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| Posted: 03:18pm 27 Jan 2024 |
TBH I've seen worse (i am a qualified and practicing electrician). For e.g. there was a house that had been partitioned into two with the circuits split accordingly, then subsequently re-combined to a single dwelling again. In the main fuseboard there was a 32 ring main and two 20a radials - but they were all connected together in the house, so you could draw a theoretical 72a from a 2.5mm2 spur.
Can't say i was impressed with his faultfinding skills: took him a long time to think to try a continuity test and see it was a direct metal to metal short - which is relatively easy to track down by the method he (eventually) used. If he'd spent less time bemoaning the quality of the diy add-ons and focussed on the fault he could have pinned it down in 1/2 hr.