Recent content by SparkyFromTheValley

is there not another socket you can spur off for the 2nd double socket you want. u shouldnt spur of a spur. yes wire old sockets as before and spur off. as for cable size and protection, the current sockets should be on a ring and so a single spur off any socket should be fine, as will...

yeah they're safe, whether they fit into the board is another question....

first thing, be careful when playing with electric, especially dodgy wiring as shown. u could be opening a whole can of worms! to check if they are on same circuit you need to turn the power off at the mains. then set your multimeter to ohms (checks resitance) touch the 2 red wires with the...

you need to take a live, neutral and earth from the ceiling rose to the outside fitting, and a 2-core (twin brown if u want) from the fitting to the switch. at the fitting, connect neutral and earth as normal (some lights dont require earth but outside one prob will). then you need to...

personally, if in same situaion and rewire not an option, and provided it is JUST lighting circuits which share the neutral then it should be ok to share an MCB. no need to use RCBO on a lighting circuit (although it could be covered as part of wider RCD protection), provided there is suitable...

u should look at getting a 12 or 24 volt extractor fan, easy enough to get a transformer, or u can get fans with traformers built in. also, shaving point/light mirror/combi etc should be fine to run of exisitng lighting circuit providing the circuit isnt taking to much load (how many lights...

from whats described it could be 2 way, but alas it is a 3 gang switch. would cost £20 plus cost of switch from someone decent, even less if thier nice.

yeah unless u have a really high bathroom ceiling the fan needs to be low voltage. just put a tranny next to the pullcord, either before or after it dont matter.

should be ok as long as its sturdy. polyfiller or something like that, best ask a painter what they use, we only make the holes :)

your gonna need a mains tester or a voltmeter to find out which cable is which! sounds like you've put the switch wire in with the perm feeds. remember the power goes down to the switch then back to the light then to the next light.

if i was you id completely disconnect the spur from the wherever its supplied and take a feed of the existing lighting, which may require a small piece of trunking above the light to the ceiling. then u could just remove the spur and cover the holes. if, however, you want to keep the new...

it really depends on individual cases. notches are out of fashion but if they are where your wire is going then use them.

if u really want to sort it without rewiring it all, use 12v lights.

dont scare him away with too many questions lol! if new CU and rewire then part P, if existing CU and wire then not.

chances are it will need a major rewire if your planning any moderations as houses wired a while ago often fail the new requirements (ie recently had to change all the lighting cable in a house as it had no earth core. if not doing much work then might be fine, wouldnt be able to say without...