Can anyone offer advice on where to hire an Earth loop tester and how
much you would typically have to pay.

Also, any best buys ?
TLC currently have the following on sale at £137 but are they any good
and is there anything cheaper that has the basic functions needed.
(TLC EZe Non-Trip Earth Loop Impedance Indicator £137)
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Ind...ers/index.html

Andy

i was going to disconnect both ends of each ring circuit from the consumer
unit
then test them with a £5 multimeter for ohms,
earth to earth, N to N, L to L,
(and then E to N, E to L, N to L)
and I guess that this will find 93% of the faults.

Then pay a professional electrician to test the whole system
using professional expensive test equipment
to find any more complex faults.

isnt this a good idea?

-- george

George (dicegeorge) wrote:
i was going to disconnect both ends of each ring circuit from the consumer
unit
then test them with a £5 multimeter for ohms,
earth to earth, N to N, L to L,
(and then E to N, E to L, N to L)
and I guess that this will find 93% of the faults.

It will find a number of faults, but it measuring something quite
different from the earth loop impedance (or prospective fault/short
circuit current - which most will also measure)

Then pay a professional electrician to test the whole system
using professional expensive test equipment
to find any more complex faults.

isnt this a good idea?

Might be for a one off, but the cost of a decent inspection will run not
for off the cost of a basic set of test gear.

--
Cheers,

John.

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