Pic of the Weekend (Sorry RF)

[Robin0577]

Today I was planning on doing a friend a favour, making a small addition to a ring final, nice quick simple job right?

Well I thought so, but then I did the ring continuity test and I got; L = 0.6 ohm, N = open circuit, E = about 100 ohms, - Hmmm....

So I went looking....

Under a floorboard I found this...


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...and under the tape...

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...so then I traced the cable to the next socket so as to replace the whole length and I found this....

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...it's 1.5mm2 flex, so I traced it to here...

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... and under the floor just below that I also found this...

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...yes, that's a 3" nail. It was only 1/2" into the joist though, so the JB was just hanging there about 2" away from the joist.

That's when I gave up and replaced the whole ring final. That still counts as a repair, right, not a new circuit?

 

[securespark]

If every cable was damaged by fire, flood or animal...

 

[Robin0577]

Well it was certainly all damaged by the animal who "installed" it!

 

[Robin0577]

Missed this one when I uploaded yesterday, this was buried in plaster where a socket had been moved

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