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I'm certainly not slagging the service she received, just interested in the exact nature of the fault!
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If she had a bit of overheating of the insulation caused by a loose/bad connection,the spark has bared it back and put a new/bigger switch on and tested,why would anyone think there will be future problems ?
He seems to have done what most would have done
If he did not, what else was he supposed to have done in addition to the above ?
If he was engaged after she posted and attended quickly,why on the one hand do we hear how underated and underpaid we are, and on the hand start talking down call out fees etc
She seems to have had good service, at short notice, at a difficult time of year
How many of you question inflated taxi fares etc at this time of year and dont bat an eyelid
My thoughts were the same as yours TT regarding arcs. I replied to her other thread earlier today with the same. My children took to using the isolator as an on/off switch rather than get their arms wet turning on a cold shower while it warmed up - four children with two having two showers a day! Soooooo, if I was called out I would have asked that question and then after test and repair explained that this isolater is NOT an simple on/off switch.for what it is worth, i always tell my clients, with regard to shower switches, that the switch is an isolator and best left i n the on position. turn the shower on and off with the shower controls. each time the switch is operated with a load on, it will arc, causing premature failure.
Brilliant! You should have started with 'There are a couple of loose ends I'd like to tie up. Nothing important you understand.'Anyway, I am going to have a stab at being Liet Columbo
lol.........brilliant! you should have started with 'there are a couple of loose ends i'd like to tie up. Nothing important you understand.'
Fair comment on the fault issue being the subject
Anyway, I am going to have a stab at being Liet Columbo
Well, seing as its a fixed load and there didn't appear to be mention of the overcurrent doing its bit,the cable is rated for the shower,its not too long a distance, not covered in itchy stuff and not burnt or overheated along its length.it would be reasonable to suspect that a poor terminal connection was made, and when the replacement was put into use,they re used the poor conductors for connection again, consequence, switch burns out once more
New switch fitted,conductors stripped back for cool copper,terminals tight and long may it live
I suspect the question could be,did she just fit a new switch (previously) to the burnt copper cores
for what it is worth, i always tell my clients, with regard to shower switches, that the switch is an isolator and best left i n the on position. turn the shower on and off with the shower controls. each time the switch is operated with a load on, it will arc, causing premature failure.
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