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Not Equally. The current will take the path of least resistance (i.e. the shortest leg). Unless, of course, the socket outlet is in the exact middle of the ring.

Never seen one. You could fit one of those round pin sockets or just tkae the whole thing out.

What's to stop somone doing this on any socket?

13A is the TOTAL load for the socket (i.e. between both outlets).

I would do so yes, you need to tell him where you want sockets. He will use whatever style you want.

Could be cheap blubs. Try a more expensive type.

What sort of blub?

Why not get them done at the same time - saves having the floors taken up twice!

Why not run the radials in 6mm2 in case someone in the future decided they want a more powerfull over/cooker etc?

Test to see if there is voltage to the switch. If so, turn the switch to on and see if there is voltage on the 'load' side of it. If so, test if there is voltage to the shower.

Don't BT have a thing whereby if you return to them they will do your re-connection free? Phone sales and say you want to leave Virgin and return to BT but you don't want to pay the re-connection fee and see if they will let it go.

But how do they know if there's someone at the door in the day time, or do they have the lights on all the time - must be an expensive option. Surely a wireless system connected to a vibrating allert would be better?

Of course he'd be well within his rights - there is no obligation on him to do any work at all if he doesn't want to! I was just wondering why he would leave rather than doing the testing as asked for. What would be the difference from testing that install and doing a periodic inspection on an...

Why? If they had called you in for testing an inspection then what's the problem? Besides, what if they didn't tell you but asked you in to do a periodic inspection?

It's beacuse of the latter - the need to turn of both MCBs. Thanks for the tip - I'll do a continuity test and see if it is just simply a mix up with the ends of the rings. I won't be there untill next week, so will report back then. Thanks again.

Surely if they have melted there must be a fault leading to overheating - unless you understand it, I'd have it checked out!

It looks like the two ring mains in my house appear to be interconnected. It's not a large property, and has three power circuits. 1. Radial on a 20A MCB powering 2 13A sockets (bedroom 1 and lounge). No problems here. 2. Ring main on 32A MCB that appears to be for the downstairs - kitchen...