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My preference (assuming the cable damage is below the backbox) would be to chop out a new backbox below to hold some terminals and replace the burnt end. Cover with a blanking plate.
Yep that is a good idea and had been one of my plans, depending on how bad the damage was. Unfortunately it wasn’t an option that would work, as you’ll see in the follow up video next week. Thanks for watching!
I would have expected the RCD to trip and not just the MCB as the RCD should detect earth faults. I'm not qualified and just curious as a theoretical question why is your MCB triped with over current and not the RCD with Earth fault? Is you earth cable continuity ok?
They both tripped every time actually, the rcd switch just doesn’t fall as far as the mcbs, so in the video might not have looked like it tripped, but I assure you both did! Thanks for watching!
