- Reaction score
- 685
Got called to a property where the home owner said they got a belt off the shower head and also a big tingle off a tap.
Quickly found 240 on the pipework, strait to fuseboard and pull the main isolator.
Re-check, and still 240 on the MET!
TNS system, so carefully remove the supply earth from the MET
House now dead, 240 on the suppliers earth!
Tell owner there is a problem with the supply cable and I need to call energy distributor.
Owner now sheepishly admits to hitting a 'old bit of wire' in the garden a couple of weeks ago.
The problem did not arise until the rains set in.
I think he did well to put 240 on his earth but not blow the main substation fuse.
Quickly found 240 on the pipework, strait to fuseboard and pull the main isolator.
Re-check, and still 240 on the MET!
TNS system, so carefully remove the supply earth from the MET
House now dead, 240 on the suppliers earth!
Tell owner there is a problem with the supply cable and I need to call energy distributor.
Owner now sheepishly admits to hitting a 'old bit of wire' in the garden a couple of weeks ago.
The problem did not arise until the rains set in.
I think he did well to put 240 on his earth but not blow the main substation fuse.