Hi all.
I have been working in the fire industry for the past 11 months now and love it.
After going through college at the age of 35 for 3 years to become an electrician and passed C&G 2365 L2/L3 in electrical installations I now find myself in a totally different industry.
Anyway, experience in not much and I keep building up confidence as the panels I service for this company as a sub-contractor (self-employed).
Anyway, I have a friend here who has a small grill BBQ restaurant and he's got a Firedex 2202 Bi Wire, which in 11 months I have never encountered one.
I have seen very old stuff but never one of these. As he would like me to have this tested, I said I would see what I could do.
On an occasion and, as I was near by, I had a look at it and put it in test mode "34211" and went to check the MCP's.
To my dismay, the panel started beeping but alarm did not sound. So I head to the panel to find that the panel is now in fault. Tested all 4 MCP's and all are taking the panel to fault mode and not in to fire mode.
Even more, when I opened the panel I found that the EOL resistors are connected in parallel with the circuit at the panel and not at the end on the circuit, thus not monitoring the system.
As I was doing some CCTV upgrades, I took the opportunity to check a cable in the loft to see if I'd left any slack as the outdoor camera is to be moved from it's location, I then found that a SD in the loft is missing.
In all not good for an electrician who charges £50.00 per hour according to my friend.
My question really is, why would or what would cause the panel to go into fault when testing the MCP?
I could take this with my work colleges but conflict of interest, ops...
Any help is dully appreciated.
Many thanks.
Albert