Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! Re: Device for checking power, data, tv and phone points 10Apr 19, 2017 11:44 pm Sorry to be blunt but your answer kind of proves my point. To fully and properly test power circuits you need to know what you are doing. These testers do not test load there really isn't anything that can. Though a hair dryer isn't a bad idea same too with a bar heater. When I used to test UPS capacity we would use a 2400w bar heater. These test that active and neutral are around the right way and that the RCd trips correctly. But even with RCD you need to know what the trip point is of the breaker and setup the tester to test to that trip point. Re: Device for checking power, data, tv and phone points 11Apr 20, 2017 12:29 am No need to be sorry . I just want to make sure this house works and I'm not entirely comfortable with assuming everything will be fine because it is a highly regulated industry. Re: Device for checking power, data, tv and phone points 12Apr 20, 2017 8:56 am I have done close to 10K new home and pre purchase property inspections and electrical faults are someting that very rarely crops up. In any case you will be under builder's warranty if anything crops up. On balance I think your concerns are misplaced. Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: Device for checking power, data, tv and phone points 13Apr 20, 2017 11:01 am pawelpabich No need to be sorry . I just want to make sure this house works and I'm not entirely comfortable with assuming everything will be fine because it is a highly regulated industry. Well as said power is something that is not easy to test properly. Take your 32amp circuit for example. What physically limits what a circuit can take is the size and length of the cable. A circuit breaker is then installed to protect the cable. So you could well go and get something that can draw 32 amps and test it and it may work fine but what you might not see is that cable is overheating because it is undersized. It would only take prolonged use for that to then become a fault. So testing will not pick that up. This is one of the reason that the electrical industry is still very regulated and inspected at frame stage. Plus of course it is about your safety not quality and longevity like other trades. That said final fit off is not quite inspected to the same degree, have seen places where complete power points are missed or active/neutral around the wrong way. That's where the testers you have linked to come into their own. Re: Device for checking power, data, tv and phone points 15Apr 20, 2017 12:25 pm @buildingexpert your customers are lucky that you check electrical installations for them. I've contacted 5 inspectors in Brisbane and none of them does that. Re: Device for checking power, data, tv and phone points 16Apr 20, 2017 1:22 pm pawelpabich @buildingexpert your customers are lucky that you check electrical installations for them. I've contacted 5 inspectors in Brisbane and none of them does that. No we don't check electrical, and in any case electrical is excluded from the reporting standard of AS 4349.1 I was merely saying that in my experience incidence of electrical faults is negligible. Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog If you're referring to Eufy homebase, then just put a switch between a datapoint and put the homebase elsewhere near another device in your home unless you want teh… 9 13863 Scientists have used random matrix theory to demonstrate theoretically that the neutrino mass hierarchy can be explained mathematically. When a substance is fragmented… 21 20669 Would also like an opinion from anyone that has used xcem over hebel for floors. Thanks 1 14243 |