Recent content by maxj

no wellies, no gloves, thick rubber boots though. The suggestion of a 30 year life for PVC is interesting, my understanding that PVC cable longevity in residential property is currently an 'unknown' as theoretically (given a 10 year test) PVC will survive the house provided certain...

Hi all just to clarify, I am a competant enough DIY'er to do most jobs and also importantly... when to get a 'pro'. yep I could of installed the CU myself but I got my sparky mate to do it for me as a 'weekender' ( paid him for it ) and he disconected the earth to test the RCD. thanks...

yea, you'd think a mate would do a 'puker' job and bring all his kit would'nt you.... one more question, if the fault is as you suspect, is my current instalation a cause for some imeadiate concern or something that will wait a few days many, many thanks for your help

my sparky mate fitted the CU for me as a 'weekender' so i can't say for certain if the neutrals were also disconnected - but i'd guess not. Would reconnecting back as a split load with all the nuetrals disconected and then connecting the nuetrals one by one identify which circut is the faulty...

MY house was built in 75 with PVC cabling but with wire fuses and I understand the supply to be PME so I thought upgrading the consumer unit would be a good idea. Had the unit fitted over the week end inc a new shower fitted, originaly all as a split load. But as soon as some thing was switched...