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Piratepete
Hi Guys
I had the joy of testing the kitchen appliances in a new rental. The fridge, freezer and washing machine were all free standing under the worktops and couldn't be moved on account of the floor tiling laid down in front of them. Only way to test was at the individual FCUs. I could only use my multitester for earth continuity. The washing machine passed ok, but the freezer metalwork appeared to have a poor earth and the fridge (both Indesit) apppeared to have no earth at all!
Customer massacred the floor and pulled the fridge out. Earth to the compressor was absolutely fine:sick: but there is no link between the compressor and the metal frame of the fridge. Same with the freezer! Any connection is fortuitous, where the compressor pipework might touch the fridge or freezer frame. This is obviously intended. So told customer I'd found a loose earth!
QQ
1. Anyone else had this experience with white goods? Is it right?
2. What do you guys do when you can't plug an appliance into the PAT Tester?
Cheers
Pete
I had the joy of testing the kitchen appliances in a new rental. The fridge, freezer and washing machine were all free standing under the worktops and couldn't be moved on account of the floor tiling laid down in front of them. Only way to test was at the individual FCUs. I could only use my multitester for earth continuity. The washing machine passed ok, but the freezer metalwork appeared to have a poor earth and the fridge (both Indesit) apppeared to have no earth at all!
Customer massacred the floor and pulled the fridge out. Earth to the compressor was absolutely fine:sick: but there is no link between the compressor and the metal frame of the fridge. Same with the freezer! Any connection is fortuitous, where the compressor pipework might touch the fridge or freezer frame. This is obviously intended. So told customer I'd found a loose earth!
1. Anyone else had this experience with white goods? Is it right?
2. What do you guys do when you can't plug an appliance into the PAT Tester?
Cheers
Pete