Intermittent Tripping: These Faults Are The Hardest To Finds

[@merlin5476]

I recently had a bizzare intermittent led spot light problem. I installed 6 spots for a customer, 4 weeks later they were randomly flickering ( all of them). So i checked ALL connections, ok, changed the switch & it still randomly persisted. Knowing that LED'S can affect each other i replaced all of them. 2 weeks later it started again... ffs. I re terminated every connection on the fittings & also the feed from the bathroom ( it fed the 6 spots, 3 plate). A week later it started again.. so i measured the voltage on the spots & got 195 volts WTF !!! i replaced the 1.5 t&e from the bathroom that fed the kitchen spots & all is now sweet. I went over that cable with a fine tooth comb, meggered etc & it looks perfect. It was about 10 feet in length. Yours sincerely... Mr baffled. ( and stressed).

[@coralbay00]

What a bastard head scratcher that is mate. I installed 6 LED spots in a hallway. All fine for over a month. Client called the other day and said at night he noticed they were glowing when switched off. Just started happening recently. Clearly its receiving voltage however small but enough to cause the issue. All wall switches are new, so thinking it's an issue with units themselves. Going back next week, see what the crack is 🤦‍♂️

[@merlin5476]

@@coralbay00 i have come across that issue too. Once it was because it was a switched neutral instead of a live & the other was because of a poor earth. LED's will glow if there is a tiny voltage present when switched off ( poor earth). I've actually had G9 LED's light up a little bit when rubbing them across my jumper !!!. Hope that helps.

[@coralbay00]

@@merlin5476 definitely not a switched neutral all strappers are parallel and the beauty of this property is its a bungalow lol so happy days. Never thought about the earth.....cheers for the input buddy 🤝

[@londontrada]

@@coralbay00 is it a dimmer switch?

[@coralbay00]

@@londontrada na mate. It was OK for a while until I removed wall lights in the lounge and created 2 ceiling lights (repositioning the centre rose and coming off that with switch wire +neutral). Not sure if that's done something. Not been back to install the lights in lounge yet as he ain't ready. I'll investigate when I return. Always learning something new on occasions lol 🤦‍♂️

[@lushlobster8441]

Had exactly the same problem. Turns out it was a Defrost Heater in my Samsung Fridge Freezer - only happened intermittently due to changing fridge temperatures. Quite common according to the Samsung engineer.

[@Михаиллеви]

Thanks Del. 😊 they don't make fuse boxes easy to get at ! But you manage a good camera view

[@Jonbuildz]

love how you just give the cables and the board a good rag about Delroy haha

[@tzm1843]

I have 2 RCDs in serial that trip together every 1-4 days.

[@tzm1843]

The rag on top of the panel box!

[@michaeljrgensen7071]

Why dont you have more subs mate? You Seem like a fantastic dude

[@thesilentonevictor]

Great troubleshooting

[@briantwigley]

Another great video Delroy 👍🏻

[@gedbentley8415]

My mind is exhausted 🤕

[@andysims4906]

Proper electricians often work live

[@adierob1]

Thanks for the video del, Another job were it looks like there has been a fiddler playing looks like someone at some point has split the ring and put that 20amp wylex Nsb breaker in to that ge vinckler board or they have wired all them new sockets as a radial and forgot to make it a ring circuit either way as there is new colours present the circuit should of had rcd protection and again no doubt there has been no notification of works. I said from the start part p was a load of ball cocks when it was introduced.

[@johndufton9686]

The mistake with Part P was not giving it the same teeth Gas Safe has. You rarely see a DIyer or bodger messing with gas.

[@starforceplatinum]

Having the same problem

[@ivanleonardo8394]

Hi Delroy! What do you think about Klein tools you use? Best regards from Portugal.

[@Ricko1Games]

3 weeks ago was the third time I had random rcd trips in the last 6 years. This time it was the most work since it was the buried cable to the shed (20 meters digging). I put in a new cable last weekend. Before that the sump pump and pond pump respectively. Both had rotten cables. My solution has been waiting until I can't turn it back on (around once a week for a month) then I can isolate the circuit the issue is on. Then simply check everything on that circuit. Today I tried to run a second black switch wire in the garage/shed so I can turn the garden lights on/off from both the shed and house (added new switch in house) Stupid wires came lose on the box entrance. I have all colors of wire on order since that means I have to replace the whole run with my fish tape (which obliterates 25 year old insulation). I suppose an electrician should have some private stock.

[@merlin5476]

Overload issues are normally easier to find than an intermittent rcd. Either way they are a pain.

[@davidfleck6551]

Not if appliances are all running “ intermittently “

[@lewishumphries2893]

Couldn't the "earth ring" not be a ring as the cpcs could be picking up parallel paths and potentially not picking up a broken part of the circuit

[@stewartburns1828]

Exposed basic insulation outside an enclosure housing the rcd, you going to sort that out del??

[@kyians]

Not there to be doing remedial work

[@realestateservicessaleshea99]

🏈🍺🥃😎👍🏻 Thanks again for the videos! 🥃🥃🍺🍺🍺🍿🎯 Stay safe. Retired (werk'n)keyboard super tech. Wear your safety glasses!

[@kxrrzy]

You work live ? How do you not get shocked

[@bonaminhrasmey42]

❤sound like your needs to rewire your way.😊

[@scottsparky1]

New colours came in 2004

[@kyians]

Only 4 years you can't remember everything