Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

Contrast with my own experience.... I had all the outdoor, garage/workshop, summerhouse, and hut, protected on an add on RCD. I decided we not only needed more circuits in the house, but we needed RCD protection in the house, so I decided to replace the original CU, with one with double the...

The OP still hasn't confirmed whether the outdoor lights are still working, or not? In the OP's situation, with his claimed lack of knowledge, I would at least try releasing the faceplate screws on the failed sockets, to see if the RCD would then successfully reset - that would at least move...

I installed my own controls, ebus, after reading the manual. It proved to be much easier, neater than the conventional controls, but I was almost caught out by the 24v link.

The green line, suggests the heating came on, before the black line suggests it should have done. That it over-shot the 21C setting a little, but there was less over-shoot when the target was increased to 22C. I doubt there would be much difference from an old on/off gas boiler, or even a...

If the socket is isolated, then it will only pass the TV signal. Some TV's, are able to power a mast-head amp, via the coax, using DC - the DC supply is not able to pass through an isolated socket.

Double the number of lights, double the chance of one of them failing.

There is another similar thread recently, with no conclusion found.

There you go! My muscle memory, on exit, simply drops all the breakers off, as I exit, on as I go in maybe a week later, and would then notice something was left on, and turn it off. It's much less likely I would forget something, and leave it on indoors, apart from my loft workshop, which has...

You are still causing some confusion - better to use the words 'on', 'off', and 'trip'.

I understand, they are not discarded, but are stashed, ready for use, instead of carrying them.

If they are on neighbours property, just ask them first, but out on the public road - probably not.

As a for instance - I have an habit of sometimes leaving my soldering iron or, and or hot melt glue gun. Dropping the MCB's off, obviates them being left on, and forgotten for a week.

Are you not the gardener/handyman?

Best tell them upstairs, to not have a parties, plus maybe tiptoe around carefully.

That, depends upon whether the outside lights are supplied via the socket circuit in question - do those lights still work, with the socket circuit turned off? If not, the likelihood is that they are at fault.