Could anyone offer and explanation or thoughts as to what is happening with
my electrical system.

Whenever the washer and kicks into another stage of the wash cycle or the
central heating boiler starts to ooperate or the wife switches a kettle on,
there seems to be a bit of a problem insomuch as the lights dim.

NEDL recently had to enter our property in order to put a new cable into the
next doors house as it had blown in the ducting under the floors. I live in
a hjouse that has a house each side and the main electric cable enters my
house where it is then branched off to the house eitherside. Fused at my
house and then fused at the other houses.

Jim

On Jan 16, 2:37*pm, Owain wrote:
On Jan 16, 12:28*pm, "the_constructor" *wrote:

Could anyone offer and explanation or thoughts as to what is happening with
my electrical system.
Whenever the washer and kicks into another stage of the wash cycle or the
central heating boiler starts to ooperate or the wife switches a kettle on,
there seems to be a bit of a problem insomuch as the lights dim.
NEDL recently had to enter our property in order to put a new cable into the
next doors house as it had blown in the ducting under the floors. I live in
a hjouse that has a house each side and the main electric cable enters my
house where it is then branched off to the house eitherside. Fused at my
house and then fused at the other houses.

Poor connection at the supply head.

Get NEDL back pronto.

Owain

Yes. Or somewhere between incoming supply and your distribution boad.
All connections need to be tested for tightness, if OK, it's on the
supply companies side.

On Jan 16, 12:28*pm, "the_constructor"
wrote:
Could anyone offer and explanation or thoughts as to what is happening with
my electrical system.

Whenever the washer and kicks into another stage of the wash cycle or the
central heating boiler starts to ooperate or the wife switches a kettle on,
there seems to be a bit of a problem insomuch as the lights dim.

Does the same thing happen if you switch the kettle on?

I assume when the lights dim, they then remain constant until the load
changes again, ie, it isn't momentary.


NEDL recently had to enter our property in order to put a new cable into the
next doors house as it had blown in the ducting under the floors. I live in
a hjouse that has a house each side and the main electric cable enters my
house where it is then branched off to the house eitherside. Fused at my
house and then fused at the other houses.


Your neighbours are running a cannabis farm and sucking up all the
juice for lighting/ventilation - that's how they blew the lot in the
first place?

Otherwise, if it has only been happening since the recent work, I''d
agree you need to get distribution company back to check cabling and
connections coming into your house and neighbouring houses. They
should be able to measure the current ingoing to your consumer unit
and see what is happening when you alter the load.

Any private electrician could only measure the light and power sockets
and confirm what you observe.Only the distribution company can
(legally and officially) deal with what is being pumped into your
house. They are your first port of call.

Toom

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@fu15g2000vbb.googlegroups.com, says...
Otherwise, if it has only been happening since the recent work, I''d
agree you need to get distribution company back to check cabling and
connections coming into your house and neighbouring houses. They
should be able to measure the current ingoing to your consumer unit
and see what is happening when you alter the load.


IF you have a multimeter, you could measure the voltage on and off load.

--
Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.

"harry" wrote in message
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On Jan 16, 2:37 pm, Owain wrote:
On Jan 16, 12:28 pm, "the_constructor" wrote:

Could anyone offer and explanation or thoughts as to what is happening
with
my electrical system.
Whenever the washer and kicks into another stage of the wash cycle or
the
central heating boiler starts to ooperate or the wife switches a kettle
on,
there seems to be a bit of a problem insomuch as the lights dim.
NEDL recently had to enter our property in order to put a new cable into
the
next doors house as it had blown in the ducting under the floors. I live
in
a hjouse that has a house each side and the main electric cable enters
my
house where it is then branched off to the house eitherside. Fused at my
house and then fused at the other houses.

Poor connection at the supply head.

Get NEDL back pronto.

Owain

Yes. Or somewhere between incoming supply and your distribution boad.
All connections need to be tested for tightness, if OK, it's on the
supply companies side.

Here's an update on the problem that I have been having.
Sorry this is a little long.
Due to being extremely busy this last few weeks, I tended to leave the
dimming light problem for awhile.
Every morning I read the gas and electric meters. I like to know the daily
power consumption, this is another story which I may tell you all about
another time.
About 9 days ago I was reading the electric meter and I have a sizzling, but
put it down to the earing aids playing up.
Last evening, the lights started flashing rapidly. We have the old type
bulbs in part of the house so it was more apparent than in the other part
where we have the energy bulbs..
The flashing was about 100 faster tahn that of a car indicator. Time to
investigate. I switched all the power off and then individually switch each
circuit back on. As soon as the kitchen circuit was switched on there was a
pop and a sizzling sound. Couldn't smell anything. Only item on in kitchen
was the fridge. switched circuit off, got down on floor and switched circuit
back on again, pop sizzle, this time I found it was the main cutout as NEDL
call it.
Called NEDL who were here within an hour.
It turns out that the electricians who originally came to see to install a
new power cable for next door, mains in my house feeds house either side,
had not tightened the neutral up on next doors supply, the main busbar was
loose, the fuse that they renew for next door had not been fitted into the
carrier correctly, it was loose, and the carrier not inserted into the
cutout properly, hence flashing lights.
Everything is ok now, but the electrician who came to do the job last night
is passing the job on so we get a totally new NEDL cutout because he is not
happy with the old one fitted.
He told us that we should have a master switch fitted after the meter in
order for the household to isolate the mains should any work need to be
done, because at the moment we only have a trip switch. This is my
responsibility.
Question! Which should I get and where from.
He said the contractors may fit it at the same time as fitting the new NEDL
cutout.
Kindest regards,
Jim

Here's an update on the problem that I have been having.
Sorry this is a little long.
Due to being extremely busy this last few weeks, I tended to leave the
dimming light problem for awhile.
Every morning I read the gas and electric meters. I like to know the daily
power consumption, this is another story which I may tell you all about
another time.
About 9 days ago I was reading the electric meter and I have a sizzling,
but put it down to the earing aids playing up.
Last evening, the lights started flashing rapidly. We have the old type
bulbs in part of the house so it was more apparent than in the other part
where we have the energy bulbs..
The flashing was about 100 faster tahn that of a car indicator. Time to
investigate. I switched all the power off and then individually switch
each circuit back on. As soon as the kitchen circuit was switched on there
was a pop and a sizzling sound. Couldn't smell anything. Only item on in
kitchen was the fridge. switched circuit off, got down on floor and
switched circuit back on again, pop sizzle, this time I found it was the
main cutout as NEDL call it.
Called NEDL who were here within an hour.
It turns out that the electricians who originally came to see to install a
new power cable for next door, mains in my house feeds house either side,
had not tightened the neutral up on next doors supply, the main busbar was
loose, the fuse that they renew for next door had not been fitted into the
carrier correctly, it was loose, and the carrier not inserted into the
cutout properly, hence flashing lights.
Everything is ok now, but the electrician who came to do the job last
night is passing the job on so we get a totally new NEDL cutout because he
is not happy with the old one fitted.
He told us that we should have a master switch fitted after the meter in
order for the household to isolate the mains should any work need to be
done, because at the moment we only have a trip switch. This is my
responsibility.
Question! Which should I get and where from.
He said the contractors may fit it at the same time as fitting the new
NEDL cutout.
Kindest regards,
Jim

Another question.
We have a digital meter, not a smart meter, just an ordinary digital meter.
Could the rapid impulses from the mains fault have made the meter readings
wrong ?
Jim