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By supply end you mean the main fuse box for the house? What would I check there it's all just circuit breakers isn't it? And yes I turned off the supply by flicking both the kitchen and ground floor circuit breakers before opening the socket.

And the lost neutral scenario.... obviously there is a neutral wire on the socket and it is connected, so what is meant by the term 'lost'? Damaged?

Sorry I wrote the wrong thing back there, I DO KNOW the yellow/greens are earths, it's because I had that 'lost neutral' thing in my head that must have made me write 'two neutral' wires. Anyways thanks for the responses, I'll try cutting the wires back and see if that works, I'm hoping it...

Thanks for the replies. So in terms of 'cutting back' I presume you mean shorten the wires slightly and take some of the plastic covering off. Not sure what you mean by re terminate (stick them back in the faceplate?) or lost neutral? I've changed the faceplate for a new one as can be seen...

I pulled out our washing machine to lift some old vinyl flooring from underneath it, unplugged the power cable and then when i was done plugged it back in and pushed the washing machine back under the work top..... only for it to stop working. I've investigated, the washer works in another...

Sorry the pic uploaded the wrong way round! Thanks for the reply, would expanding foam not be an option then?

Currently renovating our kitchen and have taken some 1980s polystyrene tiles off the ceiling. Most came off fine but in one corner there's a large(ish) hole (picture below) in the corner of the room where the ceiling and walls meet. It was packed with all kinds of rubbish, newspaper, old bits...

So I'm in the process of decorating my stairs and hallway, and one of the 'walls' I'm wanting to paint with dulux Matt emulsion is the wall that houses the under stairs cupboard. Now when I say 'wall' it actually appears to be paneled wood with about 50 years worth of white paint on top, the...

Ok so I've wired up the light as shown in the picture and as described above. Everything is working - the light itself and all the other upstairs lights. I've tested the fan cable I pushed into the loft with a volt pen - both with the isolator switch switched on and off whilst the light is...

Ok cool thanks mate, I'll try it in the morning when it's light. Just so i'm clear though..... 1. Connect the green/yellow to Earth on the light 2. Connect blue with brown sleeve to Live on the light 3. Connect the black to the Neutral on the light. Connect the remaining red and...