RE: Ring main question

[Robert Chasmer <robert.chasmer@xxxxxxx>]

James, Daniel [mailto:daniel.james@xxxxxxx] wrote:
> I had this problem in a previous property.

You'd think that this sort of thing wouldn't happen, if someone can
manage to bodge up the fuse box, then god knows what else they may
have done in the house.


> You should have 4 live wires returned to the fuse box....
> from the two rings.
> It could be that the two rings have been crossed at the fuse box,
> it is a easy thing to test and fix, but will involve taking the
> power down for an hour or so.

I'll defintely have to try this one out.  Thanks for the excelent
suggestion.

On a related note, I noticed that another of my friends had a mains
socket with only one side of the ring wired up, the other side had
broken off.  This would mean the whole ring is then only fed by one
half of the wiring.  I presume you could do the same sort of check
by breaking the ring at a socket (MAINS OFF FIRST) and then measuring
the resistence between the two cables.

Does anyone know of a good DIY electrical wiring health check you
could perform?

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