Recent content by NeilJones

I decided to test the FCU and the socket I'd had the problems with (I replaced them both, but will need to use this FCU for one of the remaining lights), but neither have any 'oddities' which would lead to a L or N earthing if inserted too deep (the FCU is an MK, so I wouldn't have expected it...

Thanks for the responses. My "proper attempt" had been done properly with grommets and earth sleeving, the photos were just my quick-hash trouble-shooting. I had another go at it today with the same wiring and components, and it worked fine first time. The only thing I think I did any...

I’m installing an outdoor wall light by spurring off an internal double socket. I’ve wired it as: 2.5mm T&E from socket to switched fused connection [supply] (which I’ve fitted with a 3A fuse), then 1mm T&E from connection [load] to light. When I switch power back on, the RCD immediately...

I've just removed the plinth and basically there's another stopcock under there, with the inlet (copper again) coming vertically out of the concrete or screed floor. When the water board were digging at the side of the house looking for the service, the ground was "normal", i.e. no indication...

Thanks for the reply. My stopcock is in a cupboard under the sink in my utility room - the inlet is copper and comes from a hole cut in the back wall of the cupboard. I can only assume that behind that it drops down and connects "somewhere" to the PE pipe. The Water Board say it was leaking...

I recently had Severn Trent Water turn up at my house and tell me they'd detected a leak on the service pipe. They dug around the side of my house for a while trying to locate the service, but once they hit the drains and power supply said they couldn't got any further and it was now up to me...