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sparky999

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Did a PIR last week and found number of problems at this domestic problem, No earth to gas, No earth to the water only 4mm to the airing cupboard.

Did all the tests on the circuit everything came back pretty good 4 the age of the property, but had bad readings on the socket circuits which were 0.0 somethings so had to find where the problem was so when we changed the ccu we went looking.

There were a number of spurs on the circuit but figured out the ring it came from upstairs socket down to downstairs socket then spurred off to one socket then split to another socket.

So we knew that there must be an old socket where the join must of been as it wasnt in the floor space, but luckly we could see a pit of patching up so decided to chisle there.

This is wht we found..........................

http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu58/sparky_011/Photo0333.jpg

http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu58/sparky_011/Photo0332.jpg

The joint had been solderded and heat shrinked not sure yh the live had started to burn away maybe the connections were poor. Just shows tht rewireable fuses aint brillant that it couldnt pick this up.

 
Nice pics 999.......... the way the conductors have charred you could have been tipped out for a fire call.

 
Nice pics 999.......... the way the conductors have charred you could have been tipped out for a fire call.
Na its to far mate, at least 30 mins from my station so cant get there in the permitted time. :D

 
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