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Sparkiemike is spot on. Additionally, what you don't seem to take into account, is that the electrician has to sign this (or something similar): FOR DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, INSPECTION & TESTING I being the person responsible for the Design, Construction, Inspection & Testing of the...

Again, it's not going to save you anything - because the electrician will have to allow (in his price), for inspection of everything you have done prior to him getting there. Then there's the 'putting right' anything that he's not happy with. Then there's the 'fault' phone call. "Hi, Mr...

Why today, particularly?? :shock:

Someones going to say it eventually - so I might as well :) This work is notifiable to your local Building Control. You either notify them BEFORE you commence work, and pay the fee.......or you can't DIY, you'll have to employ a registered spark. Judging by your questions, you're also...

You'll probably get a load of replies to this - fastest typist and all that :) As BAS stated, the MCB only isolates the line conductor. The neutral is connected to the neutral bar in the CU - which means it's connected to the neutrals from other (live), circuits. If you touch the...

Should have done it in the day, then. :) Not advisable to work on a singularly isolated circuit without fully understanding how the installation is wired - you should have isloated the whole board and proved 'dead' with an approved voltage tester.

One way of doing it would be as follows: Have your intermediate switches by the door - you could have 3 one-gang / 1 two-gang and 1 one-gang or, as suggested, a three-gang grid switch.........the cabling will be the same either way. You then want a three-gang, two way switch either side of...

Just a thought - might be usefull to know what wiring you have in your landing switch and what the connections are - another pic maybe? :)

i could only find the one - http://www.blacksheepelectric.com/ :lol: [/img]

The pictures will definitely help......and we will be able to sort it out, :) Do you know if the new light fitting has a built in transformer.....this would exlain there only being a live and neutral to it (class 2 fitting)?

It was a nightmare, mate. The cooker hood was in situ and I was leaning awkwardly over it to connect the flex to the FCU.......which was inserted directly onto the ring, so two 2.5mm T&E and the flex to get in behind a SFCU.........not a lot of room at the best of times, but yes, I did drop a...

Funny you should say that..........at this moment in time I am doing some wiring in my kitchen - so what am I, a 'qualified and practising professional' or a DIYer?? :)

Well, we haven't heard from him for an hour and a half......so he's either dead, or the advice worked. :) It's actually quite funny, the amount of times this happens: "Why won't my light fitting work??" Because you didn't take careful note of where the cables went. :)

You can suggest that............. if you'ld also care to explain to me how to look behind a faceplate I have just fastened up...........the result of which was the pinching of the neutral. :) This is the reason everything should be plated and terminated before IR testing. It was a...

I hate 'kissing a**e' like this, but here goes :- John, I don't class you as a DIYer - your knowledge far outreaches that category. :) Christ, that was hard...........but as long as you're happy. :D

Yes, but this whole discussion has evolved from you asking whether we should test 'minor' works to comply with Part P, and how much testing should be done. I was trying to show that there is a method in the madness of the IEE when they suggest the tests required and the order that you should...

Yes, he's being clever because Part P is law, whereas BS7671 isn't...........but, truth be told, the chances of a DIYer complying with either of them is about as likely as finding the proverbial rocking horse poo!! :) They'd have to get a copy of each and read the bloody thing...

John, Have I missed something here, or are you just 'prattling on' in your own little world again. :) I had trapped the neutral conductor with the faceplate screw and pierced the insulation - the result being a direct short to earth when I tested IR N - E. If I hadn't tested, the...

I'm not assuming anything of the kind - but terminating conductors in a CU after testing and then visually inspecting those terminations for tightness etc. is a lot less of a risk than jamming three 2.5mm cables and associated conductors into the back of a socket outlet and then forcing the...