The client an electrical company requested a fault find on a mains electrical cable supplying a tafe college.. The phases on the cable were tested and returned a complete down to earth reading, on one of the phases, which resulted in one of the main buildings at the college being without electricity (this building contained the computer/data set up for the college and played a crucial part of the campus administration and logistics set up)..It was vital to act asap in sourcing,where the underground fault or faults were...
Upon conducted a fault find search,it was discovered that the existing electrical cable was running along side a building that was being constructed, next to the building that was without power supply and a star stake had been placed in the ground and had clipped the side of the cable, resulting in the power supply going out.. The cable itself was at a depth of 450mm-500mm approx:... It was very fortunate for the person involved that amazingly, they were not injured or worse and that due to the one phase being on the cable being put out, they were not aware of what had happen... Personally if that was me and I found out what had happened,I probably would have after,bought a lotto ticket...