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Yes, I have a back and front garden and you are also correct in saying that the upstairs is on the RDC side and the downstairs on the MBC and it should be the other way round for safety purposes. Also, I have just found out that upstairs has been taken off the ring and put on radial. I know...

Yes 2 Electricians. The first one to test the circuits and the second to do the job. It was the second one that wired the exstension and "repaired" the fault to the existing wiring. Later (within a few days) it was tripping on the RCD to point were he had to replace sections of wiring and...

Many thanks to everyone for their help.

The electrician came to do a pir before any electrical work was carried out. This was for a council grant. Maybe he found a loose connection at that time. However, the next sparky did wire up an extention and had to renew some of the old wiring including that fauly part of the ring main. He...

But would the insulation melt and turn black for some distance down the cable with a loose connection? As this was the case and that cable had to be replaced before the tripping stopped. And would this not weaken the rest of the ring main insulation if is was a short and had not blown the...

Many thanks for your reply. The wiring is about 20 years old and is the grey twin and earth. It did have a properly rated fuse with fuse wire, but not the modern breakers. However, it did not blow the fuse. It had 3 cables going into, 2 from the ring main and one spur going to another...

If there has been a short at socket with the wires melting and smoking, would this damage the whole ring main. It had an old consumer box on at the time. Cheers