OP
guest119
Fault aside, fitting rcbos is a worthwhile upgrade.
Good earner too.
Boydy
Good earner too.
Boydy
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Just to stick my 10pence worth in, have you checked the actual socket fronts for faults, as you said all ok until you connected last socket.
for dead test purposes only, remove the socket fronts of the offending circuit Try connecting cables together with connectors and do your tests before putting socket fronts back on.
It could be something as simple as a faulty fitting.
Sounds like the house holder may have to re-mortgage to get this ring main fault sorted out, Wet leaf my ---
Just something to consider if it's a split board have you checked the neutrals all correspond with the correct neutral terminal. Or maybe two circuits on separate rcd's are sharing the same neutral away from the fuse board i.e junction box
well he might need a fig leaf to hide behind when it comes to `customer relations`...lol..
to the OP:
forget about wet leaves...how about an olive branch...held out to this most patient of customers for all the arsin about that has gone on (including looking like an amature outfit by sending `the boys` round who clearly dont know one end of a tester from another)...this could take the form of not charging for all the time you have spent trampling about in their home...disrupting their lives...
caus the only way you can pacify people is with money mate....thats the way the world works i`m afraid..
try it...it would be good `customer relations`...
Not having a dig here JRC but what was the logic behind you going there with no test gear?
Utterly pointless I'd say, it would be like turning up at a supermarket for the shopping with no cash/plastic
In the words of that fine Irish band Therapy?
Screw that, forget about that, I don't wanna hear about anything like that.
I'm offering a guaranteed fault find but its going to cost. I'm quite happy to say I WILL find this fault.
Was there only 2 cables at each socket?
As a rough n ready guide, if you have a clamp meter, put a load on each socket in turn. IE a fan heater or one of the lads with a 230v drill running and clamp each leg of the ring (ring?) as it leaves the mcb to see what is being drawn from where. Switch mcb off and on to signal a move to the next socket.
Then disconnect and make safe at the socket you reckoned was the last one, that dropped the IR.
Run load test again.
Boydy
Yeah 2 at each socket Boydy...Im just going to check for end to end continuity again monday to be sure about this ring....
You mean you have visited 4 times and still not a r1&r2 test? Or any other continuity tests, these are basic tests that should be done. For someone who claims to do a fair bit of fault finding you don't know a great deal about it do you?
You have said you haven't carried out continuity tests, you are going to do them on Monday.
does the customer know they have got a chancer trying to find this fault? Because you are just extracting the urine from them.
I am reading posts, you have said in what I quoted earlier you are going to check end yo end continuity on Monday.
charging for the job or not this is getting silly now, Benny Hill springs to mind with this job.
1k?
you must be loaded if you can afford that and not be charging the customer?
show me the money and I will be there once I have my van back on the road.
Tell you what JRC, I'll go up for a grand and bottom this out for you. I want half the cash up front though
Excellent, 1k is on the table pal....
I can't believe how people are confident in finding this without even seeing the installation! Either very naive or incredibly fast while incredibly superhuman.
Ill stand by this, I could really be doing without this hassle Ive inherited as I have a ton of work kicking off. If any spark wants to solve this ( in one day ) and can provide an invoice. Ill pay 1k...
Takers ?
Even in Glasgae, I'd still leave a card
Thats the point pal, Im pretty confident that 1k will stay firmly in my pocket....and yes I am loaded
I am also a man of my word, I will pay that primarily as I don't have the time for it now and secondly because I know the CAUSE of this fault won't be found in a day.
Anyway, I have 8 quotes to do today, 2 vans and a car to wash, a nasty cold AND a hangover,this thread is distracting me. If anyone has anything constructive then please post
Excellent, 1k is on the table pal....
I can't believe how people are confident in finding this without even seeing the installation! Either very naive or incredibly fast while incredibly superhuman.
Ill stand by this, I could really be doing without this hassle Ive inherited as I have a ton of work kicking off. If any spark wants to solve this ( in one day ) and can provide an invoice. Ill pay 1k...
Takers ?
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