Recent content by dnel

I'm sure it is, but my problem is once I start dismantling things, I get dragged into another big DIY job! I'm actively trying to avoid starting on the back bedroom the cable runs under until I finish the front bedroom renovation. I suppose this is the DIYer's curse!

I have an multimetre, I could give that a go, just a bit wary having never used it on anything close to mains voltages :)

they were bare unconnected wires shaped in a fork, I've since masked them up for safety. I can't see any evidence there's a dedicated circuit on the MCB, the empty slots are all masked up.

its a stud and electric cable detector

Hi, when I removed the old airing cupboard from my house, I discovered an live power cable under the floor of the cupboard. I've spent some time now trying to figure out what it's wired into but it only appears to go dead after I kill all the power to the house, either by the master switch or...

There's not enough slack in the cable to reach the location of the socket, I need to feed it through a hold in one of the floor joists so adding cable is my only option. It seems like I'll need a maintenance free junction box instead of the one I have though as access will not be possible...

You're probably right, it is a bit beefy, I can use 2.5mm cable instead, is it possible that one double socket could overload 2.5mm cable though?

Hi, I'm intending to install a new double socket in my bedroom, the socket is located about 2ft away from my 32amp ring main running under the bedroom floor, my plan is to install a junction box on the main and spur off and run it to the double socket. I have 2 questions though before I start...