Recent content by alex2012

Thank you very much indeed. I guess my friend will find an electrician to update the CU or even rewire if necessary within weeks.

Thank you very much. Sorry for late reply. very busy day. I added several more photos of my friends consumer unit. it seems his is very old and looks very dangererous. His house was built around 1900s. Is my consumer unit ok? the house was built around 1970s. i don't see earthbonding and RCD...

Hi, The consumer units in my house and my friend's seem quite old. I added the photos below. I'd be grateful if anyone could give me any comment on these consumer units? Do they need to be replaced to a modern 17version one. and how much it will generally cost for the replacement It has six...

Got it. I may only use this new specific socket for the fridge. It could be a big cost job to get the cable replaced for 2.5mm since part of the cable buried in the wall.

Thanks. I haven't got tool to measure the CSA. It looks the cable of the abandoned circuit is same to the cable for lighting circuit with same size. Does this kind of cable only allow maxium loading up to 238 *5 = 1190W as labelled in the consumer box?

Thanks. I managed to change 'the junction box' to 'consumer unit'.

Thanks. Do you mean there is fuse in the consumer unit for this circuit which could be changed to 10A to allow other powerful applicance if the cable's size is 1.5MM? I don't see any fuse on the consumer unit however. I will measure the cable's size later. I guess the power of my fridge is...

Thanks. There is similar device next to the junction box for the shower circuit. The house was built around 1970s.

I see. Anyway I connected the two open neutrals with a wire connector now. However it is abandoned since the boiler is connected to another FCU circuit. If this abandoned circuit needs to be converted to a wall socket of 13A how an electrician will do the job? Will he add RCD to the...

Thanks for Iggifer's comment and loading the photo for me. The FCU circuit once had a broken neutral and aborted. I managed to find the broken neutral under floor board. The former electrican only sticked the two wires loosely together with a type, even not bother to twist the two wires to be...