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I am looking for some rapid advice. Recently a contractor laid a mag loop in my drive so the gates open to let vehicles out. They filled the slotwith what I assume is hot tarmac, which I would expect to have been filled slightly proud whilst it cooled. However, it is not, and when queried...

Update. The concept worked just fine, giving me an extendable tank connector. If trying this, use a tight fitting dowel inside the compression fitting to prevent solder seeping past the compression collar as you solder it. One minor problem, tank wall is actually 410mm thick...and came across...

Hi all, hoping someone can come up with a cuuning plan for me. I have a rain water tank which holds about 6 tonnes of water. When it was built, the outlet was imbedded in the concrete base using 3/4" galvanised cast pipe With a 90 degree elbow embedded level with the internal base of the tank...

but there is one positive...having discovered the pme earth had been exported, I can at least fix that!

RF...in wales. Cannot use an underground joint ...cable only 10cm beneath path. So will put inside proper underground conduit, and use pratley orange box on retaining wall so it is clear it is there. If I can get the cable problem fixed that is.

Update. Joint was completly shot, and water had got in. But now the mystery. Can someone explain why there has been no problem with supply to garage, yet with the joint removed and cables rejoined to garage only, the mcb now breaks even with the wires open circuit? Currently inside an IP68 box...

Bernard, plan was to ensure continuity on the sheath as far as the connection to the garage and shed, but not use it for the earth in those two buildings. So completely seperate TT earthing in both. Alternatively I can leave as is..with house earth exported to both buildings via the sheath? I...

Replacing cable on this site is a nightmare. Plan is to usecabove ground box fixed to retaing wall https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/PRABX23.html Will test the cables to see if they needcreplacement once the joint is out. New TT earths at garage and shed to ensure that I am not relying on...

Also..the house is a PME fit, and currently the earth is exported to both garage and shed...about 100m away as the cable runs via the protective mesh. Would I do better to breat the earth and fit new earths at each?

Thought you might say that. I am not happy with how shallow it is..nor that it runs under a retaing wall. Would it be better for me to fit a junction box on the retaining wall on the right ( there is plenty of loop on the cables) so that it is obvious there are cables there ? It also dets it...

Sitting right next to a leaking watermain...which has been leaking for months based on the ground I was digging out. Howver, given that the garage (left hand spur) remains sound, how do I tell if this really is the problem...or do you agree based on its condition it almost certainly is?

Ok, think I might have found the problem...

Tested with inandescent lamp..not good. 200v L-E, 70v L-N. Tried 5m uphill. Good news, cable clean and bright, no evidence of moisture, bad news, same result. So I guess dannyboy is right..need to expose the splice. Will probably take me a week to get to it! Sigh!

Therein lies an issue. The splice is located, but my guess is that the house to pumphouse was the original run, then garage spliced in, then shed. Given that garage supply is sound, I am loathe to dig up the join...it is under a path and rockery! I also noticecthat garage and pumphose cable is...

Thanks for the hint on the incandescent lamp. Will test again. As for replacement..it has only failed recently...and I suspect that the culprit is a sycamore that would not have been there when the cable was laid. Traced the cable this am - passes within 2 feet of it. So I will try one more...

Having removed the faulty junction as discussed in previous thread I wanted some advice on bast approach to rectification. As discussed, 16m swa goes from hose to garage to shed. Garage about 60m as the cable runs...no voltage drop at all. But at the now open wires, measured with no load, meter...

Harry, the resin ran straight out of the hole they cut in the plastic case to take the spur. There was a massive blob of it on the underside of the joint. It was never going to last!

Question for you. If I terminate the open cables, place in a junction box and fill with resin, is there a problem leaving the cable in the ground? No short detected with open cicrcuit? Cable would be live with no connections accesible? May be easier to create new spur in garage and provide new...

So unfortunately noe need to hire cat4 detector to find the junction into the garage. If same techniques used...will have to fix and then replace entire cable run. All thanks to the cowboyscwho bodged this! Thanks for all your help.

I have been using a 2.5 Kw log splitter from that spur! I had assumed that the cable size in the shed was the same 16mm as in the pump house. Never bothered to look. Amazing it lasted that long...and I am still breathing.