Thanks bernardgreen.
I was initially checking earth continuity before turning the power back on after cleaning up all the wires. When by accident more than any particular reason I noticed that when I probed the live and neutral the multimeter showed 35.2 ohms when set on 200K
I thought it best to disconnect all the wires from the wall socket and the next socket inline and check again.
It appears that 35.2 ohms reading is only on that section of wiring as the remainder of the ring main reads 0.0.
I can't understand when the wires ( between that section ) are all disconnected and I probe live and neutral at either end only it should read 0.0 as nothing is connected at the sockets but bare wires.
I've taken a spare lenght of 2.5mm twin and earth and probed both ends........ to be clear..... probed black to black and red to red at the left end only reading 0.0, same for the right end. Should that not be the same for the wire in the wall between sockets when disconnected?
Currently leaving the ring main off until I feel happy about whats going on...... so desperate.
This is giving me a massive headache.
Thanks
I was initially checking earth continuity before turning the power back on after cleaning up all the wires. When by accident more than any particular reason I noticed that when I probed the live and neutral the multimeter showed 35.2 ohms when set on 200K
I thought it best to disconnect all the wires from the wall socket and the next socket inline and check again.
It appears that 35.2 ohms reading is only on that section of wiring as the remainder of the ring main reads 0.0.
I can't understand when the wires ( between that section ) are all disconnected and I probe live and neutral at either end only it should read 0.0 as nothing is connected at the sockets but bare wires.
I've taken a spare lenght of 2.5mm twin and earth and probed both ends........ to be clear..... probed black to black and red to red at the left end only reading 0.0, same for the right end. Should that not be the same for the wire in the wall between sockets when disconnected?
Currently leaving the ring main off until I feel happy about whats going on...... so desperate.
This is giving me a massive headache.
Thanks