My mrs recently new bezzy girl mates partner has some property, my mrs said, " my hubby do it for ya at a good rate "
joy i think. I had this gut feeling, you know the one! My mrs and her mate have been looking to get us two men friends, there was even talks of going camping, err don't think that will be happening now. Lol
Anyway, I will refer to him as the landlord but least you now know the connections.
The landlord URGENTLY needed to get a EICR pass certificate, so that the council would let him rent his property to one of their tenants. It's the weekend and I said " ok, I'd do it."
After doing a test, the test failed and I said it was in his best interest to just upgrade the whole board. Nothing was on a RCD, he had an electric shower recently installed as well as a boiler upgrade converted from a water heater tank to a combi no RCD . I charged him 350 total, (I hate favours) this included changing to metal light fitting to pendants cos no earth just a flex visible, installing another 2 lights that were off the wall, replace two 1 gang sockets, clipping a twin earth to wall in the out house and Changing a pull cord. Bonding from 6 to 10 mm. Also after removing the cooker switch had to extend the cables.
Anyway the tenant moves in on the Monday, uses the oven and the RCD trips. Great, I just knew it! I went round there, I disconnect the oven re-check the insulation of the 6mm cable as I need to lengthen the cables of the cooker socket after removing it, could of be a fault there. It reads 216 meg ohms, I check the oven it reads 0.96meg at first and slowly goes up every time it recheck it. I tell him it's the oven. I put the oven back In as it reads 3 meg the time I last check. It tripped again after about 10 minutes. I was there 2 hours.
He is under the impression that it is to do with the work I done and said in the form of a text, "well I thought you passed this property and it was good to go." I then politely explained that I only checked the fixed wiring. I also I hinted that I wanted extra money.
After much explaining and explaining the difference between mcb and RCD I told him that he needed a new oven. There was many texts thrown backward and forwards.
I ended saying, " look ! Don't worry about paying me for this extra call, there's nothing more I can do, you need a new oven and find another electrician. I didn't end it to professionally I know, but man I thought I was the one doing the favour, I did get annoyed with he constant questioning as if I am trying to rip him off saying well it was working before. I would be interested what he would of been charged by going to a local firm. I did Explain well there wasn't an RCD before and push in mcbs don't pick up this kind of fault.
he then started saying well he finds it rather strange, the guy told me he had his part p so you would expect he would understand what I was explaining.
Anyway now it's playing on mind. I just want to know now, will he get a oven, will he get another electrician out. cos sure what of he does replace the oven and it does still trip. Arrrrh ! Give me comfort someone lol also how would you deal with this professionally because having to send texting explaining how an RCD works and the difference between an RCD and mcb just didn't do it for me.
thanks in advance for any replies
Jim
