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Had a small job today via a building contractor, 4 LV downlights in a bathroom, simple job, customer fine throughout, 3 storey house plus basement, ccu per floor, I explained i was going to fit an RCBO on lighting circuit ect ect, fine no problem.
I go into the basement to measure the main Ze and check the supply gear for the certs, I notice its a "homemade" TNS by the guy who rewired the house 8 years ago, stanley knifed the cloth sheathing of the main cable and an earth clamp tightened on and fitted with 10mm, fairly obvious it was the same guy as the terminations and clamps were the same, it was not sweated and wrapped.
Ze is 2.09 which explains the zs on the top floor lighting of 5.92 and the ze at the top floor board of 2.01, Im faced with a dilemma as i dont know if it should be tns or was it a tt removed by the last guy, I phone DNO they cant/wont tell me, they say they will send an engineer.
My possible outcomes were:-
Guy says "its not ours and walks"..........fine I will RCD the whole house
Guy says "its ours and i will fix it"......great, job sorted
Guy says "its not ours and he shouldnt of done that and i will have to remove it from our supply cable and disconnect you"........disaster
Customer gets home I explain the above, she blames me(to some degree!) , she says " its been fine, we have never had a problem", " ive had other electricians say it was safe", "british gas insure my electricity and they say its safe"
Engineer has not called yet......we will se
I go into the basement to measure the main Ze and check the supply gear for the certs, I notice its a "homemade" TNS by the guy who rewired the house 8 years ago, stanley knifed the cloth sheathing of the main cable and an earth clamp tightened on and fitted with 10mm, fairly obvious it was the same guy as the terminations and clamps were the same, it was not sweated and wrapped.
Ze is 2.09 which explains the zs on the top floor lighting of 5.92 and the ze at the top floor board of 2.01, Im faced with a dilemma as i dont know if it should be tns or was it a tt removed by the last guy, I phone DNO they cant/wont tell me, they say they will send an engineer.
My possible outcomes were:-
Guy says "its not ours and walks"..........fine I will RCD the whole house
Guy says "its ours and i will fix it"......great, job sorted
Guy says "its not ours and he shouldnt of done that and i will have to remove it from our supply cable and disconnect you"........disaster
Customer gets home I explain the above, she blames me(to some degree!) , she says " its been fine, we have never had a problem", " ive had other electricians say it was safe", "british gas insure my electricity and they say its safe"
Engineer has not called yet......we will se