How to Find Incorrect Supply Polarity Testing and Fault Finding Live Testing Single Phase 230 Volts

[@elektrikeren5049]

Even as an Old spark/electrical engineer (42 years Old 🙈) I still watch these videos. With love from Denmark.🇩🇰

[@GSHElectrical]

Thanks for the support. Gaz 👍

[@Kebabicide]

Don't say old, I'm just starting out and I am 48!!!🤪

[@noskills9577]

How many of us fail to do this on a new install until we notice the problem at a socket..... good reminder

[@ek6868]

Tanx for the upload always look forward to your fault finding videos👍

[@richardwash6678]

Nice one Gaz and Marcus 👍

[@GSHElectrical]

Thanks 👍🕺

[@triplerjm2353]

👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿another stunning video thank you guys 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿, spent 5 hrs yesterday solving a polarity issue but couldn't tried everything that I know in other to correct it but was unable to, last night I thought going some GSH tutorial video here we go I have just watch what was missing on my head, going back to the job in 2hrs with confidence and will keep you posted with my result. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@GSHElectrical]

Thanks for the fantastic comment and glad my videos are helpful 🦾

[@ianfraser2009]

I have had problems with electrician with this subject before doing commercial installations. There answer back to me is there in no problem with live and neutral being mixed up everything will work fine, It just reversed. Good video

[@karoly365]

Boss, if the polarity was wrong from the suppliers side, how could they bond the neutral (actually live) and earth together at the main incoming side, assuming you are following TNCS system?

[@benjibiker6053]

Great Video! Keep them coming :)

[@train4905]

Superb video guys as always.well done.keep up the great work and videos.

[@GSHElectrical]

Stephen Allen thanks for the support. Gaz 👍

[@mistermartin82]

If this was a TN-C-S this would mean all exposed metalwork would be live too (through bonding). Presumably when you check polarity upstream you are only doing so where the connections aren't sealed by DNO ?

[@ahmedelectricianofiraq5550]

It's amportaing to check a polarity of line and neutral in all installation in house becuse that what make light bulb have weak glow even the switch off .

[@campo2309]

It's definitely been so helpful. Cheers!

[@cosme3345]

Saludos de madrid España

[@garethl665]

Awesome video

[@GSHElectrical]

Gareth L thanks

[@jamesm.9285]

Soon to start my fault finding module - great timing! :) Thanks.

[@michaelcostello6991]

I would like a video showing a sketch of all possible issues with reverse polarity including the safety check issues you mention

[@andrewyeo2353]

Yes thanks the video had been some help. Important point doing line and earth first instead of the safe isolation protocol of line neutral when dealing with polarity

[@Kebabicide]

Is it necessary to prove your unit? I was led to believe it wasn't important when live testing, as you're always going to have a supply to energise your tester, if it's battery is flat.

[@alexanderroland7197]

GSH Electrical

[@Dog-whisperer7494]

Great video, guy’s clear and precise explanation. 👍👍👍👍❤️ One question though, if you did all the required dead test in the correct order then the supply polarity test would show this fault at the CU as we test between line and neutral and line and earth and neutral and earth.

[@MrSeananners12345]

Could you do the MET instead of the earth bar ?

[@KetamineUpUrAss]

Probs fail the AM2. Seem to fail it for anything

[@WILL-fu6jk]

As the two wires, live and neutral had reversed polarity i assumed that some where along the circuit the wires had met an appliance or an object and weren’t wired properly ? Is this correct ? If so where along the circuit where the wires not fitted correctly?

[@davidmarsden8868]

If found to be the DNOs fault can you leave the power turned on till the reverse polarity is fixed.

[@dexwhitmore]

Gaz, do you have schematics for your fixed testing boards (1, 2, 3 etc)? I'd love to make something like it for our college workshop as currently we don't have anything fixed and dedicated for the purpose. Failing a schematic, a photo with sections indicated (ring, radial, lighting etc. It looks beautiful

[@GSHElectrical]

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[@dexwhitmore]

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[@Chris-rs6nq]

I'm currently finishing my level 3 and have my 18th edition but i am struggling to find any company willing to take me on (normally don't even get any reply's) so i can get any form of on-site training. Does anyone have any advice to get into the industry.

[@GSHElectrical]

Hi Chris, this may help kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3mzeqadn69gg6M Thanks for commenting and if you want a chat DM me on either Facebook or Instagram. All the best Gaz 👍

[@Masteranddisaster13]

Chris danson call some agencies You might be able to get a job as an improver or mate.

[@simonaragon1992]

Good videos, and respect for the effort you put in to delivering them. Do your students get much on control circuits and motor starters etc? Lots of it seems aimed at domestic, what if students end up working in more industrial settings where this sort of stuff is vital to have knowledge of. :)

[@GSHElectrical]

We are working a videos for these areas in February half term🤞. Thanks for the message. Gaz 👍

[@simonaragon1992]

@@GSHElectrical Great stuff. Look forward to watching. :)

[@martorelkeyita3581]

As alternative current changes the direction so it not gonna be a problem once neutral and live and earth have been reverse because everything will work normally without any short circuit

[@RaGnoooory]

How to correct that

[@markd5266]

Fault finding video's 😍 If I've understood this correctly, you have reversed polarity, so the neutral is now the line and doesn't have protection from a rcd etc. So if you have a faulty appliance with a dead short circuit between line and neutral and have reversed polarity to the consumer unit, none of the safety protection circuit's would work. And the faulty appliance would just draw more current until the wires melt etc or something goes bang?

[@JasperJanssen]

RCDs still work, they look for imbalance between the two conductors and don’t really make a difference which is which. Technically, and practically, it is often possible to wire RCDs up in either LN or NL fashion depending on whether you need the live to come out the left side or the right. (Check your manufacturer’s instructions for whether they are tested that way, obvs, don’t take the word of a rando non-spark on the jnternet). It’s the overcurrent “fuses” that no longer work - so both the “slightly higher current than specified” and “dead short circuit” functions of MCBs do not trigger, unless the current goes back through the live conductor. So for fully rcd+MCB (or RCBO) protected circuits, those should still trigger on any of the 3 types of faults (albeit in a back-ass-wards way), but for MCB only circuits that are not RCD protected this would give you a situation where you could short out kilo-amps from “neutral” (actually line) to earth and not trigger any protection. Even the DNO main fuse won’t trigger, because that’s in the “line” conductor as well and that’s not part of this circuit! So the only protective device remaining is most likely going to be the transformer substation fusing, given that that will probably be before where the switch was made. So what is that, several kilo-amps? That’s a hell of a fire starter, twisted firestarter… I suppose that’s one reason RCDs are neat.

[@Sudds1888]

Live, earth and neutral, that’s how I will always and ever regard them as, line an cpc.... 🙄