One to confuse you all!!

[Geordie Spark]

Broken tester, the Common link brown of 3-core belled out fine with my tester.. But when i put pressure on anything with the probes it belled out fine.. I pressed one down on a wall and the other on my arm and it said it was a circuit

SO the issue wasnt as simple as all put out to be, cable belled out fine BUT due to testers being broken wasnt fine therefore that was the issue

Sorry for late reply been busy

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[Amp David]

Of topic slightly, but did you get the Astra sorted in the end axel132132?

 

[UNG]

I recall back in the days when I went to college they drummed into you how to choose the correct test instrument for the job in hand and understanding the specifications and limitations of various test equipment that was available. It appears now many years later when a greater emphasis is placed on testing an important section of the training is missing.

Had a problem the other day and narrowed it down to a dodgy test lead as the tester was giving erratic readings but understanding the meter and carrying out some simple tests confirmed the problem without any confusion or irrational posts on a forum. May be this just highlights the failing training that a small section of the industry appears to support with the scam systems we have giving credibility to woefully under trained operatives

I wonder how many installations have been tested with faulty instruments or test leads

 

[Amp David]

^^^^ thats because you went to college and not a training centre

 

[axel132132]

Lol amp yeh mate I put some red ex in and it seemed to fix it how mental is that

 

[Amp David]

Cheap fix then, which makes a change.

Still use a similar product on a regular basis on my van to keep it running sweet.

 

[axel132132]

Yeh quality it was and im guessing very lucky ha! OH i also put abit of that Coolant seeler you know the radweld you pour it in coolent and it blocks holes.

Did this about a month ago, this didnt sort anything, but then put Red Ex in about a week ago and it still did it for about 3 days after Red Ex then stopped doing it

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

What's that funny smell?

Sorry!! :redface:

 

[ackbarthestar]

I recall back in the days when I went to college they drummed into you how to choose the correct test instrument for the job in hand and understanding the specifications and limitations of various test equipment that was available. It appears now many years later when a greater emphasis is placed on testing an important section of the training is missing.

Had a problem the other day and narrowed it down to a dodgy test lead as the tester was giving erratic readings but understanding the meter and carrying out some simple tests confirmed the problem without any confusion or irrational posts on a forum. May be this just highlights the failing training that a small section of the industry appears to support with the scam systems we have giving credibility to woefully under trained operatives

I wonder how many installations have been tested with faulty instruments or test leads

I agree.

The electrical training is woefully inadequate. The employers get you up to speed in the areas that they are going to receive maximum immediate profit and the rest, such as motors, generators, switching arrangements, design, I&T get left because its too costly to give a breadth of education.

Forums like this one are a valuable source of information and should encourage trainees and those who are new to the industry to develop their skills and knowledge. However, it should also come with a health warning since those who pose curious questions are likely to get curious answers which, by the way, are often quite entertaining :rockon2::rockon2:

 

[UNG]

Forums like this one are a valuable source of information and should encourage trainees and those who are new to the industry to develop their skills and knowledge. However, it should also come with a health warning since those who pose curious questions are likely to get curious answers which, by the way, are often quite entertaining :rockon2::rockon2:

While forums may be a valuable resource to newcomers they are not a replacement for a basic breadth and understanding of core knowledge that is gained over a few years not a few weeks doing peripheral qualifications. Now it is too easy to engage keyboard rather than look up or research the answer, how would these training companies survive if they expected people to go to a library and find answers that way. I find it a bit arrogant that some posters get upset when their questions go unanswered or they don't get the answer they expect but that's the way it appears to be these days

By curious questions I assume you mean those stupid you should know the answer if your qualified questions

 

[ackbarthestar]

By curious questions I assume you mean those stupid you should know the answer if your qualified questions

Lol, That's a query to an answer that could be posed as a question. When I've worked out what it means i'll attempt to provide a suitable one myself lol.