External Junction box

[oharaf]

A few (not very good) pics of part of an install i've beeen on. This box was on an external wall supplying lights. When i removed the cover and all the water had drained out this is what was left!!

how it never stopped working i've no idea

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• oharaf
• 7 Jun 2010
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• 7 Jun 2010
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[sparkiedave]

CLASS!!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Class selection of cable type too...

When i removed the cover and all the water had drained out this is what was left!!

What's all the gunge? A failed attempt to seal the box?

how it never stopped working i've no idea

No RCD would be my guess.

 

[ColJack]

kind of fruitless if it was as the box is sideways and those type of glands aren't water proof at all..

 

[oharaf]

The 'Gunge' must have been an attempt to seal it. The T&E was snapable all along its length!!!

BAS was on an RCD!!! That is what i could not work out, tested the RCD and it is fine?!?!?!?!???!?!?!!?

The only thing i can think is that the 'gunk' was sufficiently sealing the cable to stop it tripping?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Wait until next week going to a so called 're-wired' house to do PIR, nearly ****ed myself when i opened the cupboard

 

[Monkeh]

Is that a 'gland' or a bloody bonding nipple?

 

[oharaf]

certainly not a gland!!!!!!

 

[holmslaw]

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