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Thanks I've already had an electrician round who advised to change this fitting, I've just lost track of which is neutral and which is live.

I'm returning multimeter in hand. So, multimeter cables: black wire in Com, red in CXmA. I've put the two red ceiling cables in a new 16A choc block and cut and stripped the wires so the connection should be good. I have two loose black cables from the celing and two multimeter probes...

Thanks, off to Toolstation for one now.

I have an AC voltage detector pen, is that any use or should I get a multimeter? Thanks for your help!

So I just came hear and read the Wiki and now I feel like an idiot: So guess what I've just done :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: Actually it's even worse, my husband took it down and I convinced him to do the above. :roll: We had an electrician test the electrics in our house...

Thanks. I don't even think the insurance is an option because the council has been notified.

Hello, we are buying a house that has been extended. The seller did this over 20 years ago, had all the inspections except the final one, so has no completion certificate. He wrote to the council 15 years ago and received a letter saying "During the progress of the work inspections were...