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Ok yes thankyou. I will check resistance for size of cable ( think its 2mm copper stranded) and do a bit of maths. I was unsure if reels were confined to certain lengths because of this but 25m is not overly long.Your tester is failing because the earth bond reading is outside of it's set parameters, common sense needs to be applied. You need to take the cable size and calculate what the earth bond should be (ISITEE has suggested resistances) and either adjust the tester's limits or as I said use common sense.
Ok need to look at it again will do on Mon. Possibly 2.5mm2.0 is not a standard size for UK flexible cords.
U can't. Just going to do some maths when know size of cable. Thanks.I'm not sure if you can alter the test parameters on the 100. You can on the higher models.
Ok rhanksI doubt it is 2.5 more likely to be 1.5 or even 1.25, you can probably see it on the cable sheath.
Worth having a look at this thread on the same topic, especially the latter part, which includes a table of cable resistances, and references to the code of practice at that time. This poster had 0.5 ohm too!Can I ask is there separate regs regarding cable reels. Have a 25m new reel which Meggar 100 will not pass. 0.5 ohms. Max 0.19. Any help be appreciated.
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