Recent content by CSun

Well what an evening this turned out to be. Managed to find some torch batteries so mains power off & start again. Had another new back box in "stock" put that in cleaned up one of the earth wires & connected as stock - 3 lives in the live terminal, three neutrals into neutral terminal & the...

Assuming I've understood correctly, first I'll try (fingers crossed that my torch batteries last) the earth wires. I'll put all 3 incoming earths into the face plate terminal (socket) then run one wire (earth) back from the same earth terminal (effectively 4 wires - earths in that terminal...

The tester is just a cheap basic one from Screwfix, LAP tester, powered by the mains I have tried all other sockets - no reading then when you put the tester into the switch, then when you put the switch to on - two green lights, working fine. I am a little lost on the earth wire advice. Am I...

Now I am worried. I thought it best to disconnect to avoid any problems? I just saw the red light & didn't do anything else as I thought switching it on my cause even more problems? All the other sockets in the kitchen are working ok. In fact this one socket appears to feed two other sockets...

No photos right now - two earth wires are connected to the backbox & the other one is in the earth terminal in the socket. I have double & treble checked the wires and they are/were in the correct terminals on the socket. At the minute I have disconnected the socket and tapped up the end of...

Last week I renewed the metal back box on a twin socket. Everything was working fine before & after fitting. Whilst I was in there I noticed nine wires - three of each. Two of the earth wires were connected to the metal back box with only one in the socket & this is how I put them back. Just...

Well given the wealth of technical information here, which is way above my head I don't think I will bother. Just leave the new plastic socket I've fitted and not use it all. Apologies for "baring" my obvious ignorance but I genuinely thought I could just use an extension/junction box (or...

This may turn out to be quite a lengthy post - so please bare with me. A single plug socket in the kitchen has not been used for years, due to it's location and the fact that it looks a bit dodgy now - metal front that is corroded. Whilst doing some other jobs I decided it would be best to...

I know this has been asked before but I'm still not too sure? I'm going to put up a small amount of plasterboard in the kitchen (only 2 sheets of 240x120) basically to cover up an uneven wall which occasionally gets a little damp at the bottom however, when the weather improves I shall try to...