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    Altered ring main, now a DIFFERENT circuit is not working?

    Breaker had broken. Busbar connection was fine, which is what a lot of people said it could be but it was live at the incoming terminal, dead at the outgoing. Breaker replaced, all sorted. Thanks to most for all your advice/comments
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    Altered ring main, now a DIFFERENT circuit is not working?

    Yes. Checked and checked again. I’ll check again but don’t think that’s the problem
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    Altered ring main, now a DIFFERENT circuit is not working?

    Thanks for the advice, I’ll take that on board. And thanks mate, really appreciate it. Good luck to your newly qualified self as well, all the best
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    Altered ring main, now a DIFFERENT circuit is not working?

    I will definitely do this if I can’t the problem. Thanks
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    Altered ring main, now a DIFFERENT circuit is not working?

    That’s my plan. I didn’t have any testers with me when problem occurred but will be checking this later on. And yeah I will double check the busbar too, which is Wylex. Thanks for advice
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    Altered ring main, now a DIFFERENT circuit is not working?

    Yes. Everything other than lighting is protected by an RCD
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    Altered ring main, now a DIFFERENT circuit is not working?

    Possibly. I’m carrying out some tests tonight, hopefully, so I should have a rough answer as to what’s happened. Both the spur and the socket are located away from where I think the cables were, and surely this would trip the breaker if I’d gone through it? But like I say I’ll do some tests and...
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    Altered ring main, now a DIFFERENT circuit is not working?

    No. However I’m doing this work at a relatives house who told me they were using it earlier that day - I take there word for it. I’ll definitely check myself next time though, thanks
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    Altered ring main, now a DIFFERENT circuit is not working?

    No. However, the house I’m working on is my brothers. He used it earlier that day, I take his word for it. I should probably check next time though, thanks
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    Altered ring main, now a DIFFERENT circuit is not working?

    There’s no doubt it’s something to do with the alteration. But I checked and checked again in regards to the connections in the board and I can’t see how I would’ve loosened/disconnected a conductor anywhere else as during the cable run I didn’t come across any other cables/circuits. I’m going...
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    Altered ring main, now a DIFFERENT circuit is not working?

    So the MCB is still on, yes. I haven’t had a chance to carry out any tests yet as the problem occurred when I finished the job late last night. But I’ll be back to carry out R1/R2 etc. and voltage tests at the outlets. I’ll let you know how I get on.
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    Altered ring main, now a DIFFERENT circuit is not working?

    I’ll look into that. I’ll need to figure out where the end of the circuit is, as knowing what the rest of the place is wired like, there’s probably something random spurred off it. Whole reason I did this is because the socket I just added to ring was originally spurred off a 8.5kw shower...
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    Altered ring main, now a DIFFERENT circuit is not working?

    Definitely. I replaced the busbar last week after someone thought it would be a good idea to shove some twisted copper cable between the breakers where it had snapped... But the connection from the RCD to busbar is fine now
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    Altered ring main, now a DIFFERENT circuit is not working?

    I’ve just altered a ring main by taking 1 leg out of the board and taking it to a spur (then taking a leg back), to add a socket in. After doing so I’ve turned the board back on and everything is working as it should, other than cooker circuit (A radial feeding the cooker/hob, extractor fan and...
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    Thanks for the advice. Any ideas how I can edit the post?

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