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Fault Finder wanted - urgent.

Posted by George on January 10, 2021, 9:27 am

Pakistan is having a little problem. Please bring large roll of tape.

https://www.google.com/search?q=images+of+indian+street+electric+cables&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwifxdufgpHuAhUVLxoKHWKCBf0Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=images+of+indian+street+electric+cables&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1CdyARYx9UEYKT0BGgAcAB4AIABTYgBzQOSAQE3mAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=LcT6X9_6PJXeaOKElugP

Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent.

Posted by N44 on January 10, 2021, 9:55 am, in reply to "Fault Finder wanted - urgent."

Is that why we have some of our Call Centres there.

Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent.

Posted by Allan Campbell on January 10, 2021, 10:20 am, in reply to "Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent."

Those photos appear to be India but Pakistan must be the same or worse.

Allan C.

Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent.

Posted by George on January 10, 2021, 10:25 am, in reply to "Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent."

Allan, I couldn't get pictures from Pakistan - their systems are bust don't you know. Get yourself out there and fix it for them. Meanwhile, India will pursue their rockets to the moon projects.

Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent.

Posted by John Shearer on January 10, 2021, 1:25 pm, in reply to "Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent."

That's nothing compared to some Cities around the world.

Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent.

Posted by George on January 10, 2021, 11:54 pm, in reply to "Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent."

That's interesting. Which cities would those be?

Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent. George

Posted by Allan Campbell on January 11, 2021, 8:59 am, in reply to "Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent."

Not been to a lot of countries other than the EU.

France is where we go the most and in the older parts of towns or Cities there are loads of power cables strung along building but they are usually neat and tidy.

Looking at those of India !

Thank goodness we brought in our standards early on.

Allan C.

Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent. George

Posted by Davy on January 11, 2021, 12:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent. George"

Reminds me of palmers old shed cables all over the shop feeding cabins and all the electric gear in them.

Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent.

Posted by Barrie Mortimer on January 10, 2021, 1:28 pm, in reply to "Fault Finder wanted - urgent."

Now I have no query about running cables horizontally and vertically, but never diagonally. In my youth it seemed such a waste of cable.

Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent.

Posted by George on January 11, 2021, 9:47 am, in reply to "Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent."

Barrie, you are correct. Cables inserted in cavity walls are assumed to be either horizontal or vertical but never diagonally. However, I have come across spurs which have been tracked at an angle, which is not a good idea.

Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent.

Posted by Allan Campbell on January 11, 2021, 12:18 pm, in reply to "Re: Fault Finder wanted - urgent."

Seen a lot of cables installed diagonally when stripping out properties. Not a good idea unless buried deep in the wall and with a metal cover, they seem to be now only plastic.

The norm was always vertical, up from the floor or down from the ceiling. Cannot remember horizontal advice.

Allan C.

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