be above a suspended ceiling
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    Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

    Fair point... Fire in a few o band loops... always gets me though how do you secure a metal saddle ? Plastic plug ? How does a plastic plug hold up a metal saddle in worst case scenario? Surely plug melts metal saddle fixing redundant?

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