Strange fault/short

[stidge]

Hi all , been a mad day and last thing I needed at 6pm was this phone call ! Anyway cut it short. Signed off new extension 3 weeks ago . New ring .60 .60 1.12 >500 so all good . Had to go back today customer woke up socket ring off , went to reset ( RCD still up ! ) mcb made a pop ! I went and changed the mcb , then re tested , exact same results , still went pop ! Is it possible I have two x Wylex 32a Nsb mcb s that are faulty ??? By the way these are old type with front cut out for bus bar ! Head is spinning , not proclaiming to be an electrical genius but never come across this before ?? Back tomorrow, just wondered if anyone had any other things I can try tomorrow as testing is not helping at all ! Cheers

 

[stidge]

Update, well went with fresh head and cont tested LN straight away , was getting about .56 at highest point , so split ring and narrowed it down to a ........... shiteing faulty outdoor socket ( that’ll teach me to buy British ! ((General)) L/n tracking across somehow ??? Anyway all sorted now thanks to everyone for their help and input ! Big shout to radiohead?

 

[littlespark]

Dampness, critters or what?

or just faulty socket? I fit a lot of BG outside sockets and not had a problem yet.

 

[stidge]

Dampness, critters or what?

or just faulty socket? I fit a lot of BG outside sockets and not had a problem yet.

So do I mate and honestly never had a problem! It was faulty socket , will report to wholesaler tomorrow

 

[ferg]

Tiredness and fault finding don't mix well.

 

[stidge]

Tiredness and fault finding don't mix well.

Agreed mate , never again ( he says)?

 

[Dave OCD]

So do I mate and honestly never had a problem! It was faulty socket , will report to wholesaler tomorrow

If I'd seen this thread before mate I'd have asked if there was an outside socket ! I had exactly the same problem with a BG outdoor socket a few months ago, it was one of the neons that had shorted out.

 

[littlespark]

Slightly off topic, but where are you getting your BG outside sockets?
Screwfix is cheapest for me just now....
A tenner!

 

[ferg]

Slightly off topic, but where are you getting your BG outside sockets?
Screwfix is cheapest for me just now....
A tenner!

Hager
plus three words!!!!!

 

[123]

Slightly off topic, but where are you getting your BG outside sockets?
Screwfix is cheapest for me just now....
A tenner!

And screwfix may be the only place that has any stock of them, there seems to be a bit of a shortage of them at present, my wholesalers ran out a couple of weeks ago and said they won't be back in stock for about 6 weeks.

 

[littlespark]

I’ve got 2 in the van right now because no one had them in stock.
When screwfix has them in, I just ordered double