Whose good with house electrics? - Page 2

Daveymaclad · 18-01-14, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Megsy

Sounds like a cow boy has wired that garage . No way should that be on a spur coming from your extension . If they haven't used armoured cable and just thrown cement over grey 2.5 twin and earth the cement will attack the cable in time. You could also have overloaded that piece of cable .
First thing I would do is isolate the extension ring circuit so there's no voltage/current running through it then find the spur . Then disconnect it and disconnect it where it comes into the garage . You can then test that piece of cable (ideally with a mega ) but use a meter first .
Garage wants to be on its own circuit going through an RCD .

Now worried as what pokes out of the concrete.... some grey twin cable!!

Think I'm gonna call someone with the tools and knowhow!

sinbin5t · 18-01-14, 08:40 PM

I think i BZZZZZ OOWWWW would too mate

Dangerous stuff electrickery

missfire · 18-01-14, 11:18 PM

Nothing of help, but our garage had an unexplainable trip about two months ago, puzzled me for at least an hour! Turned out that there was a slug (!) inside a four way adapter that was plugged in, in the garage.

it must have crawled in through one of the holes where the plug/pins go in. Don't know how it got in there because it was fekn huge!! It was shorting out the metal bits inside, 240v through the body. What confused me was I left it, thought i'll scrape it out once it's dried to a crisp, went back the next day and the bugger was gone. Off to cause more havoc somewhere else.

sinbin5t · 18-01-14, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by missfire

Nothing of help, but our garage had an unexplainable trip about two months ago, puzzled me for at least an hour! Turned out that there was a slug (!) inside a four way adapter that was plugged in, in the garage.

it must have crawled in through one of the holes where the plug/pins go in. Don't know how it got in there because it was fekn huge!! It was shorting out the metal bits inside, 240v through the body. What confused me was I left it, thought i'll scrape it out once it's dried to a crisp, went back the next day and the bugger was gone. Off to cause more havoc somewhere else.

Thats hilarious wonder how dangerous it was

missfire · 18-01-14, 11:47 PM

It was a pretty dangerous slug! Last seen bungee jumping off of the 400v overhead cables which feed the house.

sinbin5t · 18-01-14, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by missfire

It was a pretty dangerous slug! Last seen bungee jumping off of the 400v overhead cables which feed the house.

What a sense of humour

missfire · 19-01-14, 12:02 AM

Not sure if it did or not, I didn't get talking to it in all the drama, but it was definitely either brave, or stupid.

Daveymaclad · 13-04-14, 04:00 PM

Garage elastic trickery is now fixed.

Turned out the security light and/or proximity sensor at the front of the garage had a short through water ingress. Disabled that line and now the garage has full working lighting and electrics again. All sorted for teh grand total of nowt (the driveway security light and sensor was never used in the first place!)

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18-01-14, 08:40 PM	#12
sinbin5t 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Where a spike points skywards Posts: 12,960	I think i BZZZZZ OOWWWW would too mate Dangerous stuff electrickery

18-01-14, 11:18 PM	#13
missfire making wooden things Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: cow land Posts: 8,154	Nothing of help, but our garage had an unexplainable trip about two months ago, puzzled me for at least an hour! Turned out that there was a slug (!) inside a four way adapter that was plugged in, in the garage. it must have crawled in through one of the holes where the plug/pins go in. Don't know how it got in there because it was fekn huge!! It was shorting out the metal bits inside, 240v through the body. What confused me was I left it, thought i'll scrape it out once it's dried to a crisp, went back the next day and the bugger was gone. Off to cause more havoc somewhere else.

18-01-14, 11:47 PM	#15
missfire making wooden things Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: cow land Posts: 8,154	It was a pretty dangerous slug! Last seen bungee jumping off of the 400v overhead cables which feed the house.

19-01-14, 12:02 AM	#17
missfire making wooden things Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: cow land Posts: 8,154	Not sure if it did or not, I didn't get talking to it in all the drama, but it was definitely either brave, or stupid.