Recent content by AndrewCollis

Hi Scousespark This was the first time I had posted on this site. I did so because I was in need of experienced guidance. Some of the reply's I had to my post were very helpful and steered me in the right direction to cure a problem in a astute and timely manner. John has given a lot of input...

Phew, I thought because of the old colours in the diagram I used I was going to have to change it all. Thanks for the picture of the old way John, it looks like it would be a bit of a nightmare to wire with only one going through the switch. Still no trips so I have now smoked a cigar (its a...

Oh dear John.... I guess I have done it the old way as the diagram I used was in old colours! I used this diagram (twice) Will this cause me a problem? All the best Andrew

Hi John When I bought the house, most of the wiring had been run (badly) and the CU had been put on the wall (badly) and half wired (also badly) but only 2 circuits were working. I traced each wire, took them out of the surface mounted trunking and channelled the walls and buried them with oval...

Hi Everyone Sorry I haven't written on here, I was called away in a hurry and left my laptop behind. This is my first day back. I am also sorry I have caused some cross words between people on here, that was never my intention and I really do appreciate all the help everyone is giving. Where...

Hi John The cable had a lot of kinks, it was laid across the joists in the loft rather than along and through the joists. Looked like people had been treading on it a lot when they took the chimneys out. I couldnt see any piercings or cuts to the wire though (sorry my wording of couldnt see...

Thanks EFLImpudence, I will. All the best Andrew

Good Afternoon Everyone. I just wanted to thank everyone for all your help. I have found the problem wire. After narrowing the fault down to the bathroom, it was easy to trace the problem to the wire from the landing rose to the bathroom rose. Physically I couldnt see anything wrong with the...

Hi Everyone Just a small update. I took the ceiling down in the bathroom and disconnected the rose completely. I put the landing rose back together again so the only light not working was the bathroom. I also connected all the wires at the cu. It was fine for 3 hours hours so I thought I would...

What I meant EFLImpudence is its just my luck for the fault to be in the bathroom as its the only wiring I cant access without taking the ceiling down. I did eliminate the extractor John by removing the wires completely from the extractor and the RCD still tripped. The image of the rose was one...

Good Morning Everyone As discussed, this morning I disconnected half the upstairs lighting ring. Switched on the mcb and checked to see which lights were working. The bathroom and landing light both came on which just left 2 bedrooms which did not. This did trigger a thought which is an...

Thanks EFLImpudence. I have managed to find a Fluke Made robin 1620 Multi-Function Tester Plus 3010 & 4116 Testers all for £150 which does all the tests you said. It should be with me Saturday so I will have a new toy to play with Thanks John, I will split it in the morning and see how it goes...

Hi John All 3 lighting circuits are rings. I bought this house after a building company owned it and had done a lot of work (mostly bad) so Ive had all floors up and ceilings down, replaced lots of old rotten beams and joists. The kitchen nearly ended up in the basement at one point as only one...

Hi Everyone Thanks very much for all your input, I really appreciate it. This morning, I disconnected everything from the left side of the cu as suggested by John. Within 15 minutes the right hand RCD tripped. I thought as the left side has not had a problem I would use the left side as a test...

Hi John Thanks for your reply. To be honest, I haven't tried. I didn't touch the left hand side because it was working fine. I will disconnect all the left hand side first thing in the morning and see what happens All the best Andrew