...so, the Parish Councillor asked me to check the electrics in the village chapel.
I only had Sunday morning free so I asked, "Won't that disrupt things?"
"I thought you had one of these new 'no trip' Megger thingies?" says he.
Of course! You can plug it into a socket and set it to 'no trip' and it gives the relevant readings and no-one is any the wiser
So I did...
Of course switch-mode power supplies (like what's in computers and amplifiers) have a degree of earth leakage...
...the preacher had a cold.
So he was using the amplifier.
Anyway, I plugged in and set my super-duper Megger to do a 'no-trip' pfc (prospective fault current). The display read 'trp' and the chapel went sort of silent...
About the same time as I heard the 'clack' of an RCD dropping out...
Horrified, I rushed to the CSU (consumer unit) and whacked the RCD back in...clack...press...clack...press...clack...
Bollocks, put the Megger in RCD auto-ramp by mistake...dash back to the Megger...pull the plug...back to the CSU...press...clack...press...clack...
WTF???
So the supply spikes must have upset summat else...sh*t the kitchen - it's the only thing that's doing anything - must be the tea urn!
Anyway, smacked me nose on the door trying to get down the passage - locked. The spikes have triggered the security system and the bolts are in the 'lock' position - I'm locked in the hall. The congregation is locked in the chapel. The preacher is croaking 'Don't panic'.
Suddenly I hear a siren............
...it passes (we're on a main road). It's just an ambulance heading for the next village, apparently some farmer has gotten himself trapped in a brand new combine harvester (sponsored by Exos). They don't read the manual - happens all the time.
Suddenly remember, RCDs can go 'soft' - tap it down, THEN push it back up...press. It STAYS! Thank fook - hear "...let us pray..."
Pack super-duper Megger away and sneak out the back door...
[Disclaimer - I posted in the humour bit this time - it's a clue - with an ELEMENT of truth]
I only had Sunday morning free so I asked, "Won't that disrupt things?"
"I thought you had one of these new 'no trip' Megger thingies?" says he.
Of course! You can plug it into a socket and set it to 'no trip' and it gives the relevant readings and no-one is any the wiser
So I did...
Of course switch-mode power supplies (like what's in computers and amplifiers) have a degree of earth leakage...
...the preacher had a cold.
So he was using the amplifier.
Anyway, I plugged in and set my super-duper Megger to do a 'no-trip' pfc (prospective fault current). The display read 'trp' and the chapel went sort of silent...
About the same time as I heard the 'clack' of an RCD dropping out...
Horrified, I rushed to the CSU (consumer unit) and whacked the RCD back in...clack...press...clack...press...clack...
Bollocks, put the Megger in RCD auto-ramp by mistake...dash back to the Megger...pull the plug...back to the CSU...press...clack...press...clack...
WTF???
So the supply spikes must have upset summat else...sh*t the kitchen - it's the only thing that's doing anything - must be the tea urn!
Anyway, smacked me nose on the door trying to get down the passage - locked. The spikes have triggered the security system and the bolts are in the 'lock' position - I'm locked in the hall. The congregation is locked in the chapel. The preacher is croaking 'Don't panic'.
Suddenly I hear a siren............
...it passes (we're on a main road). It's just an ambulance heading for the next village, apparently some farmer has gotten himself trapped in a brand new combine harvester (sponsored by Exos). They don't read the manual - happens all the time.
Suddenly remember, RCDs can go 'soft' - tap it down, THEN push it back up...press. It STAYS! Thank fook - hear "...let us pray..."
Pack super-duper Megger away and sneak out the back door...
[Disclaimer - I posted in the humour bit this time - it's a clue - with an ELEMENT of truth
]
