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Just find another company to do the install, if that's their attitude...

Really? How so. I would have thought it would have been an instant fail, surely?

When I bought my place (3 bed semi, built in 1955/56) it was all rubber insulated, and I had it rewired before I moved in. You certainly won't get an EICR passed (and so be able to rent it legally) without doing it, if the cable IS genuinely rubber insulated. As to a spec, just put in plenty...

Bung a diode in series to prevent any current flowing if you get the polarity wrong?

I suspect that you may have encountered the difference between a Mark 3 and Mark 4 Sky LNB... See here for a better explanation than I can type... And here for an adapter...

You could combine the method above with a voltage reading at the socket between live and earth... ;)

It's an old electric clock connector. Undoing the screw in the middle allows the plug to be pulled out, and the flex to be connected to the back of it and fed through the hole - so you do in fact have a plug already :D

£20 to use a £3 bulb? I'd cut my losses at £3 and bin it... Up to you, but generally not worth while I would think unless you have a house full of ZB toys already (or want to buy same in future).

@JohnW2 Yes, same here. I'm not keen on embedding a small, cheaply made, permanently powered SMPSU (or dozens of them!) inside the walls of my house. Plug in chargers for me... :)

Most common cause would be a SCART (or maybe HDMI, I'm sure I've seen it with those...) lead being loose - unplug both ends and put them back to see if this helps.

How large is the diameter of the post you've got to work with? Would something like this be able to fit through? https://www.diy.com/departments/white-10a-in-line-wire-connector/753979_BQ.prd 'pins' on the lamp cable, 'holes' on the power cable ;) HTH Colin

You could do that, but easier is to put the clamp meter around the meter tail, note the reading, then start the dryer up. Then note how much the clamp meter read out has increased by. No need to make up any temporary leads etc that way.

Yes, that wiring (or rather two thirds of it) is certainly rubber insulated stuff. My house (built in the same year as yours) was wired throughout with that cable when I bought it, and it crumbled at a touch. The only option was to totally rewire, which I had done prior to moving in. Let's...

Hi, I'm planning to add an outside light with a PIR to the corner of a garden shed, and was looking to find something similar to this, but that can be fixed on a 90 degree corner of the building. https://www.screwfix.com/p/asd-black-bc-pir-master-half-lantern-wall-light-with-pir-60w/45075...

Watching this thread with interest, as keen to fit something similar at my place - the bell push MIGHT last two weeks before it fills up with water, if I'm lucky(!)

Depends where you are based and what you want (a few sockets and a light in each room, or loads of downlights, chrome fittings, "smart" stuff etc)... I had a (reasonably) basic rewire done for around that figure a while ago, a three bed semi in similar state (unoccupied) but with plenty of...

What about something like this to take the USB connector; https://www.amazon.co.uk/Targus-APA1601EU-mobile-device-charger/dp/B007MNM3ZI then a cable like this to connect it to the ceiling rose...

If they offer you a flu jab, take it, lol. Flu sucks. If a job stops you getting it, it's a no-brainer.

Thanks folks, interesting stuff :)

I'm surprised by saying not to put smokes on the lighting cct. I would have though that would have made sense, then at least if it trips you would know about it. What am I missing, why would it be a bad idea, and how would they be fed? Just asking out of interest - when I had my house rewired...