Recent content by 18leonh

I have a head scratcher with this. My girlfriend lost her downstairs lighting. I am trying to sort it. Meggered the cct with lamps out & light switches off from the CU connection which were removed from cu. It seemed there was a short between phase, neutral & earth. Have checked all fittings for...

George Michael also says, You gotta have faith. No dimmers or PIRS the circuits....Cheers

Have changed lights recently yes, but the wires are correct, the circuit worked for about a month. Did the IR test by disconnecting the supply from the consumer unit and removing all the bulbs. Think I will be isolating down the circuit as suggested, I need the girlfriend to be grateful again...

Please could somebody Try & help me. My girlfriends lighting circuit keeps blowing the fuse wire. Have tested the insulation from the consumer box with a megger & it indicates a short between neutral & earth as well as live & earth. I have taken the outside lights out of the system and checked...

Can somebody help before I try this and make the rear of my house look like a bag of S**t. Got Cracks in my Tyrolean and probably the underlying render. I plan to remove the Tyr. and open and fill the cracks. However I am not sure of the best way to apply the new Tyrolean so it looks good...