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No a continuity test between neutral/earth.Yes, 0.1Mohms (with CPC's still in the bar)
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No a continuity test between neutral/earth.Yes, 0.1Mohms (with CPC's still in the bar)
In your example. If the line had been taken from a switch on the lighting circuit and the neutral from a nearby socket, how would that show continuity between neutrals?
Was it raining men by the way.I was at the time bored at work watching the special effects people (plumbers) ruin a perfectly good stage floor with their rain effects.
Absolutely possible, but just seems so unlikely. A screw passing perfectly through 2 cables, missing the earth on both (which is probably centred in the middle of the cable) and touching both neutrals.This is different though. It's not a line from one circuit paired with a neutral from another, it's two different neutrals connected together. It's not something you would do even as a bodge and might be a true fault e.g. a screw through two cables.
I had a lighting cable, a twin and earth used as a pair of strappers between 2 way switching, damaged by a nail for a dado rail. It nicked one of the strappers and caused a live to earth fault. Only the strapper was nicked, not the cpc. Fault finder was complicated by which where the two switches were operated.Absolutely possible, but just seems so unlikely. A screw passing perfectly through 2 cables, missing the earth on both (which is probably centred in the middle of the cable) and touching both neutrals.
I suppose it has to happen one in a million times, so perhaps this is it. I'd rather have won the lottery!
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