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Post by JohnV on Apr 11, 2016 11:23:16 GMT
Just been running round trying to find an earth fault on Sabina H ..........switched of all the breakers.....still POP! .......Dammit ! neutral earth fault always a bugger to find. Started the routine.....disconnect each neutral one at a time and measure to earth........needless to say the last circuit !!! I thought "funny.....kitchen sockets?"
Then it struck me.....PILLOCK !!!......what is the first thing I tell people to do when I get that phone call ?........"Go round and unplug everything !!!" DOH !!! Kettle had gone neutral/earth short, I hadn't realised it had happened, I had done my usual trick of thinking "I'll have a cuppa" and then going off, forgetting all about it. All my lighting and heating automatically goes to inverter if the mains fails so I had remained blissfully unaware until I noticed the notifications on the laptop.
Now I know I have got a spare kettle......but can I find the damn thing ? ........I've just grabbed the whistling kettle from the stove and stuck it on the hob so at least I can have a cuppa before heading for the camping shop for a 1 Kw kettle |
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Post by naughtyfox on Apr 11, 2016 17:55:28 GMT
Recently I have been looking at some Youtube videos about multi-meters in the hope that I get a grip as to how our boat wiring is set up, and I thought this video was entertaining. 52 minutes long:
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Post by peterboat on Apr 11, 2016 17:58:15 GMT
Our kettle went in the house the other week same problem we thought it was the washer lots of messing for nothing BUGGER because we can ha
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Post by JohnV on Apr 11, 2016 18:12:12 GMT
My day continued......got to the camping shop and found that as it is open on Sundays it closes on Mondays instead !!! Bugger does seem to sum up things !!!
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Post by yamyam on Apr 11, 2016 20:08:57 GMT
Happened to me when the electric tripped a while ago now. Reset it just thinking I had overloaded it. Wasn't till weeks after when I noticed my washing wasn't getting as clean as normal. Suddenly realised the heating element had blown, hence the original trip, and been washing stuff in cold water. Those adverts for soap powder that clean at low temperatures ain't true :-)
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Post by JohnV on Apr 11, 2016 20:14:18 GMT
That's another situation that merits the word "bugger" Yamyam :-)
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Post by yamyam on Apr 11, 2016 20:23:41 GMT
That's another situation that merits the word "bugger" Yamyam :-) Ha ha, was thinking of something a bit stronger than that johnv esp the job of replacing the bloody element which has turned into several manyanas at the moment :-) |
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Post by JohnV on Apr 11, 2016 20:30:26 GMT
Yes I understand that is not a job for the faint hearted......I have been told it is essential to buy a new rubber gasket for the element as the original hardens and gets covered in scale and wont reseal properly
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Post by peterboat on Apr 11, 2016 20:34:41 GMT
I think I would just use hot water from the Tap rather than go through the pain
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Post by yamyam on Apr 11, 2016 21:01:04 GMT
Yes I understand that is not a job for the faint hearted......I have been told it is essential to buy a new rubber gafor the element as the original hardens and gets covered in scale and wont reseal properly Yeah, that sounds about right, plus looking on e bay there seems to hundreds of different bloody elements, so using peterboats solution at the moment and using a kettle full of boiling water :-) |
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