Lights and heights

[Richard Burns]

Not sure what type of timer you are talking about but was it a 24V timer?
Did you connect the lines to coil terminals not input output terminals?
Not often you have an earth if it was Din rail mounted, are you sure it was a CPC terminal?

 

[D80]

What other breakers had tripped?

 

[plugsandsparks]

Was saying i cannot understand what went wrong. Lets have a look at the timer to see what coonections are available, can you post up the timer details, e.g. make and model, preferably with a schematic. It should not be hard to wire up but obviously something wentg wrong, big time. Cannot help until i can see what you are trying to do with the timer you have used.
It may be simply that you have wired it wrong and caused a direct short but don't know without seeing it.

 

[lofty84]

Guys I'm in desperate need of advise on what to say to the guy I'm working with. I can't get it through to his thick head that I want to isolate the supply to the light track as this arcing once I've taken the fitting down and changed the bulb and turn the thin back on could kill me. His answer is well I've never been bitten in 2 years but trust me it's sounds dodgy as ----, I'm only 3 meter up in the air today so not as bad as the usual 5 meters and I'm a least working of a pair of steps instead of a dodgy a frame. The **** is a lovely bloke I really mean that but he is not big on safety. His reasons for not turning the light track of is the customers won't be able to see the trainers I say well I might die just so they can see the trainers but he is adamant the track is staying on even tho I'm the ****ing sparky. I don't wanna walk from the job as it is such easy money but we are constantly argueing over this cos I wanna be safe and he doesn't want to risk the lights going of so the customer can't see and also there's a risk they won't come back on and we will need to rebuild the guts of which we don't have enough. My answer is let's load more on the van I don't gIve a shi if it takes longer and I have to work harder but he is all for the easy life. Before I chin him can someone help me word putting across my point. Ps he is dumb as **** so it need to be for dummies

From the bottom of my heart thanks ..... Absolutely raring haha

 

[lofty84]

Ps as soon as I get the chance to get a pic of the timer I will post it up Mate

 

[Strima]

Get him to have a read of this, about safe isolation:

http://www.select.org.uk/downloads/publications/Select%20-%20Safe%20Isolation%20Procedures.pdf

 

[Knobhead]

Before answering, have a look at the date of tho posts.