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Thanks for your help guys! OK, on closer inspection, one cable is actually cooker cable and only powers the cooker hood and one double socket. The cooker has been replaced with a gas item by the previous owner so from what you say, this should be a 16A MCB. The other supplies the sockets...

Replacing the various old fuse assemblies with a new consumer unit. I have found 1 lighting circuit, 1 ring main (2.5mm) and 2 radial circuits (2.5mm). Obviously a 6A MCB for the lighting circuit and a 30A MCB for the ring, but am i right in saying i should be using 16A MCBs for the 2...

I could if i channelled out the wall (the electric cable enters the house in a small cupboard in the sitting room), and pulled up the floor boards of two bedrooms and the landing. Weird that the electric enters the house in the sitting room. Maybe it was not the stiing room when the house...

OK, i am a totally competent DIYer. I need to confirm what i intend doing is correct. Just moved house, and had an electrics survey done as it is 1930s property. Main concerns in the report recommend changing the various old bakelite and metal fuse boxes in the cupboard for a new consumer...