Recent content by neilbusteraitken

So I changed the choc block for a round junction block as posted in the link previous, this has still not worked. (what a nightmare they are to fit btw). So it seems the cable I cut into was a lighting circuit for downstairs. Would this affect the performance of my newly installed plug Socket?

Oh I figured just using a standard terminal block would suffice. I think I'll look into that first. I wrapped the joint in plenty of electrical tape without an enclosure box, I take it this is very bad practice? I'll be honest, I just seen an electrical cable under the floorboards in a...

Hi to all, Im quite the beginner in household electrics, but I recently chopped into one of my cables and chock blocked a new electric cable off it to install a new socket, therefore providing two outputs from the block. I measured the voltage at the newly installed socket and this indicated...