Do "volt sticks" work on armoured cable?
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On Friday, 18 March 2016 18:31:14 UTC, Tim+ wrote:
Following an episode of depriving three flats of mains power for 8 hours I
thought I'd buy some of those cheap volt sticks mentioned here recently.
Seem to work fine on ordinary cable but not on my armoured incomer. I
suppose I shouldn't be surprised by this but clearly they're not gonna stop
me drilling into another armoured cable. ;-)
Out of interest, would the type of armour make a difference (say steel
versus copper)?
Tim
Mine uses capacitive pickup, so any earthed metal stops the signal.
8 hours is a long time.
It was probably longer. Certainly long enough for the electric company to
rig up a temporary supply.
Of course if the main fuse hadn't been hidden behind a plasterboard
partition behind a radiator they might have found it a bit quicker. ;-)
Tim
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