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It may be the Floor thermostat It may be the controller Maybe yiu could swap over the controllers and see what readings you obtain

You are correct in that you do not need to wire the lighting circut in a ring, I would say your problem is at the switch. I would finish off by advising you to contact an Electrician to sort it out and also test all the rest of the electrics.

Try plugging in an appliance that is not normally plugged into that bedroom socket..i.e.an appliance from another room in the house. If there is no trip ,then either the extension lead or one of the appliances plugged into it is faulty If ,on the other hand,it trips then contact an...

fOR THE SAFETY OF EVERYBODY IN THE pROPERTY Get that problem investigated by a fully qualified Electrician IMMEDIATELY

[/b] 1. Dont agree --Reasons already given. 2. No legal reason...but good practice for reasons already stated 3. What price Safety ??

not as hot as the surface of a bare lamp !

In a standard dweling [ single phase] you are governed by the rating of the suppliers main fuse. This ccould be anything from 60 Amp to 100 Amp as a rough guide 4 AMPS is equivalent to 1000 watts ; [ 1 Kilowatt ]

No harm in asking Gaz...better safe than sorry........The Forum exists to help and promote safety .

Hi jafwuk, your Answers to the questions asked by Martin and by Ban all Sheds would be greatly appreciated ,therefore allowing further help and guidance on your problem to be put forward .

When I fitted the light about a year ago it was extremely awkward connecting the wires as there was so little room to work with before you attached the cover. :roll:

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Apologies Chri5.. I posted at the same time as you.......yours was a much more informative content than mine anyway !

Do you know for sure the spurs in the bedrooms are independant circuits and not on the ring final circuits .?

Steve your last post was a good one up to the point were you offer the op advice on what needs to be done i.e..... The work you wish to do involves taking a fused spur from a local socket circuit (using an RCD SPUR if you need to), running a cable to the bath, and using an appropriate...

In agreement with the above, ......and if you are not famiiar with the Regs then contact a spark who is !

This only confirms what I have been thinking of for a very long time. The worst, potential ,and very real danger is with 12 volt fire rated downlights....Manufacturers do tend to supply these type of fittigs complete with the aluminium reflector lamp,but as is plainly obvious as soon as...

Would not recommend LEDs......they would not give adequate lighting for a landing. Would not recommend CFLs cos there is a delay in gaining full brightness.....again could cause problerms on a landing....and in any case you would need to modify the wiring as at prersent you are using a...

Sounds like you are competant enough to do a proper job Kev...... Go for it Mate !

Dont see a problem with that.....Do however ensure the new part of this extended circuit is RCD protected either at your existing fusebox or usding an RCD protected fused spur,