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Got an electician in today to do some additional sockets and he has informed me that some of the original sockets are not earthed. He siad where metal boxes are used the socket should be earthed to the box but they aren't. Haven't looked at them all but I'm presuming its the same with all of...

Sorry if i wasn't clear, but the socket in the hall is part of the downstirs ring and the existing socket in the building is the current spur. So if I'm understanding what your saying I can change the socket spur in the building for an fcu (so the fcu is the spur). Then connect a double...

I've read a number of posts some old and new but wanted to check my understanding is correct. I have a small brick building attached to the house that is used for staorage ( a bit like an outhouse). It has a double socket already which is a spur taken from a socket in the adjoining hall. I...

I'm pretty sure the downstairs is a ring as it has two cables at the consumer board. From earlier posts i'm presuming the two cables means a ring and if there is one it means radial. There are no spares from the consumer unit direct yet. Wouldn't rings be used in new builds? If you turn...

I've also had a further look at the power to the garage as I'm now thinking that what the builders have done is wrong. The socket in the garage has only got two sets of cables to it and there is a fuse spare next to it with two sets of cable to it also. From the fuse spur one set of the cables...

The cooker hood socket is resting on top of the units and you can definately see that there is only one set of cables going into it. We didn't receive any wiring diagrams, just a certificate! If the cooker hood socket is one set of cables direct to the grid switch and the grid switch is direct...

Thanks riveralt. Although it is a new build it was all sorted before we bought it. For the kitchen downlights. Would you say the socket for the cooker hood is a radial? I know the apliance grid switch (for the cooker hood, washing machine etc) is conected direct to the consumer unit and...

I've just recentlt purchased a new build house but want to have some addtional electrical work done. I've had two quotes from electricians who are part p qualified but they have both told me different things and their prices vary by quite a bit. If anyone has any advice on the issues I outline...