no earth

[xbeazt]

Believe me, at the end of the month, the only thing that concerns me is putting my invoice in and receiving my sweet sweet hard earned pennies

 

[Geordie Spark]

Believe me, at the end of the month, the only thing that concerns me is putting my invoice in and receiving my sweet sweet hard earned pennies

Good lad.

All you can do is make sure that your work is spot-on and that you get paid for doing it so that you can a) sleep with a clear conscience and b) pay for the food on your table.

Whatever other folk have done on the job before you arrived is something you have little or no control over and you'll probably find if you try to "do something about it" nobody is interested.

Keep up the good work & stay safe.

 

[Engineer54]

Just a quick update to let everyone know what happend.

The supplier came on Friday and installed a new cut out. They also found it odd that there was no presence of an earth and on further inspection realised that earth clamp that was on was only connected to the armouring of the incomer and not to the lead sheathing also. Anyway I nice new cut out has been installed and I can finish the testing.

Now my next concern is to do with the previous test certs that I have which clearly state a figure for maximum measured Zs for the circuits. This could not be possible unless it was calculated and Ze was aquired by enquiry.

Surely there is some misjustice here as the lads fitting the cut out said the earth strap had been like that for some time and was in no way connected properly.

What is everyones thoughts on this matter and what / if any action should be taken ?

So how did the DNO connect the main earth conductor to the the lead sheath?? Or is it now a PME connection??

 

[xbeazt]

They just cut back the armouring and bonded the clamp to the lead outer sheathing and applied a resin to the exposed area.

 

[Engineer54]

They used a BS 951 earth clamp or other clamp?? Or did they solder the earth conductor to the lead sheath??

 

[telectrix]

They used a BS 951 earth clamp or other clamp?? Or did they solder the earth conductor to the lead sheath??

just what i was wondering. be nice to know...... OP????

 

[xbeazt]

From what I saw it was just a 951 clamp and a tar like resin from a mix. I will take a picture tomorrow and post.