Recent content by DonutHole

Yes John the consumer unit and the cables feeding in and out look nice, although could do with having a second inbuilt RCD, but the meter tails are a mess.

Yes Andy you are right, all 3 do go to the same place.

Yes well spotted John it is 80A not 8A. So the stand alone RCD is safe, but it would hinder diagnosis of what caused the trip. No John, no mention of 'TD' or 'Type S' so it probably isn't time delayed. So presumably I need it removed or replaced, another job for Scottish Power or SWEB...

I took a close up of those meter tails. There appear to be 2 red and 2 black with very old looking woven insulation, and a pair with more modern grey PVC insulation. So it looks like it's been upgraded over the years, but probably due another upgrade. It looks like a job for a...

Wylex 240v, 50hz, 80A load, 100mA Trip, CAT.Wem 80/2 Current Operated Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker. Device must Switch off on testing if not seek advice Thanks John, because it doesn't say RCD I hadn't realized that that was what it was, but I see '100mA Trip, and 'Earth Leakage' so I think...

I think I may have miss informed you 'Lectrician', the trip to the right of the Consumer Unit says: '240v, 50hz, 80A load, 100mA Trip, CAT.Wem 80/2 Current Operated Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker. Device must Switch off on testing if not seek advice'. Is this what you were recommending...

Thought I'd add another image, the wide angle view under my stairs.

Thanks Lectrician, I guess I didn't know if the potential difference was important, that was why I asked. No there is only the 1 single RCD, the lighting circuits and the immersion heater are not RCD protected, there are no other Consumer Units or RCD's in the house. Is it possible that a...

The MCB's for the up and downstairs lighting circuits were off, while the other MCB's for Sockets, Shower, Immersion heater, Garage were all on. I tried turning the others off 1 by 1, I had a PD of 1.2v, with all lighting MCB's off, then I turned off the Garage MCB and got 0.9v, then turned...

Hi, I decided to bury my 2 gang hall light switch and cables into the internal rendered brick wall. I connected the light switch back up and it worked fine, but when I came to disconnect it to cement the PVC conduit and metal back box in I noticed a 1 volt potential difference between the...

Thanks Foxhole. I don't think I will insulate, as the brick/thermalite cavity is insulated with 50mm of Celotex, and I'd rather not make the kitchen smaller. I have already over specked on roof insulation figuring that heat rises so that was the most important, with 150mm of Celotex rather...

That sounds like a good idea, although obviously more work/cost, would you clad the whole wall or just the parts where you intended to hang wall units, extractor hood etc? Also the electric and gas services have to go in next, so you would have to chase it out for the gas pipe, and it would...