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When working on circuit I’m even slightly dubious of I alway check voltage to earth between neutrals when disconnected to make sure it’s all dead. Had my first tingle in a few years last week when I pulled down a light fed from the house next door and that was after I ripped out the fuseboard...

Possibly screwed under 3a sticker ?

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How far do we go with the regs aren't retrospective, I tested a lead cable the other day which showed no signs of degradation @1000v, if that was still in service supplying socket outlets I doubt it would be rcd protected so would that be a code 3 if it wasn't reasonably expected to supply...

As theres only a peak suppl the off peak element is therefore 'spare :D, I drained down & found that i couldnt release the elements anyway, so i swopped the connections to the 'spare' off peak element as a temp measure until i can get someone to have a look at it Cheers for the advice

I will drain down then, i tested the element yesterday and had 12 ohm, but i think the insulation is breaking down when it cone upto temp. There's a spare element & stat on the tank so i will swop them over. Will i have any problems when i come to fill back up ? Cheers Graeme

Hi, i need to swop the element on an oso 20rd as it keeps tripping the rcd on my fuse board. Will i need to drain the tank down or can i just swop it over without ? Regards Graeme[/img]

Glad to have helped, not easy to go by diagrams sometimes :D

Thats true :lol:

I would wire it as follows @ upstairs switch. Red of 3 core cable to downstairs into com Yellow & red link from bathroom common into L1 blue and red upstairs switch wire into L2 @ downstairs switch Red of 3 core cable into com Yellow into L1 Blue into L2 The bare earths should be...

Hi it sounds like you have a class 2 light fitting which doesnt require an earth connection. There should be a symbol of a square within a square somewhere on the fitting to indicate this. You should terminate the earths together in a connector block but not connect them to the fitting, then...

It won't make any difference to the sensor which way round it's wired :)

Havnt fitted one of these stats but from your description I'd say 1 - L Supply in 2 - N Supply in 3 - N1 to heating cable 4 - L1 to heating cable 5 - Blank 6 - Floor Sensor probe 7 - Floor sensor probe Hope that helps, Graeme

hi iv typed in 192.168.0.1 and gone to dlink config pages iv got to the stage of selecting the type of ip address should i choose dynamic ?

Hi again Have found myself another ethernet cable and when i plug everything in and try to connect to the internet through my router im unable to. i can click on diagnose internet connection and this brings up a new window after a minute which says Windows cannot find the host name...

iv tried turning the power to router and modem off and waiting and trying again but it doesnt work ill have to pick up another ethernet cable tommorrow and try that cheers

Hi router is a D link airplus xtreme g model DI-624 Iv only got 1 ethernet cable which was linking the modem to the router, but iv taken it out of the router when this problem occured and plugged it into my laptop cheers graeme

Hi Im currently having a problem where i cant use my wireless internet . I can connect to my wireless connection but it says local connection only, if i bypass my wireles router and plug my laptop in to the modem I can access the internet which is how i can post this. Have had a look on google...