Recent content by Pete85

Ok 3 it is then......

Just to be clear I have a neutral, live and earth wire in the armoured cable that I striped back and used a gland to seal it and I wired the 3 wires into the back of a double outdoor socket with a spare earth hole.

Well there's no need to be rude is there???? And if was vitally important you should of said 'it is vital I need to know how many cores??' Without physically checking (it is 1:30am) I do not know? I looks very similar to the pic of the gland so that thickness? But I've got a live, neutral and...

Easy I'm not an electrician, hence I'm on here seeking advise! When I fitted the gland ( followed instructions) I remember putting the nut over the steel or something like that? If it was in the instructions I.e earthing the gland I would of done it. Could this be the cause possibly?

Yes i have done that for the outdoor socket

I don't know how many cores, it is standard armoured cable? The armoured cable is concreted in the ground at the front of the conservatory and the next time I see it is it come through into the conservatory at the back in the form of a "non-armoured cable with a plug on it? How did I fit a...

So it's a high possibility that a neutral is not on the correct neutral bar in the consumer unit I.e the main in house switch board? Please bare with me as I don't no all the lingo..... When I said its tripping the RCD I also removed it and tried the plug straight into the wall socket which...

I changed the earthing wire in the outdoor socket to the other earthing hole there was only one neutral hole so that couldn't go anywhere else? My RCD is a portable one where I have to plug in the outdoor supply into it then plug the RCD in the mains socket in the conservatory? I take it the...

Thanks for quick reply, when u say the circuits protective devices do you mean on the main switch board or is it as simple has a bigger fuse etc? How can I rectify this? So the fact the radio works but now the water feature doesn't suggests its a faulty water feature? The RCD is a 13a 230v...

Hello, we have been in our house for 3 years now and the previous owner had a armoured cable going up the side of the garden to run his water feature. (The is a resin joint halfway up the cable) anyway I fitted an outdoor power socket so I could run my water feature off it plus have a spare...