Recent content by Andy™

how is a switch going to stop something overloading the wiring?

motor caps would usually discharge through the motor windings

don't touch any wiring that you haven't tested and proven dead. lock out supplies etc. do the job properly and you shouldn't be getting any shocks

small claims court for payment since work has not been complete and your report may magically appear... or then get someone else in to do another

stopped watching it a few years ago. doesn't look like im missing anything

surely a socket on each end and a short length of flex with 2x plugs would have been easier?

its unusual to have all 3 open circuit. single fault would only affect one of them. 3 individual faults, one on each its not so common. most likely someone's changed a socket or something and left half them out. or there's been a fault and a section of cable has been intentially disconnected...

press for soap, press and hold to isolate, press and hold whilst flicking light switch on & off 5 times to switch it back on?

welcome to our world where the regs constantly change, often making no sense other to make someone else more money, and many times contain errors and even the ****** corrections have been known to contain errors...

chances are the heaters are 2kw (or less) panel heaters. so under 10a. so nothing to code. RCD codes are correct. good luckwith RCBO's for that board, probably going to be easier to change it. light questionable depending on height. surprised they didn't give a C1 for the board not being...

pre amd2... work to 18th original & amd1 are now failures

normal-ish. you'll always get a spark when making / breaking a load like that but its not usually that visible. if you get any burning / fishy smell then its time to change it

if it goes into the ground then its almost always extraneous. so much so that it can be used as an earth electrode

i did suggest that and they may do so but that's not my decidion

told them that its a C3 at worst. they want a quote to change to type A though. its a school and they've now got a report saying its unsatisfactory. so they need to 'fix' it to get it compliant. and it being a school, certain other companies come in and think they can get away with trying to...