Problem this afternoon

[uksparks]

Not necessarily, ive got a socket tester that regularly reports a missing neutral on perfectly OK sockets, but since I only use for the noise to give an indication of when I've pulled the right fuse i'm not going to replace it any time soon.

They are handy for that.

 

[Silly Sausage]

And now he is ''Paying'' for a professional to sort his blunders out, except it's not being sorted out is it?? lol!!

So uksparks has to work all Friday night and maybe beyond, possibly putting other work off, to fix this geezers problem (of his own making) out? Customer's happy with a later visit, No Problem!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I do get it, I just don't explain myself that well, I know it's a difference in potential, and know it doesn't go up one way and down the other.

any load has a phase & neutral connection yes?

so normally the load is connected in parallel across the 2...

lose the neutral and what you effectively have is the load in series..yes?

so you will have a voltage to earth on the neutral minus any voltage dropped across the load...yes?

do as you`v been told and get the wander lead out when you go back...

its a radial so go from point to point...i would be starting as far upstream as you can (first point from the origin of supply)...as you say that all points are affected...

 

[uksparks]

I have said I'm not working weekends anymore as I'd rather have a life, I used to go out every Saturday but the mrs was starting to get ratty to be honest.

 

[davesparks]

In a word, YES!

If he didn't want to work late on a friday he should have turned the job down, everyone knows there is no such thing as an easy fix job on a friday afternoon!

Once you have started the job it becomes your responsibility and you work till it is finished.

And yes I do practice what I preach and do work late into the night and have done over 24 hours straight in the past to get a job done.

 

[uksparks]

any load has a phase & neutral connection yes?

so normally the load is connected in parallel across the 2...

lose the neutral and what you effectively have is the load in series..yes?

so you will have a voltage to earth on the neutral minus any voltage dropped across the load...yes?

do as you`v been told and get the wander lead out when you go back...

its a radial so go from point to point...i would be starting as far upstream as you can (first point from the origin of supply)...as you say that all points are affected...

It certainly does appear to be every point that's been affected,

I appreciate your comments, it's given me a few ideas, I'll keep you posted when I've been back.

Im off to sleep now, night all.

 

[davesparks]

I have said I'm not working weekends anymore as I'd rather have a life, I used to go out every Saturday but the mrs was starting to get ratty to be honest.

Then turn away callout work on a friday afternoon and let those of us who do work 7 days a week have it.

 

[NickD]

If he didn't want to work late on a friday he should have turned the job down, everyone knows there is no such thing as an easy fix job on a friday afternoon!

Once you have started the job it becomes your responsibility and you work till it is finished.

And yes I do practice what I preach and do work late into the night and have done over 24 hours straight in the past to get a job done.

They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose.
They do not teach that His Pity allows them to leave their job when they damn-well choose.
As in the thronged and the lighted ways, so in the dark and the desert they stand,
Wary and watchful all their days that their brethren's days may be long in the land.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose.
They do not teach that His Pity allows them to leave their job when they damn-well choose.
As in the thronged and the lighted ways, so in the dark and the desert they stand,
Wary and watchful all their days that their brethren's days may be long in the land.

hmm..

yeah allrite Nick if you say so...

 

[jaypp]

To be fair, he took the callout on the 'word' of the customer saying 'I've changed a socket and now it's not working'. Plus, the fella had left it 2 days (or probably more) before contacting a spark.
Personally though, I'd rather be at work than with the missus!!:smile5: