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I am in Northants, I hasten to add not born in Northants and no devils juice has passed by lips
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Fault finding an install is clue based ,Where did that come from?
I am in Northants, I hasten to add not born in Northants and no devils juice has passed by lips
I'm just about to have a sip or 6, like many I hate posts like this one, with very little information, with responses from lots of people only to be told, not much in the way of help was forth coming, as I get older (yes it was my birthday on Tuesday) I tend to get rather upset at some of the more, shall we say difficult posts to get any help from the poster, to that end I will not take part in any further discussion with regards to this post. Instead I will retire to the Drawing Room with her in doors, and continue to sip the red nectar.I am in Northants, I hasten to add not born in Northants and no devils juice has passed by lips
I'm just about to have a sip or 6, like many I hate posts like this one, with very little information, with responses from lots of people only to be told, not much in the way of help was forth coming, as I get older (yes it was my birthday on Tuesday) I tend to get rather upset at some of the more, shall we say difficult posts to get any help from the poster, to that end I will not take part in any further discussion with regards to this post.
Well thank you AndyA belated Happy Birthday Pete
Well belated birthday greetings
I shall be indulging in a beer or two later as compensation for coming home absolutely filthy three days in a row this week, so I shall raise a bottle or tinny to you
Thanks for the info much appreciated.OP, unfortunately you're the one that's been to site and none of us (to my knowledge) are telepathic (although I am getting hints of beer and vino emanating from around Cheshire/Staffordshire and Northants for some reason) so it's natural we're going to ask questions to try and establish the fullest picture we can before dishing out advice, hence you see it happen a lot.
It's not meant to be a pop quiz, but your OP was a bit thin in terms of information especially regarding the measurements. 60v.... between where? (you've answered, stating between L-N and L-E), but when measured at the board (I'm assuming the neutral/earth bar and the MCB output terminal screwhead) you're getting 240v.
So if this was my problem, I'd be checking terminations and device connections in the CU. Especially as the issue appears to be affecting all sockets on the circuit... if it's a ring final circuit there is only one common place and that would be the CU, unless it's a lollipop, then there are two. If it's a radial, are the sockets the only thing on the circuit? If there is maybe a SFCU as the first connection, could be a loose connection in there which is having a knock on effect on the rest of them. But, as you can see, there are a lot of possibilities and so lots of questions.
Do you have other electrical test equipment (such as an earth fault loop impedance meter, low range continuity tester etc.) to test the circuit itself for other faults?
Where did that come from?
Thanks SCWell belated birthday greetings
I shall be indulging in a beer or two later as compensation for coming home absolutely filthy three days in a row this week, so I shall raise a bottle or tinny to you
Thanks SCWell belated birthday greetings
I shall be indulging in a beer or two later as compensation for coming home absolutely filthy three days in a row this week, so I shall raise a bottle or tinny to you
Thanks MateHappy birthday!
Thanks for the info much appreciated.
You've confirmed my thoughts, so I'll be checking/testing everything on the circuit
The one place I couldn't get to for long was CU as we had to vacate the cabin as it had been booked out
As I keep saying the instrument I used for my testing wasn't the pat tester.
It was/is a Fluke Multimeter 1653b (does pretty much everything)
As I said to begin with its a sm Ring final circuit with 1 spur off.
I think that people have assumed I'm not qualified
I'm just about to have a sip or 6, like many I hate posts like this one, with very little information, with responses from lots of people only to be told, not much in the way of help was forth coming, as I get older (yes it was my birthday on Tuesday) I tend to get rather upset at some of the more, shall we say difficult posts to get any help from the poster, to that end I will not take part in any further discussion with regards to this post. Instead I will retire to the Drawing Room with her in doors, and continue to sip the red nectar.
I apologise if you think my attitude stinks I never intend to upset people I just find it frustrating that I have to repeat stuff.Your welcome buddy, enjoy your tipple. I'll have some later .
As for the thread, I'm not even going to bother responding. My crystal ball is in for repair & the OP's attitude stinks.
Off to pick the kids up, catch you later.
Sorry you are right I should have said Multifunction tester. My mistake.You're welcome.
I didn't check the model number, but multimeter and multi-function tester are different things to me. One is what I use to test electrical installations and the other is what I use to do diagnostic work on electronic equipment. So I've (incorrectly) assumed 'multimeter' = 'multimeter' when in fact you're talking about an MFT. I'm not big on Fluke model numbers so it didn't click, hence my question about other test gear.
I re-read your OP whilst writing my reply and I missed the part where you said it was a ring final, sorry. So yes, check at the start of the circuit for loose connections and work from there.
If the place isn't too old, do they have the EIC from the original installation? I'd be asking for that and check some of the readings for the circuit against what's down on the cert. Could be a good indication of changes they haven't mentioned.
2 hours drive... hope you're charging them for that
Good luck and please come back and let us know what you find.
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