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I suspect the only reason that the powers that be of this forum have not carried out the threat to ban him, is because he excites an increase in traffic which equates to more advertising hits. But it's making the forum much less useful.

All a switch does is to join two wires together. If there are two contacts labeled L1 and COM then just connect one wire to L1 and the other to COM.

Was the socket correctly earthed?

My son mined some Dogecoin a few years ago, i think it cost me around £100 in electricity. He recently sold half of it and bought a Jaguar. All the luck of the draw. Given the volatility of crypto money I don't see it as a viable means of exchange for the man in the street, whatever certain...

Especially as a standard lamp would most likely be plugged into a socket. Ed: Sorry, forgot the plug fuse!

This interpretation sounds like something Winston would come up with. Neither the Oxford, nor the Cambridge English dictionaries support this interpretation, though they do point out that taking farther to mean distance is mostly an American usage. I guess EFLI encountered someone with a bee in...

There was one at Plessey Beeston. I was told it folded flat to get over the top, so I didn't risk it. Yes, I know.

It's just the odd 0.1% who didn't.

:LOL::LOL::LOL::LOL::LOL: - don't know what to say!

I presume you actually meant to say IF there are any known cases of Covid infection, for this to work.

Not for a 4-wire measurement.

Is that the salary before you retired?

Well it's something to look for... Post picture of Consumer Unit if not sure.

Probably both circuits on the same RCD, which is probably what tripped.

It doesn't matter - the electrician will deal with it.

Because its connected to the live through the lamp, and the switch is not working. You were actually asked to measure across the lamp.

And at £200 I'm not surprised!

When you measure a voltage you have to say between which two points the voltage was observed. Voltages don't mean anything in isolation.

I agree. It was just a light-hearted gesture born out of desperation.

One way to deal with Winnie