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I'd imagine one of your kitchen lights failed, tripping the breaker and destroying your dimmer in the process. Replacing the switch would be the first thing to try.

If the neon is lit on the fused connection unit then the fuse is good and power is getting to the outgoing terminals. This means that the failing lamp has probably damaged something internal to the cooker hood.

How can something that doesn't "comply with the rules" ever be described as a sensible thing to do? :roll:

Unfortunately that switch is not compatible with your existing wiring.

Do you own this property?

Inverter air con units are upto 600% efficient when used for heating so should be cheaper to run than a convector heater.

Do you mean a standard 230v plug?

They don't get hot as such but they do get warm, and if this warmth is not allowed to escape it will very quickly destroy the fitting. Why do you think your installation requires fire hoods? Have a read of our wiki about them.

I'll send you loads off my off cuts instead of hoying them into the skip. How green is that :)

It's a telly aerial ffs hardly rocket science. It'll either work or it won't.

£700? Youreavinalarf

Won't use PVC. Just when I thought I'd heard it all :roll:

Sounds about right to me

Do you have a dimmer switch? As you've connected both reds and both blacks together you've created a perfect short circuit which 1000's of amps will have flowed through destroying any dimmers sand possibly even a normal light switch.

It looks like that socket is part of an old conduit system. You should be able to unscrew the lock ring from the conduit with a pair of grips but you must replace the back box with a new metal box with the conduit securely screwed back in place. The point fed by the conduit relies on the...

As long as the cable is protected by a 6 amp circuit breaker at the consumer unit you'll be fine.

For the difference in price it's not worth trying to get away with a small cable. Just put the 6 mil in and you know you're good to go.

As you're selling the house I'd leave it be. Caveat emptor.

Which ever method you find easier is fine. It can be quite tricky to get all the wires into one central jb so a small joint at each light may be easier. Remember that all joints must remain accessible for future maintenance and testing.

Screw a flexible conduit end into a female adaptor and glue it on to the end of the rigid conduit