I would very much doubt it has anything to do with what your electrician has tested and by coincidence you have an appliance which has developed a small fault which your rcd is detecting.
It sounds like a neutral to earth fault somewhere in the installation. This is of course , a very vague guess and it would require someone with the correct test instruments to further investigate the problem.
If your installation was running fine, then something has changed, usually it is human...
The rubber (plastic ) pipe does not require to be bonded to earth. There is a test to prove this for conformation.
The lack of certification could be a problem, but like all problems, can be overcome . In this instance , normally by a EICR. Any remedial work would then have to be addressed.
It...
Carrying out some EICR on a commercial/industrial site.
Previous records state the structural steel is bonded, and visually I can see 4x 25mm Earth wires leaving the main earth bar, I cannot trace the one going to the steel , though I suspect one of these does.
How do I prove this? Is it a case...
I think you have done the correct thing. I would assume it is the bad connection at the terminal which has caused this problem. Did you test the cable ? I would assume that once you had removed the damaged part , the cable would test ok?
Many showers , which have been replaced , are running on 6...
Sorry to repeat myself here , but I'm just interested in other people's take on a couple of things in the report.
Will it be deemed unacceptable to clip a cable on a joist , above a bedroom ceiling using twin and earth clips?
And are they saying a copper gas pipe which has a plastic covering ...
So, do people read that as , cables clipped on a joist , above a bedroom ceiling are no longer permitted to be held up with t&e clips?
The sheathed metallic pipe is a strange one as well.
Surely it still brings in a potential to the building? I'm not convinced all these engineers totally...
It appears to be a system with no earth . Unless the cable from the rod goes straight into the DB.
Did you do any testing to obtain a ze?
I've come across this in the past , with both very high and very low readings.
On the low readings , I've not always ascertained where they are getting there...
I've got some old hand wynd meggers. At the very least they are 50 years old, probably more , they are in my attic.
Is there a market for them does anyone know?
Unless I am reading it wrong, it appears to be a single oven, so more than likely 13 amp. They also seemed to have confirmed it has a plug ?
If it has to be an isolator , you could just use a standard cooker one which fits horizontally on a twin back box. The maximum load you have been given (...
So what do you do Risteard?
I am a boring stickler for the rules , but I do question myself , and the regs wondering if I am fulfilling a needless task . Especially in the days of RCDs . I understand these can fail and all other options need covered , but I suppose I wish I understood the...
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