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Aye, things are not what they used to be! There again, they never were! :LOL:

Hah I see, Sorry, how Remiss of me! Slaps onself over the head with a large stick. I should have said what I meant. A 100A fuseholder may well have a lower value fuse inside. Hope that clears up any confusion I may have caused. And some of the old fuseholders may just have a piece of fusewire...

It is a genitic effect - the meddling gene - they are pre-programmed to meddle with things ;)

It is quite common around here, what is found elsewhere I have no idea

I`ve seen a few "apparent rewires" in houses for sale with modern-ish (at the time) consumer units with circuit cable going up over the ceiling to a host of junction boxes into the old rubber cables. sockets and switches in new-ish boxes and again all the rubber cables in and perhaps a few...

As a rule of thumb (remember that a "rule of thumb" is nothing more than that) . A 100 Amp fuseholder might likely be 80A max, very rarely 100A but it could be so. Sometimes oit might be 60A or 63A. other , usually lower, values are possible. I could even be a 30A length of fusewire. If it is...

I never said that! Just before Putin invaded I heard on The Jeremy Vine radio prog, a fellow rang in, A Brit claims he has lived/worked in Ukraine for the last 20 years or so. If I remember it rightly, the gist of what he said was Western Ukraine had European type machines, cars etc and...

If you had a circuit (the cut out itself is one circuit to the consumer unit?). Say for example 100 amps OPD. A/ Then what would happen at 101amps? B/ Then what would happen at 110amps? C/ Then what would happen at 113amps? D/ Then what would happen at 145amps? E/ if it disconnects as...

Wasn`t it Churchill who said (or repeated what somebody else had said) that "Democracy is a terrible system of Government, but it is better than all of the rest!" ? I am not a fan of Churchill by the way for a host of reasons, OK he was probably the right man on the right day for a time, due to...

And common sense is quite uncommon at times john ;)

There is not a "One size fits all" but there again ain`t life like that? :giggle:

Yup - all you can do is to "play the numbers came" A is "probably" safer than B but not always and in some considerations can actually be more dangerous. Lady Luck can sometimes startle you!

Rewireable (Wylex) fuses were fitted a long time after the MCBs were introduced and yes for a long time they were pop outs , eventually the push button pop outs began to stick in operation but the were about for a long time before those ne fangled trip swithes were vailable , later the switch...

Agreed - we tend to beware the potential of an overload yet do appreciate how unlikely that usually is. It is the exception that proves the rule - If an exception is present that in itself proof that it is mere a "rule" rather than an actual "law". If it is a law then it is always true. We live...

Edited - Thanks ;)

Socket adapters are known as "Death Cubes" they can be plugged into a twin socket to give multiple outlets ad infinitum and if overloading a spur (from a ring final circuit or a radial final circuit) then yes it can conspire to overload situations. So yes it could help if they were all limited...

Indeed yes - An "Electrician" might be someone who is time served / qualified / knowledgeable / very experienced or any combination at one or more of them. They could also be non of those!. I have all of them between two trades Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. That does not guarantee that...

Exactly, but some people have tried to include it and some people have suggested they occurred at the same time thereby . Indeed our local building inspector said he would use the colours of evidence of Part P or not. Indeed I have heard more than one person claiming that "Part P came about...

Providing that training is done correctly I see no problem. As in any walk of life there are times when training is not done properly or people do not get refreshed or updated that poor practice can creep in. So long as you ensure against that then no problem

Yes that is viable a question