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The post I refer to concerns the mcb for the shower unit in the consumer unit and not the 15 amp circuit at all. You actually contributed to this thread yourself! I have not moved into this house and cannot check what you are asking about just now, but when I am there again I will, and write...

I am sorry but I wouldn't know how to post a photo. This is a house I have just bought and I have reason to believe it was completely rewired not so long ago. If you give me a minute I will check back through a post I made on here about the RCD on the consumer unit and post again. As...

I thank you for your quick reply. Yes the circuit is RCD protected and the socket will only be used for a condensor tumble dryer and nothing else.

I had an electrician install a socket in the cupboard under the stairs right next to the consumer unit. I asked him if he could do it without lifting floorboards or disturbing newly-decorated walls in the living room where the nearest socket was, and that I wasn't caring about the cable being...

spark 123 I haven't been round to the house yet, but when I do I will check the pins for overheating etc. The strange thing is I have been using these lamps for years in the house I am in just now, and they have lasted quite some time! I can understand people saying about cheap bulbs...

When I bought the bulbs about 3 years ago they were a lot more expensive than they are now and surely even a cheap bulb should last longer than 2 minutes. I don't see any need for sarcasm. It's help I am looking for not personal abuse :evil:

They are called Arrow bulbs. I bought them on the internet. www.yourwelcome.co.uk/

I recently fitted 2 new 240w kitchen lights which have 3 of 50w GU10 Halogen bulbs fitted in each one. One of these lights has already burnt out 2 bulbs yet the lights have hardly been on for five minutes in total since being installed, as we aren't even living in the house. The bulb that...

It is my intention (hope) to run a cable up from the BT Master socket in the hall to an alcove-come cupboard upstairs and fit a cheap wall-mounted phone in this alcove to serve the adjacent bedroom. What is the easiest way to take wiring from this connection up into the loft and down into a...

I thank you for your prompt reply Sparks. As this is a house I have recently bought and am renovating, I am not there every day, but I will definitely take your advice and tell you how I get on. I think my problem is that with trying to do a neat job and get the cable in right in at the...

I thought it would be a simple matter to fit a phone extension cable in the room upstairs from the BT master socket in the hall, but like most DIY projects I tackle. everything seems to go wrong! I have tried drilling up through the hall ceiling into the alcove above the stairs in the hall...

Thanks for your prompt reply. I can appreciate what you are saying and will definitely try this the next time I go back to the house which I will be moving into eventually, but there is more to it than that. I don't know if the pole I am using is the wrong one as it looks very much...

Could anybody please give me any ideas how I could make my 1992 predecessor of an ABRU ARROW 3 section aluminium loft ladder easier and safer to bring down and put back up into the loft. This ladder overhangs the loft hatch and is brought down by a pole after dropping the hinged hatch cover...

I wish to thank everybody who took the time and trouble to contribute to the posts I made on this thread. It is much appreciated! PS ban-all-sheds. I take it that by luminaire you mean the light? It is a 5! fluorescent fitting with bayonet cap tubes.

Rbuke Is this any help to you in explaining which way I have wired this up? I reversed the wiring going to the light switch and the neon light is now out when the swith is in the off position. The 10mm2 cable I have used is from the fuseboard and MCB which you asked me to check. It says...

Rebuke Which is the supply side, and which is the load side please? Will not be able to post till this evening as I am going round to the house!

I,m not technically minded enough to understand Rebuke's questions. I will have to study the post in greater detail and check the wiring in the FCU again before I can reply. What is frightening me now is being told that I might have created a potential fire hazard in my loft. If this...

Zambezi I haven't been round to the house yet to check the rating of the MCB but will report this when I have done. Ban-all-sheds I have done the wiring per the latter of your diagrams. As I have said I used 1.5mm2 cable from the FCU to the switch and spurred it from inside the FCU I...

ColJack. Your diagram sums up to a tee what I have done. One more question please. If I change the fuse in the FCU from 13amp to 3amp, does that mean it will be inclined to blow when I use an electric drill or something similar, as it will also be protecting the socket I have fitted...

The cable I am using is 10mm2 and was only fitted in the last couple of years. I haven't checked the mcb which supplied the shower, but will do so tomorrow. The shower was the only thing to come off it. I would imagine it would be rated to take enough power to supply the 10mm2 cable...