Recent content by lleigh

Good point. I personally don't know but I will check each of those tests with my dad to make sure he knows how to do those. Should he not know how to do them, or not have the equipment, rest assured we will get an electrician in to carry them out. We're currently working on a loft conversion...

Thanks for the advice. My husband had worked out that that was probably what was causing us problems. Out of our depth, possibly. My dad used to work with electrics some time ago and has a brother who is an electrician (but doesn't live near by). My dad's knowledge of electrics is very good...

We have just installed a Volex Consumer Unit - a split load one. When it arrived, the busbar was in one section and this is how my dad has installed it. However, my husband has been looking at pictures on the Internet of various consumer units and they all show the busbar as two separate...

Thanks for all your help. My dad has asked me to buy him a tester for his birthday - which was two days ago! Not an exciting present, but his old tester (not sure what type) doesn't do everything he wants it to do and isn't 100% reliable. We are planning to work through the sockets today and...

Branches on radials - yes, that's the bit we're concerned about. Is there are way of telling that they're branches (sorry if that's a silly question, not as knowledgeable as my husband and dad!)?

We are in the process of doing a loft conversion and have come to the electrics part of the job. My husband has decided to put in a new circuit for the loft - which shouldn\\\'t present any problems. However, before undertaking this, he decided to put in a Consumer Unit replacing the fuse box...