RCBO not restting

[telectrix]

how do you assume it's a 2nd income? he could be just helping a mate out.

 

[Octopus]

how do you assume it's a 2nd income? he could be just helping a mate out.

Hum........

 

[sparkside1]

Second income? Are you a comedian Murdoch? This is the boss's house.

 

[Octopus]

Second income? Are you a comedian Murdoch? This is the boss's house.

Still not sure why you are asking this given your claimed experience

 

[Plonker 3]

By moving the circuit to another RCBO and that tripping you have already identified that there is a fault on the circuit and not with the RCBO.

I would still test the RCBO just to be certain.

 

[sparkside1]

Why not? Is this forum only for complex issues? Can I not ask for simple advice without my credibility being questioned? I'm glad I've found a forum of genius's who never have any issues but at the same time have very few useful answers and prefer instead to mock and question my abilities. This forum is usless. I will find the fault next week as I always do. Just thought I'd throw a question out there and see.

 

[RogertheBodger]

Hum........

As you are now required to give proof when making comments/allegations of a personal nature to another, I'm not sure the above comment is sufficient lol.

He's got a wiring fault on an RCBO, no big deal, sort it Monday, how do HMRC get involved?

 

[Plonker 3]

OP, youmhave done very little and not even answered any questions about the fault asked. So how do you expect us to help youmif youmdont respond to what is asked about what you have already done?

 

[andyelectric]

OP, youmhave done very little and not even answered any questions about the fault asked. So how do you expect us to help youmif youmdont respond to what is asked about what you have already done?

Agree entirely. IMO, what is the point of asking a question if you have not exhausted normal testing methods first.

 

[Octopus]

Agree entirely. IMO, what is the point of asking a question if you have not exhausted normal testing methods first.

Quite!

Sounds to me like he didn't have a testerv and won't admit it.

 

[trev]

Well he got 0.42 ohms from something. Could have been anything of course, no mention of whether that was a continuity reading, IR, Ze, Zs....nothing.

 

[telectrix]

give the guy a bit of slack, lads. he's said it's his boss's house. boss has probably asked him to have a quick look. most likely on his way home for a freebie. he's had a quick look and is now seeking pointers. which he's had. now let him go back, find the fault and, hopefully, report back as to what it was.

 

[trev]

An approximation of it can be calculated but I'll acknowledge that you got me there. Now, what gave you this 0.42 ohms reading.

 

[telectrix]

Trev..tell me bud, how do you get a Zs value from a dead circuit exactly? Read my posts before commenting
The job is not a freebie the boss pays for it.
I have calibrated testers.

Telectrix..spot on for getting it

can see trev's point , though. you stated a 0.42 resistance reading, but did not explain very well. face to face, you'd have had a reply 0.42 ohms what? on a forum, it's difficult to see what you mean without a full explanation. my irish grandmother might have known, being the seventh daughter of a witch, but otherwise it's guesswork.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Second income? Are you a comedian Murdoch? This is the boss's house.

Oh dear oh dear!! :laugh:

I can feel your embarrassment from here!! :yesnod:

 

[Geordie Spark]

can see trev's point , though. you stated a 0.42 resistance reading, but did not explain very well. face to face, you'd have had a reply 0.42 ohms what? on a forum, it's difficult to see what you mean without a full explanation. my irish grandmother might have known, being the seventh daughter of a witch, but otherwise it's guesswork.

You know since reading that I have come to the conclusion that YOU may be (very) distantly related to Tidyboiler!!

Now THAT'S scary!!

 

[sparkside1]

The 0.42 ohms reading was the highest reading taken between cross connected L and N and measured at the furthest point which was a spur for a gas boiler. I dodn't get a chance to take an R1+R2 or IR test. My tester is a megger mft1720 by the way.

 

[Geordie Spark]

give the guy a bit of slack, lads. he's said it's his boss's house. boss has probably asked him to have a quick look. most likely on his way home for a freebie. he's had a quick look and is now seeking pointers. which he's had. now let him go back, find the fault and, hopefully, report back as to what it was.

... and it's Christmas - the season of good will & all that so cut the poor sod some slack.

Next week, Christmas will be just a distant memory and you can rip him a new one then!!

 

[TJ Anderson]

The 0.42 ohms reading was the highest reading taken between cross connected L and N and measured at the furthest point which was a spur for a gas boiler. I dodn't get a chance to take an R1+R2 or IR test. My tester is a megger mft1720 by the way.

Are you saying that you cross connected L&N? What were you hoping this test would tell you in relation to this fault?

 

[Octopus]

Sod the Christmas cheer.

Half baked op, no real constructive answers, we may as we'll be passing in the wind.