Recent content by aaardvark

Apologies to all. First new socket I opened up had a wire come loose. Must have happened when I pushed the cables back into the surface box - tail perhaps a bit short. Re-made that connection and everything works fine now. Note to self - make sure you check the simple stuff properly...

Breaker is 32A. Garage sockets are on upstairs socket ring, hence feed down wall from ceiling. Made reasonable assumption that this was ring in and out. If sockets were on a spur I would have expected only 1 cable. House is 11 years old, if that makes any difference. Upstairs sockets are...

I need some help. I've added some extra sockets in my integral garage, but none of the new ones work. The original pair still work and the breaker hasn't tripped. The original double socket had a pair of 2.5mm feeds (in and out?) down the wall. I disconnected one of these and connected the...