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Didn't bother with school much either judging by the spelling and grammar!
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
Not convinced either, load of rubbish in my opinion,
first year apprentice could have come up with a better lie.
The only thing i can say was it was at 4:30pm when it was found and we leave at 4:00 and Dont get paid overtime.. So was all ready to leave anyway.
But like say wired so many of these, done much larger scale ones etc and never had a single issue so was bizarre to suddenly come across this with broken test leads.
You would be lucky to get someone like me HA >.>
Its a brand spanking new fluke one
So there was no real thought going through our heads that it was going to be anything to do with the testers
Fluke T120 Voltage & Continuity Tester Brand New
9 pages on a poxy domestic lighting fault - awesome lol.
only 2 pages short of the epic "9.5kw shower on 6mm" thread.
anyone else feel a tad embarassed that this fault wasnt nailed within 2 pages lol.
Here BBD , enjoy it in its full 17 page glory........
http://www.electriciansforums.net/e...electrical-forum/56288-9-5-kw-shower-6mm.html
the thread that all other threads are measured against
It was 2nd fixed incorrectly and let that be the end of it
Hopefully you have learnt two things from this
1. How to 2nd fix 2 way lighting
2. Not to come on here asking how to work out a fault that was never there and become abusive when you get sussed and your pantys pulled down
I have been using fluke testers identical to that for 10yrs, never let me down once why......... Because they are used correctly
..............................................................Right then this has now happened to me twice.. and ive not a clue whats going on so if anyone has had the same issue it would be good to see what causing it.
Anyways SO i have a 2G2W light switch upstairs and a 2G2W light switch downstairs.. I Wire them both correct.. Up have Brown from 3-core in Common, then black in L1 and grey in L2 and Live in in L1 and Live out in L2.. so where is your SL ? shouldnt it be live in/out in L1 and SL in L2 ?that controls the lights on the stairs..
Then i do exactly the same with the upstairs lights. Feed in, feed out L1 + L2 etc.. ok all simple so far..
NOW COMES THE CONFUSING BIT..
The stair lights are working fine on the 2-way wikid..wikid??
The LED spotlights in the celing dont work.. OK
SO i swap the cables, basically swapping the switch.. NOW the LED spotlights work on the 2-way but the stair lights dont..
OK so maybe the switch is broke.. Change the switch (TWICE still dosent work)..
Umm maybe i have a strapper down or something.. Bell out the strappers.. BELL OUT FINE.. ok now WHAT the hell is going on here??????? Switch is fine, strappers fine and if i move the strappers from one switch to the other it works so this proves that the Live IN to switch and the Live to the light works an that all the lamps are working..
any ideas anyone?
cheers
Having trawled my way through this post, it all becomes clear. The Fluke T120 continuity tester will still buzz for high resistances.
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The morale is use a proper tester - had the OP bothered to follow the procedure and performed the dead tests, rather than "bang testing", this thread wouldn't have existed and we, the forum members, wouldn't have collectively wasted hours reading it all and slagging each other off.
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
What's that funny smell?
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
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:
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