2/2/2023
On site 0915 off site 1045
Issue
Signs of burning around the socket
Corrective actions
Checked the cable for signs of overheating in the distribution board for the circuit all looks, 16 amp breaker correctly size, cable size correct
Conclusion, faulty electrical charge are used this caused the overheating and socket
Replace the socket with a double socket outlet and used three connectors and a bit of sacrificial cable. In case it happens again, client has new electrical car charger 6/2/2023
on site 0918 off site 1320 clock stoped at 1300
Request
Fit 2 monitoring metres on 2 3 phase circuits
Actions
Installed 2 housing unit and altered circuits, accordingly units, tested and working correctly. Client witnessed 7/2/2023
on site 0921 off site 1612
1. Install connection box
2. Dressed incoming cable to wall
3. Identified phases and put in correct rotation
4. Installed new circuit to left-hand side of workshop to feed new socket outlets old circuit.was not installed correctly and had no ground
5. Advise client on wiring home 8/2/2023
on site 1123 off site 1410 onsite 1655 off site 1759
1. Fitted 3 m of trunking going from meter cupboard to void next to kitchen
2. 3 Penetrations from meter cupboard to cupboard under and from cupboard under stairs, to void from void to kitchen.
3. Fitted flexible, conduit in meter cupboard, and flexible, conduit on floor of kitchen
4, Fed 11 m of three. Core 2.5 mm cable from meter cupboard to hob
5. Terminated hob, and with IP rated Parallex outlet
6. Terminated to 16 amp breakers in meter cupboard. Needed to put link cables to earth leakage device.
7. Tested circuit past client witnessed.
8. Removed old socket circuit in Kitchen
Observations
70% of circuits in the distribution board are not covered by the Earth leakage device. This is dangerous and should be rectified.
No main isolator in distribution board, not up to current regulations
Distribution board has C rated 16 amp breakers. This is not correct for the size of cable and should be rectified.
fuse board is old and needs updating.
Two new fuses are a temporary solution until the tree phase board is installed 8/2/2023
Call at 1018
Travel start 1040
On site at 1100 off site 1133
Issue
no power to half the house
Corrective actions
1. After checking light, it was found at neutral, was disconnected to the rest of the house reconnected neutral power restored
2. Installed light, correctly
3. Advise client on induction hob and how to solve issue with not enough power in the kitchen installed ground cable from lower apartment to 1st floor this was able to feed other apartments tested first floor apartment and third floor apartment, all past 30/1/ 2023on site 1415 off site 1450
Issues
Sign of burning on the main isolator
Corrective actions
Replaced faulty, main isolator and 40 amp cable
Probable cause cable not secured correctly in 30/1/2023 Installed an eight group three-phase distribution board
Installed 24 V AC bell
Circuits in outside building disconnected and isolated more investigation needed as it was not safe 30/1/2023
on site 0915 off site 1018
Minimum two hour callout applied
Issue
No power in kitchen
Corrective actions
Check Distribution board, fuse found have failed, after changing fuse power restored.
Observations
Distribution board 70 years old needs updating 18/2/2022
On site 0930 off site 1406 on site 1517 off site 1804
1. Advise client on power allocation throughout the house
2. Fitted fan in bathroom
3. Fitted lights in hall
4. Chase wall in the kitchen for extending cable to new position of oven and installed back box and flex conduit.
5.Chase wall in the kitchen for extending cable to new position of socket outlet and installed flex conduit.
6.Chase wall in the kitchen for extending cable to new position of extract fan and installed back box and flex conduit 15/2/2022
On-site 0900 offsite 1030
1. Removed Old thermostat repurposed feed cables for new term stat
2. Fitted control box to boiler and connected to new term start tested past and client witnessed
3. Advise client on new lights got one old light working again 14/2/2022
0n site 0905 off site 1100
Lifted floorboards and Inspected ceiling void and conduits ready for next visit to install new cabling to enable removal off boxes 11/2/2022
On site 0903 off site 1506
issue:
No power in the top half of the house three electricians before me I tried to solve the problem.
Observations:
Because of multiple flooring on the top floor attic space it was agreed with the client not practical to lift the flooring to find the issue. This left one option to go through the ceiling of the floor below to try and find the issue.
Corrective actions:
1. Probable contributing factor to cause of burnt cable was a high impedance because of no ground cable in the distribution board this will need to be rectified using a earthing rod reading was 1120 ohms client witness test
2. In an effort to try and find the supply cable to the circuit that was not functioning I drilled access holes in several parts of the ceiling these holes could also be used to pull in a new circuit if we could not resolve the fault on the original circuit.
3. The wiring standard observed via the access holes was not good practice connections in boxes that could not be accessed for maintenance or fault finding this will have to be rectified.
4. The feed for the cable in fault could not be located without more intrusive/destructive work. It was agreed with the client to stop as we now had access to all cables feeding the socket outlets and light and we would re-feed the circuit with a new supply from the distribution board and at the same time pulling a second supply to feed the washer dryer. A date has been agreed to return and started work 11/2/2022
on site 1407 off site 1636
1.Traced switch lines from upstairs to hidden switch box beside behind plaster downstairs beside the toilet.
2. Re-rooted switch lines two meter cast and installed in flexible conduit
3. Installed switch for upstairs
4. Traced and redirected 5 core Cable to serve kitchen area and be to be fed from distribution board.
5. Installed two light switches one in toilet one in hall both tested.
6. Checked over clients requirements for power consumption in kitchen and advised on three circuits totalling 10.2 kW of available power one of the circuits will has been pulled in for future use and coiled up over ceiling next to kitchen area and other items left in distribution board (washing machine dryer)
6. Removed temporary Power link cable serving upstairs lights connected permanent switch lines and dressed socket back box.
7. Dressed and made safe cables in meter cast. Minimum two hour call applied
1. Installed doorbell and transformer tested client witnessed On-site 1305 offsite
1. Fitted light in master bedroom
2. Check doorbell battery needed changing now working correctly
3. Fitted light child bedroom
4 fitted light sitting room 7/2/2022
On-site 0900 offsite 1215
1 Removed old dining room light replaced with new 9/2/2022
On site 0912 offsite 1532
Issue:
All sockets except for one next to distribution board failed residual current test:
Corrective actions:
1. Socket next to distribution board had outgoing ground cable removed this was the disguise and ground fault in the rest of the circuit.
Connected outgoing ground cable and then went on to disconnect all main wiring nodes until fault isolated in spare bedroom top of house.
Isolated Circuit leg ground cable, all other sockets with ground past residual current test client witnessed.
2. Kitchen Circuit had lost ground connection and due to the construction of house it would have taken excessive amount of destructive and disruptive work to find the break in the ground cable. Advice to client was to feed a ground cable from the distribution board to the kitchen.
After adding the ground cable this resolved the issues in the kitchen.
All sockets with ground cables including in the outside shed passed over voltage and residual current tests client witnessed.
8/2/2022
on site 0933 off site 1432
1.Rewired hall switch and first floor landing switch so 2 way switching worked correctly
2. Issue no power in socket in cupboard, On examination of switch the neutral cable had been completely destroyed from switch to main wiring node(this was hidden underneath the panelling in the cupboard) probable cause overloading.
3. Loss of power to the top floor due to the previous issue. Located cables feeding the top floor and connect them directly to the main wiring node in the hall.
4. Sockets in multiple locations had back boxes that were not in good condition advised client possible solutions, .1 change the type of plug to ones that use anchoring point on the side 2. to use wood screws 3. Change the back box to new.
5. Two lights in the kitchen that were not working had been fitted with 230 V LEDs when they should've been 12 V 8/2/2022
on-site 0912 off site 1343
1. Removed old switch and socket by sink
2. Installed new switch line to serve new light over sink
3 install two new switches by sink
4. Install conduit from light to IP rated box
5 Fed new switch line cable from new switch to light over sink
6. Installed new light over sink
7. Installed new IP rated connection box by washing machine
8 Install cable from socket outlet by washing machine through the wall to feed outside sockets
9 installed outside sockets 3/2/2022
On site 1205 off site 1400
Install six lights in six rooms
Install smoke detector Removed old light fitting
Hung new light fitting extra cable hidden in ceiling rose Advised On data network 3/2/2022
On site 0900 1230
1. Drilled hole and installed cabling from inside to outside
2. Install two double sockets wired and tested passed client witnessed
3. Installed new cover and socket outlet over outside socket next to front door and tested passed client witnessed
4. Checked transformer will need you will order and return
5. Installed new IP rated connection box and retaining clips for cables changed cable connectors. 1/2/2022
On site 1307 off site 1425
1. No power into socket after testing it was found wiring was wrong and went via a switch on
Rewired the two sockets tested and passed client witnessed
2. Hotel switching on landing was wired incorrectly fixed rewired new switch all working correctly First of February 2022
On site 0846 offside 1000
1. Client complained of loss of power tested socket found retaining clips had loose and probably causing arcing tighten clips
2. Download spotlight not working correctly after inspecting switch conclusion needed replacing
3. Two way switch times two on hallway need replacing 31/1/2022
On site 0907 off site 1723
1.Installed 2 lights in bed room( back plate not big enough so had to screws
2. Installed two wall lights over sinks to avoid drilling tiles I I altered back plate on fitting to attach to back box in wall and one ceiling light in Bathroom
3. Installed lights in the Master bedroom needed to alter back bracket to make it fit
4. Removed old toilet extractor fan replaced with new altered cable to facilitate
5. Install light in Toilet
6. Installed dining room light
7. Installed pendant light in Kitchen
8 inspected route for new circuits to feed kitchen not possible from first floor as boards glued can’t lift 17/12/2021
Minimum two hour call out applied
Issue
Down lights in kitchen not working
Corrective action
Tested lights transformer found to be malfunctioning replace transformer lights working correctly. 17/dec/2021
Minimum two hour call out applied
Issue
Neighbours complaining about how bright the lights in the courtyard are
Corrective actions
Made light diffusers orange this will take down the level of light. 21/Dec/2021
minimum 2 hour call out applied
installed lights in garage
fix light not working garage
advise on light out side
22/dec/2021
on site 0929 off site 1047
issue:
lost power
Corrective actions:
Tested socket outlets and lights on ground floor and Second floor outside patios. Also checked the grill in kitchen.
Reconnected outside lights and they working correctly
Observations:
All sockets and outlets lights tested fine except for the outside socket outlet on the ground floor it had a high loop impedance result this could prevent the over-voltage protection working correctly.
On the griddle the left-hand element has a fault that is shorting to earth causing nuisance tripping.
Recommendations:
Replace the heating element on the griddle.
Avoid using downstairs socket outlet or locate issue causing high impedance.
Minimum two hour call out applied
Tested socket outlet and new leads to correctly identify all polarity is correct wired to cookers
Two hour minimum callout applied
issue:
no power on 4 fuses
Corrective actions:
Tested distribution board one of the phase head fuses had blown.
Change fuse, all power restored
travel start 1602 on site 1615 off site 1646
issue:
loss of power on part of the board
corrective action:
checked distribution board found incoming phase not working, reset head fuse all power restored 31/12/2021
travel start 1300 on site 1309 off site off site 1322
issue:
lost of power on part of the distribution board
Corrective action:
tested power on the board and found one phase not working changed fuse all power restored
10/12022
On site 0912 off site 1350
Installed one light with difficult to access over stairs top floor
Installed 2 lights in Front bedroom one of which box had only one bolt hole available
One light on landing only one bolt hole available
Drilled 20mm hole and Installed one camera on outside of garage 1/1/2022
on site 0907 off site 1219
Removed four lights from old address and transported into new property
Installed light in dining area had to add meter of cable to ceiling trunking to get to the required position
Installed light in child's bedroom altered height to clients specifications
Installed Light in hall altered light hight to customers specification 18/1/2022
on site 0903 off site 1700
1.Removed light to gain access to main wiring node.
2.Removed hotel switching and cabling ready for plastering
3. Chased concrete wall (made more difficult by type of concrete) for extension of sockets and new double socket outlets back boxes, Secure new back boxes and flex conduit in place with snail Gips.
4. Removed all cables and rewired circuits with the addition of an ground cable.
5. Altered light circuit to function only on room switch and replaced light
6. Tested all sockets all passed Clyde witnessed 19/1/2021
on site 0858 off site 1300
1. installed 2 drying boxes for and connected circuits in kitchen
2. tidy up concrete chases in kitchen ready for flexible conduit back boxes .
3. Laser level and Installed 5 back boxes , flex conduit with snel gips for countertop in kitchen
4. puled in wires for 2 countertop sockets
5. Fix Parallex socket outlet back box and flex conduit
6. Wired parallax socket outlet.
7. Advised on network and routing for PV panels cabling and pulled in coax cable
Return to site at 1550 to install circuit for fridge two man job nobody else there could not complete 20/1/2022
Confirmation text received 1715 travel start 1720 on site 1730 off site 1801
Issue as described by client:
Our shed has lost electricity which is where our CV kettle/heater is located. The beaker box does not show an outage
Corrective actions:
Check the the shed made sure all items were unplugged checked the condition of cabling and socket outlets
Checked the distribution board found fuse had blown probable cause of this was an over load due to an old clothes dryer drawing 3.3 kW recommendation to update this to a dryer that has less than 1.5 kW to keep it within the required wattage.
Change the fuse all power restored. 20th/1/ 2022
on site 0913 off site 1347
1 Install conduit 9 m and saddles
2 install camera
3 Wired camera and fed from connection box
4. Fix hotel switching
5. Installed new socket outlet outside
6. Rewired fuse board so all circuits go via the residual current device
Observations
Distribution board and residual current device are 60 years old or over
Recommendations
Because of the age update distribution board and residual current device
10/1/2020
on site 1415 off site 1543
Installed one light in hall concrete ceiling
install one light in sitting room concrete ceiling
Install two lights in bedroom concrete ceiling
10/12022
On site 0912 off site 1350
Installed one light with difficult to access over stairs top floor
Installed 2 lights in Front bedroom one of which box had only one bolt hole available
One light on landing only one bolt hole available
Drilled 20mm hole and Installed one camera on outside of garage 17/12/2021
on site 0915 off site 1352
request:
get power and data on on right side of office
Actions:
Changed light switch to switch and socket, re-feed cables from main wiring node to switch
Drill a hole through concrete ceiling in sitting room and fed cat six cable to office area using trunking terminated with RJ 45 connection box and tested cable client witness 18/12/2021
Minimum one hour call out applied
Issue
Gas igniter on stove kept engaging
Corrective actions
Removed hob but could not gain access to an internal components agreed with client to leave isolated hob this has the effect of stopping the clicking 17/12/2021
Minimum two hour call out applied
Issue
Downlights in kitchen not working
Corrective action
Tested lights transformer found to be malfunctioning replace transformer lights working correctly 20th/December/ 2021
On site 08 55 offsite 1328
Request:
Install socket outside to enable car charging.
Actions:
Install cabling from meter cast via crawlspace to outside wall
Installed switch and socket outlet
Tested washing machine circuit failed discussed with client that (RCBO residual current device with overcurren.protectiion) (AARDLEKSCHAKELAAR) was functioning correctly.
Purchased new RCBO replaced and tested this time past client witnessed.
Tested outside socket past client witnessed.
Observations:
The distribution board is old and while testing for loop resistance I got an reading of 2.49 ohms on two of the circuits
Recommendations:
Replace the distribution board at the same time investigate the high loop readings 17/dec/2021
on site 0914 off site 1251 on site 1559 off site 1653
chase wall 4 meters
installed double socket outlet, cabling and new backbone for old socket
filled wall chase some filling and sanding left to client
tested sockets past client witness
hung mirror 9.12.2021
At clients address within 15 minutes
issue:
lost of power
Corrective action:
Probable cause of power outage was malfunctioning oven
change to 16 amp fuse and reinstate the power On site 1504 off site 1730
Issue:
Nuisance tripping on circuit serving kitchen downstairs and outside shed.
Corrective actions:
Circuit feeding shed was encased in concrete and could not be access, so had to disconnect circuit in socket next to back door.
After disconnecting circuit and reenergised distribution board nuisance tripping had stopped.
Observations:
Tested circuit and found residual current device did not trip in the required 30 mA also found a value of 158ohms
Recommendations:
The above results indicate an issue with the earthing system that needs to be resolved and was the possible contributing factor of the oversupply of current to the shed that caused the cable to short circuit.
The fault needs to be rectified as soon as possible as it forms part of the protection for the property and persons.
The distribution board is also 30 years and needs to be updated 15/12/2021
on site 0914 off site 1446
Fitted towel rail in bathroom, feed from bedroom circuit.
Fitted new socket outlet in bedroom opposite towel rail.
Replaced light bathroom mirror light 13/12/2021
on site 0906 off site 1648
installed conduit, cabling and 2 connection boxes
Installed two lights, switch, two sockets and overhead heater.
tested sockets residual current device (RCD) passed client witness
High loop value 11.58 ohms found on the 2 circuits, tested socket inside kitchen found the same high resistance value.
Recommendations:
Find the cause of the high ohms value and resolve as this can lead slow or no disconnection of the miniature circuit breaker negating your protection.
see link, explain why you need a good working MCB https://www.electgo.com/what-is-mcb/ 10.12.2021
On-site 0900 offsite 1356
Used circuit in bedroom as permanent feed for mirror and socket chased channel to precise position and drilled through to bathroom.
Fitted mirror and then socket to required locations. Tested socket, past and witnessed by client.
Filled chased channel in wall and agreed with client that they would do final sanding painting
Filled hole in ceiling in bedroom
Advised on lamp in toilet
Damage circuit
€100
Install two new monitoring metres and three phase circuit
€200
New circuit and correct old wiring
€350
Installation of three-phase circuit for new hob
€175
Emergency call loss of power
€150
Connecting apartment block to ground
€150
Emergency callout smell of burning coming from the distribution
€150
New 8 group, three-phase distribution board
€1060.92
No power in Kitchen
€100
Preparation for new circuits
€350
Installation of new thermostat
€100
Prior inspection to rewire to remove connections below new floor
€100
loss of power on top floor
€300
new circuits
€225
install door bell
€100
€100
install light and vac
€175
2 put up shelf in sitting room
3 tested circuit in shed passed client witnessed
4. Remove cables from sitting room floor
5. Advise to heating thermostat €175
no ground in most of house
€300
light socket install, fault finding
€250
light and socket switch install
€225
€100
Install new ceiling light
€100
New sockets and fault on existing circuit
€175
Hotel switching wired incorrectly
€175
Downlights not working correctly
€100
install lights and extractor fans
€425
€100
Change light level
€100
Install light in garage
€100
Nuisance tripping
€100
Wire flex outlets for 2 cookers, Parallex and 230v
€100
loss of power part of the distribution board
€150
Loss of power to part of the distribution board
€150
Loss of power to part of the distribution board
€150
Installation of security camera and lights
€175
install lights
€175
Moving sockets and adding ground cable
€400
install new circuits
€200
Loss of power in circuit
€150
install security camera
€225
installed 4 lights
€250
install 4 lights and Camera
€175
get power and data on on right side of office
€250
Igniter on stove continuously activating
€150
downlight not working
€100
install outside socket outlet
€225
Installation of socket outlet and hung mirror
€150
Emergency call out
€150
Nuisance tripping on kitchen circuit
€125
Installation of heated towel rail
€275
Installation of sockets and lights
€400
Installation of socket outlet and mirror
€200
