Recent content by essexjohn76

thanks for all of the advice on this one guys - it's been very useful. i have discovered that the lighting circuit is in fact on 1mm cable - so i'm going to get our electrician to split the circuit and put the downstairs lights onto the spare fuse in the CU. in the meantime, i have a little...

no - no thermal insulation surrounding cables is this as simple as replacing the 15A BS3036 with a 10A one at the CU? loading should be ok i think. currently there are 14 lights, 2 exhaust fans and 1 water scale inhibitor. when the renovation is completed there will be no more than 18...

Just to be sure - (although it really does appear to be 1.5mm cable on the lighting circuit), is there a sure-fire way to check? there doesn't seem to be anything written on the lighting cables installed here to indicate their size. on the ones in the loft - i can clearly see: 600/1000 VOLT...

i don't think we need a complete re-wire (but i could be wrong!). i did have the place checked by an electrician before we bought it. although we do have the old-fashioned BS3036 fuses, we definitely do not have wiring over 40 years old. there is much evidence of rewiring, and i haven't as...

we have rewireable fuses

I have just begun to explore, and map out the electrics in a house we have bought. These are the circuits attached to the CU: 1. 15A - unused 2. 15A - attached to only 1 socket next to CU 3. 30A - cooker 4. 45A-downstairs power shower 5. 15A - ALL LIGHTS – whole house including 1 in...