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Sadly there is no way of confirming what you have without testing it. if they were all just fed before then they MAY have used red as live blue as neutral and not used the yellow . bare core being sleeved with green/yellow sleeving. But this is only a guess . You need to follow the cable and...

Thats the kiddie yes mate Might be an idea to put one of these on your fuse box if it doesnt have one as i assume you will be extending the circuit using the new brown and blue colours...

Next problem will be finding a maintence free junction box, might have to go to a decent electrical wholesalers as i have not seen any in the DIY sheds . Nick

If you use a Maintenance free junction box then you can just joint them both , or if one goes the right direction just joint one and pull the other one back to the new socket position. if you are jointing them then do not be tempted to just run one cable to your new socket position and join...

The best way to do this if you cannot replace the cables is to use 2 maintenance free junction boxes. These have push in connections and these are approved for use under floors as they do not need any access to them such as :-...

In that case buy some silver reflective roof paint and just touch up the missing bit Nick

If its a silvery grey finish , then you have probably got an asphalt roof this has then been painted with a heat reflective paint to try and keep some of the heat off the roof . If it has not gone through to the surface of the actual roof then you should be OK . However if your in any doubt you...

As Ricicle has mentioned above ,Please do not forget that the arc shields for these boards are made of woven ASBESTOS and need to be handled in the correct manner. These boards need to be handled with care when removed and not just ripped off and skipped . See below for the HSE approach...

How did you get on with your 'electrician ' OP ??? Nick

never said it was did I ??? Was simply replying to Lectrician , if the OP had bought a Wiska box then none of these problems would be an issue Nick

True they are not, but the enclosure is and gives a very good tight fit when tightened up properly. Nick

As previous posts on the subject have stated the box is not suitable for your purpose and so would not be safe used in the manner in which you are proposing. If you do not value your own safety then carry on , but think of others before you do the work, what would happen if a young child were to...

im on call from mon to mon 24hrs then back to work proper on the 7th

We could always make an educated guess Iggifer and look at the test sheet for number of points served , Hang on let me check , Oh what a suprise he did not fill in the number of points served either LoL I reckon he has just replaced accesories to existing cables and changed the db , then...

Even more concerning then , as you would have expected him to sepperate the kitchen ring from the rest of the circuits, Maybe a few radial circuits added for immersion heater . freezer or diahwasher. Electric shower provison ??? Elelctric cooker , hob etc ???? Basically he has rewired like...

The incorrect fuseboard, clear evidence of the installation not having been tested correctly to BS7671 numerous anomolies on the test sheet pointing to the fact he does not know what he has tested and what he should or should not be expecting to see. This sort of thing normally happens...

Explain to him that you have been advised that the distribution board he has fitted (even though was left by the previous owners) was not upto scratch and he should have know that before he fitted it. Explain to him that distribution boards are type tested with the manufacturers MCBS fitted, by...

I am not casting any aspersions here, but did you have any certificates left with you by the electrician who carried out the rewire ?? The board is not upto the 17th edition of the wiring regulations and as you have not been able to buy that style of fusebox for quite a few years i suspect he...

Nice board you have there , 3 different manufacturers in one enclosure. The main board is a GE and you now have British General and controlgear direct MCBS fitted. I am guessing this was not installed by a sparky ???? The problem with your lights is either going to be a faulty MCB or...

sarcastic git