Recent content by no1geezer

ban-all-sheds I can tell you that I followed breezer's diagram in the reference but I can assure you 100% that I didn't follow it correctly :wink: Many thanks for your post though, it actually makes sense to me now! Knew it would be something ridiculously simple to you folks. I'm off...

bare in mind that your diagram has 9 wires (not including earths) and my wires total 7 (not including earths). Both not including the blue & brown of the light fitting. :?:

I am trying to connect a new bathroom light fitting and am having some confusion as to the wiring. I'll keep it extra simple for myself: There are two sets of Red, Black & Green/Yellow plus a set of Red, Yellow, Blue & Green/Yellow. I think this is because of an extractor fan that runs with...

The reason I posted originally was because I had already replaced the existing MCB for a RCD and it doesn't appear to work, it won't trip on the test button but does trip when you switch the shower on. Therefore I just wanted to see if I had done it right. I have no idea why it doesn't work...

I've recently put a new 10.5kw shower in and upgraded the mcb to a 50amp one. I realise that I need to put an RCD in but have little idea how. I am in no way a sparky and this is in fact my first dabble with the consumer unit so would be grateful if anyone could please help in novice terms!