Recent content by Jimmy Jones 1234

  1. J

    Fuse blown and neutral wire sheathing melted.

    No - this was absolutely clear, I will do this tomorrow, I got the new terminal and alu contact paste today. So I'll redo this as you said, makes perfect sense. The bit that was rocket science to me was this: This is not advice or a recommendation to the OP but personally what I would do is to...
  2. J

    Fuse blown and neutral wire sheathing melted.

    They are cheap enough, I'll get a new one to be sure when I get the paste later today.
  3. J

    Fuse blown and neutral wire sheathing melted.

    Yes, will take the advice with the paste. I would also do as you suggest in the rest of your description, but I can't imagine how to do that, it's like rocket science to me, sounds very complicated and I wouldn't know where or how to start.
  4. J

    Fuse blown and neutral wire sheathing melted.

    Thanks for this, very helpful - yes I will remake the neutral bar as you suggest, it makes absolute sense as you describe it. Also will get the paste too. Quick question (probably a dumb one) the cables going into the Wago bar just push in, how do I get them out - they are very well fixed and no...
  5. J

    Fuse blown and neutral wire sheathing melted.

    Thanks - very helpful. I saw this syringe in the shop when I went and wondered what it was, I'll certainly pick one up and do this as you suggest. But, do I use it only on the neutral wire or the also the 3 wires going into the fuses? They also look silver but are much more rigid, are they...
  6. J

    Fuse blown and neutral wire sheathing melted.

    Thanks - I haven't put the cover on the front yet since i want to keep an eye on it and see how it goes. Weird thing is that i have lived in this house for 4 years and this only started earlier in the year. Before that it was open - no drywall or anything so you could see the fuses and cables...
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    Fuse blown and neutral wire sheathing melted.

    Hi guys, I replaced everything this time around instead of just cleaning up the wires and terminals etc, I have put in a new wago terminal block, new fuses and new wires from the terminal block back to the wago fittings back to the wago fittings buried in the left hand side of the wall. Having...
  8. J

    Fuse blown and neutral wire sheathing melted.

    There is a video in my original post. 1600508881 Here is the video again.
  9. J

    Fuse blown and neutral wire sheathing melted.

    Hi - could you see the video? That shows the sparks. I cleaned everythin in here, cicrcuit breakers, terminals + even bought a new terminal but it looks like hell now. It is the very top wire which I believe you figured out last time was neutral from the outside feed into the house which you...
  10. J

    Fuse blown and neutral wire sheathing melted.

    Hi man, it's been a while. I did everything yo Hi again, I did what you suggested, everything has been okay for a long time but, today lots of fizzing and popping on the wires in this fuse box. I haven't checked it for ages but it seems worse now when i look at it. I can't afford an...
  11. J

    Fuse blown and neutral wire sheathing melted.

    Thanks for the info, I will certainly do this, I'll order parts online and do it myself for now until the crisis blows over and I can get an electrician in to check everything over. The neutral block terminals - do you mean the same block where the neutral and earth wires are connected? Yes I...
  12. J

    Fuse blown and neutral wire sheathing melted.

    Actually, the sheathing is very rubbery, so I think you are right. Your knowledge is pretty impressive, and your help very much appreciated. Not sure what my next step is now after cleaning up the wires, guess I just have to wait and see if anything happens again. When I tested earlier with...
  13. J

    Fuse blown and neutral wire sheathing melted.

    Yes, it's really rigid. I tried to tighten the top screw in the terminal on the left just in case but I guess I overdid it and it didn't 'screw' anymore so I had to put the cable in the next hole down and it was a bugger to get in there with my big fingers with it being so tough a cable to bend...
  14. J

    Fuse blown and neutral wire sheathing melted.

    I checked it now, I don't see any exposed wire anywhere on it. It's green sheathing but no idea if that is normal with soviet stuff. Lucien Nunes is more clued up on that I think.
  15. J

    Fuse blown and neutral wire sheathing melted.

    Do you mean the blue wire top left coming in? It is silver looking up close actually rather than copper but it is a really rigid wire, not soft or flexible at all like I would expect from aluminium, aluminium wires - is that even possible?

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