Recent content by paddy1980

Just to update- Wife's just rang me, Sparky was held up, turned up about 14:50 , was done by 15:10 Was indeed the paste from the pollyfiller, had leaked onto a live wire/moisture had penetrated the socket. He cleared the socket of paste and allowed to dry (unsure if he used anything to...

Let's hope. Fortunately I'm at work, so wife will have the job of explaining her actions to the Sparky whose arriving at 13:00 I'll update with his opinions.

Thanks for the response, I should have noted I have removed the pollyfiller that was reachable around the immediate area of the socket but being that the socket is almost head height, there is a bridging gap from behind the socket to the outer brick wall, probably about a 10cm gap from inner...

Hi all, Hoping someone can just give a little advice. Firstly I'm not overly versed with electrics, I know enough to the degree when something trips, how to reset the circuit breaker and if it keeps tripping to remove all possible variables (to unplug all appliances and retry etc) but beyond...