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Hi Breezer, thanks for the quick reply. Therefore, once i find the live feed for the lights in the loft can i just cut the cable (power off ofcourse) to install the jb? Cheers

The Father-In-Law wants a wall light putting up in his bungalow. I wanted to take the feed from an existing loop in near by ceiling rose. However, when i took the housing off the ceiling rose i notice that it only has a live, neutral and earth (same for all the ceiling roses). I'm assuming that...

There you go John, some nice pics for you..... Thanks for your help.

Hello, I'm a bit worried... I think i have no main equipotential bonding in my house. From the system installed (TN-S i think?), i can't see any bonding from the MET going off to any water/gas pipes etc. Please have a look and tell me what you think...

Cheers i'll do that as soon as i get home from work tomorrow!!

Not sure how old the fixed wiring is in my house but my lighting circuits and ring mains are not wired with an earth. It's just the old neutral and live in red and black. Is a rewire recommended to bring up to standard? Cheers

OK. My only problem is that the nearest socket to spur from is approx 15ft away at the far end of the kitchen. Is there a way of doing this without having to chase away the walls and ripping tiles off? Can it be surface fixed or put in conduit, bearing in mind it is the kitchen and therefore i...

Should rip out or blank off then?

Thanks for the quick reply breezer. What effect would this have on the circuit?

Building Regs state the following.... switches and socket-outlets in dwellings to be installed at a height of between 450mm (bottom of socket) and 1200mm (top of switch) from the finished floor level.

I have a double socket in the kitchen that i use for power tools in the garden. I want to change it to an RCD socket but notice that it is a spur and is connected straight to the lighting circuit and not the ring main. Is this a problem?

Fair enough.

Thanks Sparky40.

It's not that i can't be @rsed doing the work properly. I spend as much time possible around my current work commitments to study/research as much as i possibly can. Yes, i could of asked my tutor but i wanted to get the opinion of professional qualified electricians. I found this forum and...

By the way this is only part of Lesson 1. God help me further on in the course! :lol:

Just to let you know i answered 'NO' to the stat question. I think that 'Taylortwocities' was right. I think they are making sure i don't consider using the CPC as a live conductor. I'll let you know if i was right. Cheers for all your thoughts on the subject. Mike :wink:

I'm very new to this so please be patient with me, i'll get there in the end!! :oops:

cheers mate, so in all instances the cpc should NOT be used for anything other than its purpose of a protective conductor?

Thats great Spark40, thanks for your help. :wink:

These are 2 assignment questions that i just cannot answer :? . Can someone please help....? 1. A mains operated room thermostat requires three conductors to enable it to operate correctly. Can you connect the thermostat to an existing two core and cpc cable? 2. What is the output...