Any ideas how to solve this?

[Strima]

No water seems to coming down the inside of the cable
The cables are visible for 2m above the glands then go under ground to a sub station

Get digging then.

 

[dave0984]

Get digging then.

Ha ha lol you don't want to help do you

 

[Strima]

Ha ha lol you don't want to help do you

I do have a few days off as I have no work planned in for November, but I'd rather sit at home watching TV than digging in the dirt thank you very much...

 

[multimick]

is it condensation ,damp, etc.? to bre honest the quality of galvanising is very poor these days

 

[ipf]

Forgive me for being thick, but I can't get my head around why the cables go upwards to underground. Is this below ground level?
The bloke who gave it a code 2 was carrying out an EICR. Was he given the task of trace and repair?
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is it condensation ,damp, etc.? to bre honest the quality of galvanising is very poor these days

It's rusting because of the drilling that's taken place....the first point being the earth bolt.

 

[multimick]

if the galvanising was better then drilling a hole should not make any difference ( school boy pyhsics ) but it does look like a very damp enviroment.

 

[ipf]

if the galvanising was better then drilling a hole should not make any difference ( school boy pyhsics ) but it does look like a very damp enviroment.

But the steel isn't galved internally and the bolt isn't galved...although, I do agree, it's not done as well these days as it used to be. My schoolboy physics (common sense) tells me that a weak point occurs where something is broken.

 

[multimick]

no steel is galvanised internally ,and i have no idea if the bolt is galvanised or not (or other coating ) but do agree about weak points . off topic but fitted a couple of chrome lights this week and the chrome plating was dubious to say the least ,very poor and almost pitted

 

[dmxtothemax]

Jobs like this is why we have " trainee's " !

 

[Carl S]

Capillary action will draw water from a nick in the outer serving to the termination glands.

I wish you the best of luck finding the ingress point.