Locating an SWA fault?

[Silly Sausage]

This forum is probably just a microcosm of what's occurring out there in the electrical world.
There seem to be quite few tales of Woe like this on here, scale it up to encompass the whole electrical activity in country...
I'll leave the rest to one's imagination!

 

[Guitarist]

This forum is probably just a microcosm of what's occurring out there in the electrical world.
There seem to be quite few tales of Woe like this on here, scale it up to encompass the whole electrical activity in country...
I'll leave the rest to one's imagination!

You're absolutely right. See it nearly every job I visit. That's what makes it harder for us to do things properly, as all we hear is "well, it's worked ok like that for years..."