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Lectrician, you were spot on. It makes you realise how easy it is to miss read where the wires are going :wink: Many thanks to all who have replied.

Agree totally but as I said above i still trip the CU RCD even when i take the IP56 out of the equation. I just have to have done something wrong :shock:

The problem occurs when I plug the light into the IP56 and switch on. The 10mm cable is from the CU to the IP56 only. From the IP56 to the lighting unit it's standard twin and earth lighting flex. When I bypass the IP56 and wire the lights to the 10mm cable direct (with a connector block) it...

Thanks for the quick reply Lectrician :wink: From the CU to the socket is 38A cable (10mm I seem to remember). Well, I did not intend to wire it straight into the CU but when I got round to doing the work it seemed the best place to wire it into. I thought that putting a hot tub onto a...

Guys, i have added a 32A MCB to my main consumer unit so I can add outside lights and posibly a hot tub at some point. I have wired it to an MK IP56 double socket with 30A integrated RCD outside the house. In the short term and to get some lighting in my shed, I thought I could simply take...