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Just joshing about the mice (old kit - bad joke - sorry). I was there when he tested the rings (I recall he twisted the blue and brown wire (I think) and put his Fluke thingy on each socket (I think) and it bleeped each time. Bit vague, but it's been a long week...

Thanks Widdler - yes the board we took out was about 20 odd years old and had no RCD's (think it was mice that powered the bugger - there were plenty of droppings in the cupboard like)...

Yes its a 16th ed CED cu, the lights are now on the right hand side (non RCD side I understand) so we can get the lights on (I'm not living in he property yet) and the kitchen ring so we can fire the boiler up tomorrow and see if we have to get cold showers (I need one after today)... Not...

Will try to get photo up asap, what does borrowed mean - does it mean the wiring under the floorboards is bad, or that the wires on the board itself have been misplaced (childhood...)?

It was a local qualified electrician (not me) but had a run in so can't go back there sadly :cry: , so I have another guy in now who knows his stuff and will try to swap the RCD for a new one tomorrow to see if that's it. If it's not that - its a wiring fault right?

Just had a brand new 16th Edition board put in. When it first went in the RCD test button didn't work which was odd. I have... Upstairs lights. Downstairs lights. Smoke detectors. Kitchen ring. Upstairs ring. Downstairs ring. Now we have tested each one (example downstairs lights)...