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If you tell us what the circuits are to supply and what you have now there may be options available which don’t need Messing about with your current cu.

I fit 4 sockets in a room and one has a loose terminal. If the Socket burn out, it is my responsibility to sort it. If the circuit tests fine and the problem is due to the customer’s equipment, I am not responsible. If the problem is RCD tripping, due to a fault I missed, it is my issue to...

When you say sorted, what has your electrician done? Just curious, but why do you need this extra CU? I assume you want a feed for a new circuit.

Following your logic an electrician can’t win. We don’t know why any RCD trips. If there is a fault in the circuit, the electrician should fix it. If is due to an appliance, or actions taken by the customer, there is no come back on the electrician. I will chat with the customer and take best...

Are you adding new circuits, or taking a feed from those already in place?

Are you adding 10 New circuits? Have yo calculated the new load?

Hi John. All good here thank yo. Hope all is well with you and yours. I meant the logic of the thread. I fit 5 sockets and there is a trip due to the equipment used. I don't see how I would be expected to sort this at my expense. I just wonder if Eric thinks I should replace a socket if the...

Are you running new circuits, or taking feeds from your exiting circuits? New circuits would nit normally require a JB. If taking a feed, how come you have the socket and light circuits with a JB at the same place in the circuit

Does this logic apply if a customer plugs in an adapter and overloads the socket, or trips over an extension lead?

This thread starts with `here is my solution, could you advise how to do it` I would ask why you need a second CU and what circuits will be fed from it?

I second crystal ball. You get really interesting work RF and show real skill.

The point is that you cannot issue a Electrical Installation Certificate if any of the circuits have faults. I'm not really sure I understand what you are trying to get across here. As I see things, there are 3 options for quoting. All work fine, when no faults are found. 1 - Quote 1 day to...

The tests are carried out to confirm the circuit is safe, not that it is a ring. FYI, it may be on a radial. Why not mention safe isolation and locking off the circuit, as that is something we do. We all remember BAS, who listed a set of books to read before anybody tried any diy electrical...

If an EICR finds a fault, the option is to fix the fault or advise that the CU can't be changed.

I have a number of points to make here. 1 - If a customer is having a CU change, the installation must be tested and any serious faults rectified before the CU can be handed over to be used by the customer. An upfront inspection gives time to address faults in a planned manner. 2 - A piece of...

The advice above is all good. I walk away from cu changes if the customer refuses an EICR as the first step. It is more convenient to get any faults fixed between an inspection and a CU change than it is to get them fixed while you have now working CU.

You don’t need a socket in the corner to make it a zone.

I don't think you need an angle. I don't have a drawing app, but you could chase into the corner. Continue for a couple of centimetres before drilling straight through. Chase from the hole to create the zone in the second room. I've done this when there is a concrete floor. I suppose Winston...

Yes they do when you have fittings on both walls and they are in line.

I’m talking specifically about installing a 37kw oven on a RFC and overloading the fuse in the plug. In this case we would not apply diversity to drop the load below 13amps.