Emergency Call Out - Electrical Fault Finding 

He'll be right back when he finds out the boiler doesn't work. At least I'm guessing the boiler FCU is also on the part of the radial that's now removed from the circuit since the socket right next to it is.

Does me tits in.

that's why i don't do residential work, only commercial, lol

Total agree there...

State of those tails at the Henley blocks too.

richard day hahahaha

When they (the channel owner) says ring, does that mean that rather the circuit is ran series, I’m Canadian we do things different

@@tylerwilliams2802A ring circuit has 2 cables going to the circuit protection device. All wired in parallel but with a "loop in, loop out" system that starts and ends at the circuit protection device. A radial spur is a parallel connection with only one twin and earth going to the socket outlet.

Cheers

its easy to tell afterwards. Sometimes while you at it, you might miss situations like this. It is not that big of an deal dude.

this works great in combination with the per metre R1R2 values for twin and earth. can help narrow it down very well

I'd have started with the three non-working sockets on the other end of the kitchen and dug those out to narrow down the location of the fault.

It would be 'misinformation'

Customer not at home or in other room: Normal hour rate. Customer being superviser: +30%. Customer sitting on your shoulders: +65%.

So basically you take a link from your last point in the radial back to the fuse board and that makes it a ring. It means you can go from a 20a supply to a 32A as the load (should but is not always) split evenly over the two cables It was designed to save cable as it removes the need to run the entire radial circuit in 4mm for the same amperage. Unlike with a radial circuit when a link is broken it will still function as normal in most cases but as two radials on a 32a supply (not ideal) but as you can guess from this as you don't know the point where the break is fault finding can be quite time consuming.

i'm american too, it seems like what we call a "class a" circuit in the low voltage world of fire alarm. from panel, through all devices and back to panel. tough to troubleshoot a class a loop. i always break an end at the source and turn it into a typical circuit (turn it into class b). and i believe he did do that

I did wonder this. Sure the socket next to the boiler spur was dead

Much appreciated

@@eastwayelectrical Hi just a few queries Del am 44 years of age coming to the end of level 2 will be doing exams now just av left school 28 years ago haven't used my brain since just had daft end jobs since leaving school am worried about the physics and maths in the exam college teachers not very helpful even though av paid £1950 for the course an also is all that every necessary once I qualify want to be a independent sparky Thanks appreciate any advice P.s your videos are very clear and helpful 1 million % to you Del

He was the one who called Delroy to come out

The contractor probably wanted to get out of there asap because the house owner was on their back. I don't like the headache, I usually tell the customer it's easier to work it out myself.

If your an electrician why would you want the boards? 🤔

@@HahaSully because I collect them that is why I want the boards ok ok

Not very smart to put your personal address on the World Wide Web mate. I suggest deleting this comment asap

@@johnoreilly7052 what you collecting them for you hoping the old ones make a comeback and the guys have got the regs wrong down the line. 😂👍

@@albertsteptoe3710 is there a problem with me collecting the old CU

Your obviously missing the point, it was a temporary fix and needed to be returned, I would imagine the customer was paying del by the hour as a call out and wanted a quick fix, which is what Del did as a temporary measure

Be easier to re wire the kitchen, who needs all them sockets anyway 🤣🤣

If you watched it properly the client wasn't willing for him to carry on looking and wanted him gone

do exactly my point, the client seemed more worried about the cost of call out rather than fixing the problem, that will still be wired that way in 5 years lol

Tom ,me and you must have been watching different videos, cos I got the impression it was delroy that wanted to get of there,because he thought putting that link in would bring would bring on most and if not the kitchen and conservatory power and it didnt and he didnt appear to know why ,its obvious that the 2 ends he disconnected were not a direct link between the 2 sockets ,but a link to the rest of the kitchen power

Next time you're carrying out fault finding , film it and show us how it's all done.

It was the insulation resistance fault that was causing the tripping. Thats why he was testing insulation resistance all over the place. Nothing to do with overload.

Delroy didnt actually go on to find the fault,he disconnected 2 cables put a temporary link in and effectively cut off the other half of the kitchen circuit, with a bit more investigation I'm sure he could of isolated fault and given his client more of a positive outcome

@@edwardobriaen2733 welcome to the world of emergency call outs. Primary goal is to restore the bare essentials for the customer in the shortest time possible, being conscious that it needs to be safe, and you need to make sure the customer can afford to pay your bill. A temporary fix, in agreement with the customer, is absolutely fine providing the customer is well aware it is temporary and you cover yourself on the paperwork. If the customer decides to promote that to a permanent fix, that's their own decision. I'm fairly certain that if this was a scheduled visit, Del would have been able to locate the fault and repair it fully.

A ring final circuit leaves the breaker in the board goes to each socket in turn then returns back to the same breaker the breaker is rated at 32amps in a split level house you will have a ring circuit upstairs and a downstairs ring the kitchen will have its own separate ring as well