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I went to see a friend today, He needed some sockets changed, he has 2 old wylex fuseboard one for upstairs one for downstairs, so i pulled the 30amp fuses and turned it back on but still the plugs worked, so i pulled the two 15amp ones and it didnt work, checked with the lightup screwdriver and nothing.
First of all, his cable is stranded cable, so it was a hell of a job getting the cable twisted round, i think it must have been a spur as there was only one set of wires.
The second socket, I went and pulled the two 15amp fuses for upstairs and the sockets were dead check the live wire with the screwdriver and there was nothing, this i think was part of his radial as two sets of wires stranded again. So i was twisting round the live with a pair of pliers,twisting round the earth.
Then the neutral wire was stuck so i had to use my hand to undo it and as soon as I touched it I got a shock that whent through my whole body and threw me back a bit.
I am guessing that the idiot who wired this place whenever it was probably half a century a go had one of the neutrals coming from downstairs on to this one??
Not sure why this happend, I have attempted to ground my self by standing bare foot outside lool but not sure whether i need to do this further? Any suggetions about if theres anything I shud do and also how much voltage went through me?
I have told him he needs to get the whole place done as I wont do anything more on such a difficult and dangerous system.
Another thing is his neutral and earth wires are both black, the earth just had a small piece of green sleeving sort of stuck ontop of the terminal for the earth on the socket. The rubber for the wires is crumbling in my hands when i touch it so is another hazard, if you guys have any comments on this it would be great, this is the same guy i posted about his thermostat earlier, Im not even gona bother with that Ive just told him he needs to sort this asap.
Thank you very much
I went to see a friend today, He needed some sockets changed, he has 2 old wylex fuseboard one for upstairs one for downstairs, so i pulled the 30amp fuses and turned it back on but still the plugs worked, so i pulled the two 15amp ones and it didnt work, checked with the lightup screwdriver and nothing.
First of all, his cable is stranded cable, so it was a hell of a job getting the cable twisted round, i think it must have been a spur as there was only one set of wires.
The second socket, I went and pulled the two 15amp fuses for upstairs and the sockets were dead check the live wire with the screwdriver and there was nothing, this i think was part of his radial as two sets of wires stranded again. So i was twisting round the live with a pair of pliers,twisting round the earth.
Then the neutral wire was stuck so i had to use my hand to undo it and as soon as I touched it I got a shock that whent through my whole body and threw me back a bit.
I am guessing that the idiot who wired this place whenever it was probably half a century a go had one of the neutrals coming from downstairs on to this one??
Not sure why this happend, I have attempted to ground my self by standing bare foot outside lool but not sure whether i need to do this further? Any suggetions about if theres anything I shud do and also how much voltage went through me?
I have told him he needs to get the whole place done as I wont do anything more on such a difficult and dangerous system.
Another thing is his neutral and earth wires are both black, the earth just had a small piece of green sleeving sort of stuck ontop of the terminal for the earth on the socket. The rubber for the wires is crumbling in my hands when i touch it so is another hazard, if you guys have any comments on this it would be great, this is the same guy i posted about his thermostat earlier, Im not even gona bother with that Ive just told him he needs to sort this asap.
Thank you very much