Induced voltage and floating earths - Video

When electrical tough guy James Beck posted on Insta a picture of a fault he found, it drew a few responses from people wondering what the cock was going on. James is known in the underworld as “The Fixer”, and indeed he got it sorted. A tweak to my test-rig means we can recreate the fault in the cave and aggravate it with some test gear.

Some may ask why the TEC.BEAN thing was trashed at the end of this video, after all, had I simply moved or removed the leg of that diode, the fault would be cleared. Nonetheless, that cheap cack was badly built and if it ships with a horrendous fault such as this, what other faults or cost-cutting shortcuts might it be hiding? Can I trust charging my expensive gadgets on it? Am I happy to have it plugged in and humming away while I sleep upstairs at night? Can it handle the fault current of a faulty appliance that might get plugged in?

Nah. It needed to be taken out back and shot in the face like a dog. Only I haven’t got a gun, so I used my frickin' Transit instead.

I am not sponsored by any of the brands mentioned in this video and YouTube demonetised it anyway. So much for it keeping me in Strongbow.


Links:

James Beck on Insta and YouTube:
https://www.instagram.com/jbeckelectrical
https://www.youtube.com/@JBE

Whatever film that was whose clips I used:
https://youtu.be/UET8gj71y7g?si=XHIRaNzG7UHa6YwM

A van yack with THAT J. Beck:
https://youtu.be/aB_36I-xVLs?si=EogEoY_La2y3Y4sf

This issue has been discussed before in prior videos of mine including Nuisance Glowing LED Lights and The Capacitive Earth Fault Mystery:
https://youtu.be/jqTOrSDFVg0?si=F04dodm-e8UVzY9Y
https://youtu.be/ReX7cEIsWHw?si=VomfCUzpUue1Ysst


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