Fault (DIY wired house)

[jay sean]

The DIYer sounds like someone who should be dead!!

 

[sparks1973]

Went to house to day to look at putting a new board in.....

Quick look about noticed that every socket was run from a jb screwed to the skirting board then run up to patress's in capping with a couple of grey 2.5 t&e clips......defo a DIY job in here.

Looked and there was a 17th board in place asked my question why he wants a new one.....he said because a breaker dosnt work. I tried it and it takes out both sides of the Rcds.......took the lid off explored the rats nest and the nuetral is in the correct bar....In the breaker causing the fault is a 6mm cable, this must feed everything in the kitchen as the whole kitchen is now dead with this breaker not being able to operate...lights & appliances, it is a extension the kitchen so my initial though was the 6mm to a submain but there is nothing in site....i have arranged to call in to fault find tomorrow afternoon, anyone had this before? Or could suggest a fault I should be looking for? My plan was to megger the 6mm to see if any low meg and just work from there.

Cheers

i`d be checking for wrong polaritys here n allsorts

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His tool resembled him!.....how do you post photos on here you gots to see his wiring!!

yes please!!

 

[Paul.M]

His tool resembled him!.....how do you post photos on here you gots to see his wiring!!

Go to quick reply, click on the icon that has a picture of a tree on it, options of url or download from pc, pick one, pick a pic and press upload file job done.

 

[telectrix]

paul, your eyes are better than mine. never saw it was a tree.

 

[Guest111]

Hope you took your neon screwdriver with you otherwise he may have thought you were a cowboy lol

 

[p11jor]

Apparantly the tenant told me that he was telling her he was a electrician and wipped out a neon, even she clocked onto him and she was a hairdresser!

 

[Paul.M]

Apparantly the tenant told me that he was telling her he was a electrician and wipped out a neon, even she clocked onto him and she was a hairdresser!

That has just tickled me, funny :rofl:

 

[sparks1973]

Apparantly the tenant told me that he was telling her he was a electrician and wipped out a neon, even she clocked onto him and she was a hairdresser!

maybe he was a hairdresser n all (in real life)....

 

[richy3333]

If it's neon, surely he's been sticking it in something radioactive?

 

[bugsy]

new fuseboard - complete rewire - part P?

 

[p11jor]

New board, sham of a rewire and defo not part p!

 

[p11jor]

Oooo yer as the 6mm fed the whole kitchen....I.e lighting and sockets, there was 1.0mm cables tapped into this with no sight of a Fuse spare so I changed the "50" amp breaker to a spare 10amp one I had in the van and informed him we need to fuse down the sockets and lights as 6mm can not carry 50amps never mind the 1.0mm......do you think this was the right thing to do or should I of just left it......decision decisions!!

 

[bugsy]

oooo yer as the 6mm fed the whole kitchen....i.e lighting and sockets, there was 1.0mm cables tapped into this with no sight of a fuse spare so i changed the "50" amp breaker to a spare 10amp one i had in the van and informed him we need to fuse down the sockets and lights as 6mm can not carry 50amps never mind the 1.0mm......do you think this was the right thing to do or should i of just left it......decision decisions!!

this has to be a wind up - right?

 

[Robotstar5]

I'm waiting for the bit about 110V light fittings upstairs to accomodate volt drop.