Another " Take care" post.

We're doing a PIR today at some offices , about to read r1 + r2 on a radial to a hand drier, my mate ,at the board , flicks the breaker off marked hand drier and shoves our jumper wire from the earth bar in the terminal.

BANG

Oh joy of joys , its not the radial to the hand drier but a leg of a ring main, the other leg being in another mcb and live .

Well, you know what we always say , you gotta test everything or one day its gonna bite back. :_|

I guess you should have tested the ring first... you didnt wanna test the hand drier first you want to test the ring first.....

I guess you should have tested the ring first... you didn't wanna test the hand drier first you want to test the ring first.....

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Oh Yes.. Yes.. Yes..

we all know regulation 649-85-28 page something or other..

"Always test rings before hand driers"!!

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:C

even Brian knows that! :yawn

Well thats one way of finding faults on pir's.

We're doing a PIR today at some offices , about to read r1 + r2 on a radial to a hand drier, my mate ,at the board , flicks the breaker off marked hand drier and shoves our jumper wire from the earth bar in the terminal. BANG

Oh joy of joys , its not the radial to the hand drier but a leg of a ring main, the other leg being in another mcb and live .

Well, you know what we always say , you gotta test everything or one day its gonna bite back. :_|

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To our younger viewers..

Please Do Not Try this as home.....

We all know Deke's mate is Captain Scarlet....

& he's indestuctable...

To the rest of us mere mortals.....

do your pukka live/dead/live/dead/tester still working tests.

:Salute

i have to say, you should have tested the circuit for dead before shorting anything out anywhere first rule of thumb that i always carry out ............................

SAFE ISOLATION

i have to say, you should have tested the circuit for dead before shorting anything out anywhere first rule of thumb that i always carry out ............................SAFE ISOLATION

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the point of my post ,TBH Badge !!!

My mate has been at it as long as me but complacency creeps in , non of us are perfect. You "assume" its how you would do it, Ah a 16A breaker with one 2.5 in it , marked up as Hand Drier , has to be the radial , .......doesn't it ?

Further testing showed the earth wires all mixed up and not in numerical order, same with the neuts. But a really, really neat board.

I guess you should have tested the ring first... you didnt wanna test the hand drier first you want to test the ring first.....

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"I didn't get where I am today by not testing the rings first "

I bet you needed some new undies ...

What happened to "test for dead"?

I was three floors above so unaware till he came on the walkie -talkie with the words " Ooooh thats funny"

What happened to "test for dead"?

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This is the point I'm making , Pro , I'm beginning to wish I hadn't now.

This is the point I'm making , Pro , I'm beginning to wish I hadn't now.

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Your thread made me smile Deke

I love your life lessons. Think you would make a hilarious agony aunt...........

It can happen to the best of us as you know I got a tingle of a light fitting because contractors had wired the meter the wrong way round when they had done the overhead cables. I was told test test test which is very true but there are times when you will make a slip up. It does happen but that does not make you any worse than any other sparks just human.

I do already Patch, catch my column in The Ambridge Gazette .