Wires chafed through in ceiling rose.

Does anyone know how this could have happened? it took ages to find out

what was intermittently blowing the fuse. Obviously the live supply and

the neutral flex going to the pendant were squashed up against each other in the rose but how did they chafe through?

Does anyone know how this could have happened? it took ages to find out

what was intermittently blowing the fuse. Obviously the live supply and

the neutral flex going to the pendant were squashed up against each other in the rose but how did they chafe through?

I'm not sure that asking three times will increase your chances of a repsonse...

alex

wasnt in the bedroom by any chance was it?

NT

The two conductors should not touch inside the rose - maybe they were too long, someone crammed on the cover and pinched them together, or they were chafed by the gripping action of the cover and then moved by subsequent removal/refitting.

Plastic or rubber insulation? If rubber, possibly not chafed but combination of old age and heat. If plastic, perhaps the insulation was snagged during fitting.

Biggles

Thanks Rob, the insulation is plastic and your explanation fits. It was pinched, crammed and the cover has been off and on a few times over the last 15 years.