Recent content by stinggoodwin

Hi All, I'm in the very basic stages of planning a loft conversion in our 1896 mid-terraced house. We have a flying freehold (I think its callled that) with our bathroom over the front and the neighbours bathroom over the back of the 'flying' part. See pic

Hello experts, I have received advice on this forum about a new circuit I have installed, using the 'old' shower circuit to power two double sockets in my new office. The advice was to fit a 16amp MCB to replace the existing B40 one. The circuit load will only be a PC, printer, scanner, table...

Hi, I completely checked all connections, they were all in the right place but some could have been tighter...don't know if that was the problem but the switch is on and works fine - no more tripping! Thanks for the help. :D

Hi, yes, thats great news. The consumer unit is only about two years old so yes, it will be protected by the RCD in the unit. Thanks VERY VERY much.

Hi, I was trying to avoid running a new cable so as not to have to replaster etc. (I know for a fact that the existing cables are all plastered in, so no chance of pulling a new cable up thorough a conduit)The consumer unit is directly below the room, about 6' below to be exact. The load on the...

Hi, Experience, does that mean that by replacing the breaker to 20 amps, I won't need to have any other type of protection at the point of cable downsizing?

Er, think so. It's a bit dark to check right now, will look in the morning when its safe to do so and get back to you! Thanks so far. p.s. have you seen my other post about the shower cable?

Hi RF, I mean three wires all contained in the original twin and earth cable which was connected to the pull switch.

Hi. I am workihg on an ex-bathroom (no water supply to it anymore, it's going to be an office) The original shower power supply cable runs up straight from the consumer unit on its own rcd. I intend to use this cable to connect via a suitable junction box connector to some 2.5 twin & earth to...

Hi all, I am working on an ex-bathroom (no longer used as a bathroom i.e. no water!) and want to swap the pull switch with a wall switch. I have removed the pull mechanism and put the three wires (red, black, earth)into a junction box in the loft space above. I have then added a length of new...