Recent content by TheGayOwl

You don't normally need to take skirting off. Use a nice long SDS bit and drill down as parallel to the wall as you can. I would be tempted to Wago it and blank plate though. BLIMEY not a single mention of an RCD by anyone yet!

Plug is Screwfix code: 68744 Or how about rewiring the entire flex: 27122 Though will be able to find the second item much cheaper I should imagine.

You can get heavy duty plugs which would look better than your plug in the photo. I know Screwfix do them as got some a couple of months back.

You can get heavy duty plugs which would look better than your plug in the photo. I know Screwfix do them as got some a couple of months back.

You can get heavy duty plugs which would look better than your plug in the photo. I know Screwfix do them as got some a couple of months back.

Bhm, If they are not happy about the lighting cct being rewired I would walk away. Dont give a price for changing the lights/switches to Class II fittings, the chances are some of the perished VIR will make it a nightmare, and then you will be up poo creak! Regards.

Hi Ajma, i have had a quick look and cannot find them either. TLC stock a good range of toggle switches but alas no sockets. At a guess I would say they are only on switches as they are much more likely to be switched on and off regularly. And the shape of the toggle switch makes this...

Yes, I have previously reported issues with dodgy cutout fuse carriers and the like. I would always inform DNO where need be. Try again, silly me! Thanks Simple really!

Whys my font size not changed for that last line..... tiny... huge... tiny....damn still not changing!

Thanks Westie, I was going to mention your name in the subject box, as it is your area of definitive knowledge! But I did not want to make you feel in anyway obliged to reply! It was mentioned on a summary sheet with the EICR, as a non-coded improvement. I note what you say with regards to...

Hi folks, Asked to do some minor remedials on a third-party EICR. Query is this: it is the DNO's responsibility to upgrade the main earth (TN-S) to MET. It is currently approx 4mm CSA. The Ze is 0.36. Main bonding is all good. So would the DNO bother to upgrade it, or deem it satisfactory...

Yeah, I was being lazy as torch was in the van, and it was late in the day. It was the merest tingle, and as I wired and ran cables and all IR tests were good I felt all would be ok. Me wrong! 50V is touch voltage. So it's more than 50V. The RCBO does not trip but tests fine also.

I was waiting for that to come up! Empty property, dark outside, lights on. Forgot to do R2 as a dead test due to a distraction earlier in the day. I did the R2 and felt the merest of tingles, that's why I measured between the floating cpc and the rod.

Oh, OK. I googled the fluke and then googled true RMS. I found a sales vid on youtube that stated that many meters chop up the AC sinewave to get an average, whereas a true RMS type meter does not. It also mentioned that the voltage measured can be significantly different between the two...