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The 2 red wires go into a 30 amp fuse holder & fuse at the fuseboard. Most of the power sockets in the house also go into it. So there are 3 wires going into it. As to anything in the loft, not that I'm aware of. No alarm etc.

Thanks for the comments. My fundamental question is this. If for a particular circuit you disconnect the neutral wire at the fuseboard but not the live then current can still run in the live wire, but what about the other way round ie. when you disconnect the live but not the neutral can...

Thanks. Where they come out of the wall and enter the socket the 2 lives were wound round eachother, the 2 neutrals wound round eachother and the 2 earths were wound round eachother. I suppose it is conceivable they also supply something else (eg may be a former wall fire in bathroom) but...

Hi. Any advice much appreciated. My immersion heater cable ends in a 3 pin plug, and that plug went into a wall socket in the airing cupboard. The socket was old and burnt, clearly there is a problem, whether just a loose connection in plug or not I don't know). I've removed the socket to...