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[littlespark]

I wish I hadn’t taken the cover off now….

New customer. Lighting fault, breaker would reset, 4 or 5 times… then wouldn’t reset at all, and tripped with a crack.
Boiler is also off this lighting circuit so I’ve ran a temp supply for that just now.

Reading 5Mohms and rising on L-E and N-E.
Suspect circuit is second from left and disconnected for now.

Other issues with board include inner cores of flex on left most breaker supplying bell transformer (no bell) into exposed connector block. Took that out straight away.

There’s so much excess copper on show.. and no idea with the black going into a breaker.
Neutrals don’t correspond with lines and this was supposedly rewired in 2002.

I’ll get all the faults sorted, then get some rcbo’s for it.

 

[pirate]

 

[pirate]

This might confuse a DIYer...either the label is on upside down, or the cables are reversed on the tray...
It works though, now!
I apologise for the state of the ferrules, they were re-done once I had the unit running.

 

[littlespark]

So bad you posted the image twice.

 

[pirate]

Like New York, so good they named it twice!
Listen, I'm hopeless with posting stuff, so My apologies!

 

[nicebutdim]

This might confuse a DIYer...either the label is on upside down, or the cables are reversed on the tray...
It works though, now!
I apologise for the state of the ferrules, they were re-done once I had the unit running.

I've seen this with cheap lights bought from Amazon, one of which stated on its product page that blue was line and brown was neutral. That one was handed to the guy that bought it, with clear instructions about what he could do with it.

 

[pirate]

Indeed, @nicebutdim
I had an accessory recently where the wiring instructions were written step-by-step, and there were illustrations too...problem was that they conflicted. OK for me to sort out what was what, but anyone following the diagram would end up with a blown timeclock. I contacted the manufacturers, they thanked me for being in touch, and said they would review things...
Aye, right...as we say in Scotland.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Tom Jones greatest hits perhaps?

 

[JBW175]

Bathroom light was wired directly into the shower isolator. Neutral burnt out and insulation shot on shower circuit. 40 year old board with no RCD protection, so that’s added to the quote too.

 

[Baddegg]

Bathroom light was wired directly into the shower isolator. Neutral burnt out and insulation shot on shower circuit. 40 year old board with no RCD protection, so that’s added to the quote too.


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At first glance after 2 Guinness I thought that lower cable was under water!