Recent content by Smithers56

I just went for the original plan, pulled the two main wires out and put blocks on them, then put a blank fascia on the switch. This way I can easily fix it back when I leave. Not sure about taking the landlord to court etc, he's a nice guy and pretty helpful, which means he's worth his...

yep, that's the one - talk about a rookie error! Either way, I wish I'd paid attention...

no only the lights outside, it's one of those circuits where either switch will turn on the lights, so there's one fat cable going into the top, straight out of the breaker (fusebox is on that wall) and then two smaller cables running out through the wall to where the lights (in parallel) and...

The flat owner is a bit clueless, nice old boy but it took him a month to get a washer for the bath tap so I thought this would be a lot quicker! I was pretty surprised as well that there wasn't a separate one for the plugs, some of them are pretty janky too - I reckon he must ahve done them...

Nope, just standard old -fashioned outdoor lights, like you find on garages etc - they only come on when switched on

Hi, sorry if this is a bit of a noob question... we just moved into a flat in a block of , and the staircase for the block is exernal. There's lights running up itn- though more than enough light comes off the street - and all of them are connected to our mains, rather than shared out or on a...