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<blockquote data-quote="Doc Hudson" data-source="post: 497420" data-attributes="member: 1607"><p>It is something simple, You failed to do any dead tests before you energised an alteration / addition to an installation. Continuity and insulation resistance tests would have confirmed your problem before attempting to put power onto the circuit.</p><p></p><p>You never test an alteration by just connecting the power and 'seeing if it works' as this is a potentially lethal method of testing. Get it wrong and electricity will kill a healthy adult in under a second, or start a fire. If you are lucky it may just trip a fuse or melt a bit of cable.</p><p></p><p>I am guessing this new alteration is also lacking an electrical installation certificate, (and part-p building regulations compliance if in England or Wales)?</p><p></p><p>Doc H.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc Hudson, post: 497420, member: 1607"] It is something simple, You failed to do any dead tests before you energised an alteration / addition to an installation. Continuity and insulation resistance tests would have confirmed your problem before attempting to put power onto the circuit. You never test an alteration by just connecting the power and 'seeing if it works' as this is a potentially lethal method of testing. Get it wrong and electricity will kill a healthy adult in under a second, or start a fire. If you are lucky it may just trip a fuse or melt a bit of cable. I am guessing this new alteration is also lacking an electrical installation certificate, (and part-p building regulations compliance if in England or Wales)? Doc H. [/QUOTE]
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