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This kinda explains it http://www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:lighting:problems:blackswlive

Well it'll have to come off somehow. When this happens to me I wedge a screwdriver through the cable entry point on the back of the rose and with a twist can lock it in position. Then I have the leverage to be able to force the rose off. If you are gonna try this, turn the supply off first...

But you still want to be able to switch them independently? Correct??

Well than the simplest method would be to divert the existing switch lines to their new position, if you have to do a joint connection then make sure it's accessible and done accordingly. Ideally, if you can gain access to both light positions and the new switch position from above, then...

Is the only work you have done been the light fitting, no switches or anything else? Was everything working fine beforehand? If the fitting was securely fixed then then the rose should come off with some pressure. If you can get the rose off and then post a picture of the connections then we...

Is the room currently undergoing refurbishment? How close together are the lights? Are they on the same circuit? - does the one MCB at the fuseboard isolate both lights? Do you have access to above the ceiling?

I asked this question because if you are getting a Zs of 4.56 WITHIN the consumer unit as it sounds, then it is in there that the problem lies and the internal connections should be checked as GreenElectrics has suggested.

As do the NICEIC, but only the proposed QS. How about calling the LABC before hand?

what were the R1+R2 readings like? how about the end to end ones? r1, rn etc?

Could you explain this a little easier? What terminations did you connect to?

Taken from here My advice would be to express your concern to the landlord. Estate agencies are utterly useless at the moment with regards to electrical saftey and 'surveys' (hopefully in the coming years new legal requirements will be inforced). If you get nothing back then it may...

You wanna seek reference's then. Sometimes the lower price and quality of work don't go well together.

Yeah, ideally one with a cover to protect from impact.

Is it possible to install a fcu at the position on the ring where the supply to outside comes from?

You need to get other quotations in for comparison. I do council rewires with a minimal list like that and I charge £2500, inluding all the bonding, certs notification etc. If the property is vacant then the price should definatley compensate for that. More information is needed to be...

Initially it sounds like it could be an overload on the circuit, particularly if it is the higher demanding 60 degree wash only that is causing this, however, as explained, more info is needed... Arn't we all supposed to try to wash at 30 now anyways :wink:

Well if it's something stated on the report then the sparky would have contributed it as evidence? Well I do anyway :cry:

Was an illustration of the adiabatic equation included to illustrate this?

Depends on what it is for and on the existing condition of the installation.

Have you done a continuity test across neutral and cpc on the suspect circuits? Disconnecting the neutrals from the bar first of course?