Mains Cable
When was the last time you checked yours.
I tend to check mine annualy, cable for signs of breaks, plugs and connections for corrosion etc.
This time I noticed the live had come slightly loose, caravan end, causing arcing.
Worth checking on a regular basis.
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It is checked every time it is recovered from use when leaving a pitch.
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Very rarely. I have only ever had one problem when I noticed at the end of a stay, that a rodent had nibbled the outer casing of the cable. Fortunately, I had a spare cable and I cut the damaged piece from the original cable and made a short one. Now
I carry a long and a short cable.0 -
It is checked every time it is recovered from use when leaving a pitch.
I do the same, what I really meant is I check inside the plug/socket connections annualy, that's how I found out about the arcing.
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I did do so this weekend past, but just by chance as I was off EHU and thought about it. It must be three years since I did it but once I did find a
core clamping screw was not as tight as it should have been. This time all healthy though all six core screws were in need of a tiny bit more tightening.0 -
It does seem like a good idea. However, I suppose we should also do the same for all leads at home, such as vacuum cleaners, extension leads etc. They are used a lot more than our EHU lead and in the work environment would have to be tested once a year.
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It does seem like a good idea. However, I suppose we should also do the same for all leads at home, such as vacuum cleaners, extension leads etc. They are used a lot more than our EHU lead and in the work environment would have to be tested once a year.
Except progressively these days we can't do more than eye-ball the cable, what with moulded on plugs and security screws in the body, there to stop access.
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I don't strip it down to look at the internals. No need to.
Just use a polarity tester every time you hook up. It tells you if something is wrong with the wiring
AutoAddict is talking about loose terminals inside your plug & socket .... a plug in tester won't tell you that. Checking for tighteness of terminals in a switch board is part of planned maintenance in industry
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I don't strip it down to look at the internals. No need to.
Just use a polarity tester every time you hook up. It tells you if something is wrong with the wiring
Really? Sounds like a great device if it can diagnose loose connections!
No, a polarity tester will do "what it says on the tin" - test polarity.
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There was a guy trying to sell a lead on one of the Facebook groups last week - I pointed out that the cable should have been condemned as it has clearly been overloaded / over heated as all the internal cores were twisted and bulging under the mechanical
insulation.His response? It's ok, I've run a PA test on it, its fine (I had to point out that the first part of such a test is a visual condition inspection and that was enough to condem it before testing it on any fancy piece of equipment)
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