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Hello Could you give me a bit of info. Been looking at a mates consumer unit that he wants changing he has a old reweirable fuse version and is looking to put a more modern version one in, i understand there could be a number of issues with the RCDs tripping on the new board, but there are...

I am retraining as a Spark so eventually full time:) The walls i have been doing have been Brick. Thanks R

Thanks for the reply that makes sense now like you say as the MCB only isolates Live & not neutral. Thank You. R.

Hello Just spent a while chasing a cable and cutting out a hole for a pattress in a wall by hand with a club hammer & Bolster. Was thinking of investing in a SDS Drill with a Chisel adaptor are these good for the Job i have just done? and could somebody recomend a suitable mid priced one...

Hello Can somebody please help me, i replaced a Socket Front today i isolated the circuit by turning of the MCB decided to strip the wires back on the socket at the same time as they were a bit tatty. When i cut through the cables i tripped the RCD by presumably similating a Earth Fault...

yeah no problem is a Socket & See DIT400(Digital Insulation/Continuity Meter)

Sparky123 The tester i use is able to test at 250vdc 500vdc and 1000vdc is this instrument suitable or have i got it wrong? Is there any other way i could set up a fault for test purposes only?

Hello I am hoping somebody could give me a bit of information regarding insulation resistance testing. My query is really regarding insulation testing when PAT testing i am experimenting using a Low resistance ohmeter with a Kewtech PAT adaptor My understanding is that you apply a voltage...

Hello Could one of you confirm i have understood this properly? If you have a connection which is badly terminated you could get burning at the connection due to the fact that only part of the copper is in contact with the terminal, which is going to reduce the csa of the conductor causing...

Hello The fuse is in place mainly to protect the cable from over heating, upgrading the fuse could cause the cable to overheat if the appliances draw to much current. Unusual to find an extension with a 5 amp fuse though? Be best to buy a extension rated with a 13amp fuse to be on the...

Hello I am replacing the ceiling pendants in my flat, i have removed the fuse from the ccu and tested for voltage when i test between the permanant live and the neutral it is giving me a 12v reading, the switch live and cpc in any combination are giving a zero reading? I turned the ccu off...

Thanks for your reply widdler. I am a novice:) Would i be right in thinking that i remove the wires from the MCB Connect the Lines to the oposite Neutrals and then measure the resistance at each socket outlet the reading from the main ring will be very similar and if any of the sockets are...

Hello I am planning to add a socket to an existing ring circuit i have looked at the wiring and it has two line and two neutral going in to it, the wiring goes straight down in to a concrete floor so i am unable to trace the wires. Everything would appear to prove that it is part of the...

Thanks for the info guys:)

So is there no guide line ive checked my wiring reg book but cant find anything, i am looking at it being at least a foot to the side of the radiator