Problem this afternoon

[GLENNSPARK]

Have got a tone tester or cable tracer essential kit for this type of job IMO

i`v got a tone n amp...and a fusefinder...

and yep...you need em....

 

[jaypp]

just make sure that if you re-wire that leg to 1st socket that there is nothing else inbetween

 

[uksparks]

Thats the issue, the juntion box doesnt seem to go to the CU... bugger it!

I think ill order a tracer tonight!, see my other thread, any views as to which?

 

[nickblake]

any radiators on the wall have a look behind them wouldnt be the first time one's been put over a socket and when they do you can guarentee its the faulty one

 

[uksparks]

Yep checked that, I'm still not convinced it's not where they took an old arch out where a lintel is and buried cables along it.

I don't particularly want to spend any more time on it as have a lot on this week and can't really squeeze it in.

if shy of you are in leicester feel free to have a go.

 

[jaypp]

temporary feed to JB, disconnect existing leg both ends, power up and see what's not working. If ok, replace leg

 

[R G]

Whatever it is thats in the wall wants disconnecting anyway , if you have identified all points on that circuit that is , I would run another leg out and ditch the faulty leg , at the JB , see whats not live after that , as said do a temporary at first ,

 

[Richard Burns]

Thats the issue, the juntion box doesnt seem to go to the CU... bugger it!

I think ill order a tracer tonight!, see my other thread, any views as to which?

You said that you had line and earth continuity back to the CU from all the sockets, therefore you should be able to get line earth continuity from CU to this junction box, if you cannot get continuity then this junction box is not on that circuit!

 

[uksparks]

Yes the junction box, its just where the boiler is cut into it, I have continuity there for line and earth, but no neutral, but unfortunately the cables go back away from the CU and cannot seem to find the one from the CU to the first point.

I have a nasty feeling its the cable the DIY'er is telling me is buried in his newly skimmed archway.

I feel I need another pair of eyes looking at this as someone else may spot something I have missed. I have definately narrowed it down some what, but cannot find the cable that I have narrowed it down to!

I don't particularly want half the house floor up looking for it as the place is full to the brim.

 

[uksparks]

The r1 reading at the point I beleive to be the first point is 0.13 ohms, from the CU to that point, it could easily be 12 - 14 meters maybe. I have tried every outlet, switch and socket, and that's the lowest one, which is the first one in the extension, so it is quite possibly the one, the rest increase up to about 2.3 ohms, and if you plot if round you can see them increase round the way I think they go.