what have got here

[buzzlightyear]

this for the apprentices ,32 mcb on busbar 230volts no faults on kitchen ring circuit answers please .

 

[jackhammerJIM]

Never mind apprentices . I dont know the question or the answer .

 

[westward10]

Easy, twelve apples.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Is this a trick question...

 

[buzzlightyear]

Is this a trick question...

no trick question . thats what I had to day.it had me stumped .the reason was it had a EICR done in 2016 .and missed that .

 

[westward10]

Missed what.

 

[littlespark]

“What have got here?”

I’ll tell you what we haven’t got.... several small words and a little punctuation.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Missed what

the blood screw at the bottom of the mcb ,that is was going round in circles and was not tighten up and a faulty S**ty BRITISH GENRAL MCB thats the second one I have changed over the last 2 years ,and not my customer .

 

[westward10]

So your first post should say volts and not faults.

 

[DPG]

So your first post should say volts and not faults.

Ah I get it now.

 

[telectrix]

was the busbar behind the cage clamp? seen that often.

 

[Dustydazzler]

was the busbar behind the cage clamp? seen that often.

seen this dozens of times , the worst one on a main switch where the N was behind the cage and it was black as your hat after considerable arcing...
how it didn’t catch fire is quite amazing

 

[buzzlightyear]

was the busbar behind the cage clamp? seen that often

no it was sat correct on the buzz bar , I put the screw driver to turn it to see if it was tight .and it half tight it was turning round and not biting. the brat just left it think it would be ok ,plus the last spark did a EICR on a up grade of the consumer unit and the test certs where photo copys .

 

[Dustydazzler]

This brings up the old chestnut of should all terminactions be ‘torqued’ during a routine inspection...?

(i generally didn’t re-torqEu anything unless it looked dodgy or I was getting funny reading)

 

[Pauls0212]

isnt part of the eicr to make sure all connections are tight... especially at mcb's

 

[Strima]

I'm glad we cleared that up...

 

[ipf]

I'm glad we cleared that up...

Be careful, S….your point regarding no sense of humour might kick in.

 

[Dustydazzler]

isnt part of the eicr to make sure all connections are tight... especially at mcb's

’tight’ or ‘torqued’

that is the question...

 

[Dave OCD]

I'm too tight to buy a torque driver so I check them for tightness.

 

[buzzlightyear]

i have just ordered a elbow torque from amazon. lol.