Tell us about your faults!

[kung]

Hi ALL
Just thought id put this one up for all those faults we find.
heres one to kick it off !
Domestic RCD tripped and wouldnt reset cause was a blown low energy light bulb.
There you go now for yours !

 

[pennywise]

old school style
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Well atlest there all in the same spot lol

 

[hermetic]

Ok, the earth wires, (sorry circuit protection conductors) should have connectors on them, but other than that, where is the fault? This looks like it was installed in the early seventies, and has been working safely and efficiently since then. remember, 90% of the uk housing stock is wired exactly like this, and they aren't burning down or killing people.

 

[rich.250]

The cpcs should be in the enclosure.
Surely if not they would need to be 4mm........ Lol

 

[Plonker 3]

Recently been carrying out some emergency light replacments, can you spot the errors?

 

[trev]

What's the matter with it Dillb? Perfectly fine, nowt to see here move along.
Now where did I leave my horse?

 

[Plonker 3]

Come on trev, we know that black isnt the neutral anymore :59:

 

[trev]

The what??
hehe

 

[Knobhead]

Very funny Dilb, now put it back the right way around! :drunk:

 

[Geordie Spark]

old school style
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That's not old school ...... old school is where the cables are laid in notches in the tops of the joists.

Those cables are passing through drilled holes, so it's quite modern really.

 

[jeffducati]

Come on trev, we know that black isnt the neutral anymore :59:

tell that to last retired electrician who's work i had to put right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! brown black grey blue mm black looks like neutral ahh thats it red yelow blue!!!!!!!! we all new it would happen and lucky me had 25amps up the pipe line !!
moral of the story dont take nothing for granted

 

[DieselShunter]

Re: Tell us about your faults !

I knew customer needed a 3ph socket installing, but he said he had already promised the job to someone else. Six weeks later, it finally got installed. I had a quick shufty today because have not seen the inside of one of these before, and noticed the interesting choice of earth link between the isolator switch above the unit and the socket itself.

Just trawled throught the 1,100+ posts in this rogue's gallery with great amusement. But the one above, from 2 years ago, stands out because everyone comments on the dodgy CPC wiring. But nobody seems to have seen anything at all untoward about this TP&N commando having being wired without a neutral!
:nono:

 

[ringer]

I'll put my hands up for that one, Shunter, well spotted. It was my original post and I never clocked about the missing neutral. I do know that the only 3ph equipment they plug in (a steam cleaner) does not need a neutral, but that is no excuse. It also means that the steam cleaner has the wrong plug on.

 

[michael0766]

Re: Tell us about your faults !

Well Iam short, fat, bald and ugly other than that Iam prefect

 

[sophiawhite]

Why the instantaneous response to the fault on a electrical circuit cannot be achieved via setting of the related timer on zero?

 

[willf]

Why the instantaneous response to the fault on a electrical circuit cannot be achieved via setting of the related timer on zero?

Yeah, good one....what? :confused5:

 

[ayjay]

Why the instantaneous response to the fault on a electrical circuit cannot be achieved via setting of the related timer on zero?

e,hh? i think you,ve posted a reply on the wrong thread sophia

 

[zeljuga]

50 pence showers

 

[zeljuga]

One floor down.

 

[hermetic]

It used to be illegal to resell electricity at at a higher price than the supply authority, nowadays, it's probably impossible.............................
Phil

 

[Carnegstar]

I had no earth at a double socket once, when checking my values with my MFT scratching my head, i was completely baffled as I had run the new circuit.

Turned out to be a missing peice of the earth bar on the Click Polar range socket i used.
My fault for not checking it visually hah