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Especially as a standard lamp would most likely be plugged into a socket. Ed: Sorry, forgot the plug fuse!

This interpretation sounds like something Winston would come up with. Neither the Oxford, nor the Cambridge English dictionaries support this interpretation, though they do point out that taking farther to mean distance is mostly an American usage. I guess EFLI encountered someone with a bee in...

There was one at Plessey Beeston. I was told it folded flat to get over the top, so I didn't risk it. Yes, I know.

It's just the odd 0.1% who didn't.

:LOL::LOL::LOL::LOL::LOL: - don't know what to say!

I presume you actually meant to say IF there are any known cases of Covid infection, for this to work.

Not for a 4-wire measurement.

Is that the salary before you retired?

Well it's something to look for... Post picture of Consumer Unit if not sure.

Probably both circuits on the same RCD, which is probably what tripped.

It doesn't matter - the electrician will deal with it.

Because its connected to the live through the lamp, and the switch is not working. You were actually asked to measure across the lamp.

And at £200 I'm not surprised!

When you measure a voltage you have to say between which two points the voltage was observed. Voltages don't mean anything in isolation.

I agree. It was just a light-hearted gesture born out of desperation.

One way to deal with Winnie

Here we go... There is no reason not to do this if the circumstances make it a useful approach. The regulation book BS7671 specifically allows it. The only thing it to make sure it doesn't cause an issue later on and the best way, in my opinion, to do this is to stick a label on the socket...

Can anyone explain the logic behind such an action?

I have also never seen shuttered sockets in Germany. The only thing I have seen is diy add-ons which stick to the back of the socket, requiring you to insert the plug at an angle, and then turn to find the holes. (I found this because it was stuck to a plug and not achieving its purpose.)

Big Clive comes across with the circuit diagram: