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[nicebutdim]

Just shut the door on this lot!!

That the newly rewired place?

Edit: Thought that was posted by DD.

 

[mainline]

There's a PTFE reel and a compression olive in the pic., so the wetpants may have been here with his blowlamp.

It was probably used instead of electrical tape.

 

[tony9i9i9i]

I do wonder, where the grey tails (top left) are going. I didn't stay long enough to ask!

 

[littlespark]

I do wonder, where the grey tails (top left) are going. I didn't stay long enough to ask!

Upstairs flat, or next door neighbour?
Looped supply.

 

[brianmoooore]

Potentially free supply.

 

[littlespark]

Potentially free supply.

aren't all supplies "potentially" free if no one comes to check the meter?

 

[tony9i9i9i]

Potentially free supply.

That's where my mind went.

 

[freddo]

Well this is how my afternoon went. Oops.

At least I only hit 4 out of the 5 cables...
I'm definitely not going to post a photo of the temporary repair.

 

[littlespark]

did anything go bang when you did that, freddo?


start a new thread on step by step repair of MICC

 

[freddo]

did anything go bang when you did that, freddo?


start a new thread on step by step repair of MICC

No these are fire alarm cables.

We called out the fire alarm company who have the maintenance contract for this system, but the chap they sent out had never worked with MICC before so I had to do something to get it going again while they send someone else out tomorrow to rewire the damaged bits. My MI tools are at home so had to strip it with side cutters in the traditional way.

I do secretly like working with MI, the last repair I did involved silver soldering a patch over a nicked sheath.

 

[littlespark]

i just though, orange sheath it would be power circuits

 

[DefyG]

Well this is how my afternoon went. Oops.

Sort of thing that always seems to happen to me on a Friday afternoon!

 

[freddo]

i just though, orange sheath it would be power circuits

All the wiring here is all over the place, the cables are not near anything or in any zone, not that that maters with MI. Here is some conduit from the same place, was buried in the wall. Twin cables in one end singles out the other, inline crimps inside the conduit.

And why bother un-plugging the Klik plug in ceiling rose when you can tape up the end of the live flex and stuff it in the void.

 

[davesparks]

start a new thread on step by step repair of MICC

I'm installing a bit later this week to bypass a faulty section of fire alarm cable, if there's time I can try and get some pics and write something about it if anyone is interested.

 

[timhoward]

EICR. After completely failing to identify this circuit, something occurred to me.
I was right. (Breaker is off)

Both ends of a former ring in different breakers.

 

[DPG]

EICR. After completely failing to identify this circuit, something occurred to me.
I was right. (Breaker is off)
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Both ends of a former ring in different breakers.

Solar feeding it?

 

[timhoward]

Solar feeding it?

Both ends of a ring in different MCBs. One was a B16 other was a B20.
Obviously trying to identify it by turning one off at a time was getting nowhere!

 

[Mikegh]

 

[pc1966]

Wow, that is a whole special level of fail!

 

[Mikegh]

Unknown origin but too good to pass up