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[nicebutdim]

Been wondering where that striped cables goes.

 

[mainline]

Been wondering where that striped cables goes.

That's the new neutral

On the fiddle ______________

https://ibb.co/qRhctQk Came across this setup today, upon further investigation i noticed the distributors neutral terminal completly slackened off in the meter (looked intentional) is this to prevent any possible current from returning via the meter? With the 1g switch (just above DB) turned...

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[nicebutdim]

That's the new neutral

On the fiddle ______________

https://ibb.co/qRhctQk Came across this setup today, upon further investigation i noticed the distributors neutral terminal completly slackened off in the meter (looked intentional) is this to prevent any possible current from returning via the meter? With the 1g switch (just above DB) turned...

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I'd seen the thread, but hadn't clicked the link. Now I know what the incoming neutral is connected to

 

[Raptor0014]

This is from another thread, but had to post it here because it's double dodgy.

It’s the new TNCS consumer unit. That installer is ahead of the curve!

 

[Other_Tucker]

I'll just leave this here. (I'm privately slightly impressed at the creative thinking!)
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Apart from the wrong there is so much right with this, connectors fitted perfectly, it works just as well electrically as a dodgy inline join. Has the IP rating of the commando plug and fits so neatly that it makes every other 16A termination looks like we've bodged them. 10*

 

[freddo]

Apart from the wrong there is so much right with this, connectors fitted perfectly, it works just as well electrically as a dodgy inline join. Has the IP rating of the commando plug and fits so neatly that it makes every other 16A termination looks like we've bodged them. 10*

It almost looks like a proper product, the body exactly fits the pug inside, proper adaptor terminals, plug in 2 halves etc. The plug inside appears not to have an earth contact an earth so no problems there.

 

[timhoward]

Fault tracing a tripping B20 RCBO with a sockets radial, giving L+N to E IR of 0.03M and some interesting crackling above the kitchen ceiling when I tested it! Flat roof above....
When breaking down the circuit, this is how I found this socket:

The next socket one along was the last one testing clear and the cable changes from grey to white between the two.
(For today I left all but two sockets connected and finished up with IR of 176M.)

 

[Retroelectric]

Light on its own dedicated circuit

 

[littlespark]

I take it the light is supplied from the left side breaker? Brown live conductor from the 2 core flex?

Garden shed?

 

[Retroelectric]

Yes in the C50.
Probably been like that for years.
Nothing to do with the fault though, which was one of those flex inside a garden hose that's been buried doing the garden lighting situations.

 

[DPG]

The 50A breaker shouldn't give nuisance tripping at least

 

[ipf]

Conduit saddling........the easy way?

 

[DPG]

Conduit saddling........the easy way?

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That's mad!

 

[Mike Johnson]

And the waste of a decent overcentre clamp.

 

[pc1966]

It looks more like some farm gate, so maybe the clamp is how it is locked in place from opening?

 

[ipf]

It looks more like some farm gate, so maybe the clamp is how it is locked in place from opening?

Nope.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Ah an electrified gate..............

 

[DPG]

That's absolute class that!

 

[ipf]

It's a local expert's floodlight system. One of the flexes goes out to extra lights, the other comes back and goes up the conduit to another.
To$$er didn't even drain hole the box

 

[nicebutdim]

Nope.

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Why would anyone go to such extreme lengths? Maybe this repair was effected during the great hospital saddle shortage of 2021...