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- 3,010
Doing some EICR remedials and some blessed things happened today.
1, One of the EICR faults was an IR dead short on a lighting circuit on a 30m corridor.
Looked in the first light fitting and found a feed in, switch drop, a loop out and another unknown cable.
Followed the unknown all the way down the corridor, past a toilet and eventually a tug and it pulled out to reveal a cut end, no termination.
The lucky thing was there was no supply to the toilet as it was missed on a rewire 10-15years ago. Tested the unknown cable, all good, pulled it back a few meters and popped it into the toilet. Bingo, supply to toilet.
2, Whilst in the ceiling, at exactly the same spot found two 2.5s disappearing down a partition, looked about, no accessory to be seen. Gave them a tug and and up they came, both ends crimped and taped up, saperated. Looked back at the EICR, circuit 4, no ring continuity. Wagoed them up and bingo continuity. (Still meeds some work to confirm)
3, found another two low IR faults in the same ceiling, cables just snipped and left live in the void.
This is an old ambulance station the front of which has been converted to a car mechanics workshop and the office suite at the back, supplied by its own single phase 10 way board, had been isolated and left to rot for 10 years.
I was asked to do an EICR as the landlord had gone ape and demanded it be restored.
Apparently they had the lighting of the workshop coupled up to the alarm system and in the process crossed the two wiring systems, just chopping off anything they didnt need.
The old board had 15 circuits in its 10 ways, no RCDs and so we proposed, and they accepted, a board change to include more ways and RCBOs.
Got three days here and have had a really good first day, got loads done, power supply to the toilet along with lights, fan, EM light and PIR, fixed two known faults and two unknown, the new board in position and 25mm armoured went straight in without having to remake.
All means Ive got a full day and a half to wire up the new board and retest, a luxury.
One of my best days yet.
1, One of the EICR faults was an IR dead short on a lighting circuit on a 30m corridor.
Looked in the first light fitting and found a feed in, switch drop, a loop out and another unknown cable.
Followed the unknown all the way down the corridor, past a toilet and eventually a tug and it pulled out to reveal a cut end, no termination.
The lucky thing was there was no supply to the toilet as it was missed on a rewire 10-15years ago. Tested the unknown cable, all good, pulled it back a few meters and popped it into the toilet. Bingo, supply to toilet.
2, Whilst in the ceiling, at exactly the same spot found two 2.5s disappearing down a partition, looked about, no accessory to be seen. Gave them a tug and and up they came, both ends crimped and taped up, saperated. Looked back at the EICR, circuit 4, no ring continuity. Wagoed them up and bingo continuity. (Still meeds some work to confirm)
3, found another two low IR faults in the same ceiling, cables just snipped and left live in the void.
This is an old ambulance station the front of which has been converted to a car mechanics workshop and the office suite at the back, supplied by its own single phase 10 way board, had been isolated and left to rot for 10 years.
I was asked to do an EICR as the landlord had gone ape and demanded it be restored.
Apparently they had the lighting of the workshop coupled up to the alarm system and in the process crossed the two wiring systems, just chopping off anything they didnt need.
The old board had 15 circuits in its 10 ways, no RCDs and so we proposed, and they accepted, a board change to include more ways and RCBOs.
Got three days here and have had a really good first day, got loads done, power supply to the toilet along with lights, fan, EM light and PIR, fixed two known faults and two unknown, the new board in position and 25mm armoured went straight in without having to remake.
All means Ive got a full day and a half to wire up the new board and retest, a luxury.
One of my best days yet.
