Fault Finding

Morley, Embleton, and Bayswater have a lot of 1970s and 80s homes. The wiring in these houses has often been added to over the years - extensions, renovations, new circuits. Sometimes the additions were done properly, sometimes not.

I often find loose connections in junction boxes hidden in roof spaces, aluminium wiring that's degraded at the terminations, or circuits that have been overloaded for years. The symptoms might be intermittent - a trip that only happens when it's hot, or a light that only flickers in the evening.

Finding these faults takes patience and the right equipment. I use thermal imaging to spot hot connections, insulation resistance testing to find degraded cables, and old-fashioned circuit tracing to map what goes where.