Recent content by superchamp

Exactly my reasoning for understanding my own house prior to getting a professional in. The wiring in question is in fact in a loft above the garage and utility and probably installed many decades ago so I don't want any chance of an inspector missing something on the basis that it's hidden or...

Thanks all. You have confirmed there is no sane reason to do this, simply a bodge. I will accelerate the EICR!

I cannot easily trace the wires all the way but I believe the red wire is the neutral coming back from a ceiling lamp. And, yes, all the cores of all wires in this picture were twisted together and soldered. I removed that joint because it was in a terrible location and reconnected using a...

Apologies, I used the term 'ring' incorrectly and edited the post accordingly. Sorry for the confusion. I attached a photo; imagine the three cables you see are all soldered together including ALL the cores in the smaller 3 core cable (this was how I found it). As I say, I will have someone...

I am planning to get a spark to do an EICR but before that I wanted to get an understanding of what I have in my house so I can be prepared. The house was built in the 70s and has the usual additions on additions; so far it makes sense to me but today I found some wiring on one of the lighting...