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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?
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