Fault finding in Roodepoort
In Roodepoort the earth leakage often opens when the gate motor runs in the rain or when the pool pump starts. Florida and Constantia Kloof stands put those loads on the house plugs. The fault is then outside, at a wet motor or a damaged garden cable, while the symptom is a dark kitchen. Write the sequence: gate button, trip, or pump on, trip. That is the useful brief.
Complexes near Wilgeheuwel add a second version. The unit trips and the passage cupboard is locked. You cannot fault-find a breaker you cannot see. Get the key arranged, then send the request. A matched electrician standing at a boom with no code is not a diagnosis.
Generator inlets
If the fault started the day a generator was plugged into a Weltevreden Park garage inlet, stop using that inlet. A wrong inlet can back-feed or can trip because neutral and earth were tied in the wrong place. Say 'the fault started with the generator' in the first sentence. Do not demonstrate it again for a video.
Questions and answers
The pool pump shocks the tap. Is that a fault-finding job?
Yes, and stop using the pump. A shock means an earth fault. Switch the pump off at its isolator if you can do that dry and safely, and do not keep swimming.
Half the complex is off. Should I use this form?
If several units are off, tell the trustees first. It may be the common supply. Use the form if only your unit is dead.
Can you find a cable in a long garden?
The electrician you hire can trace a garden cable. Say where the lights stop working along the path. We do not scan gardens from a call centre.