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Thanks. I have just checked out the kitchen wiring and it is not a ring circuit. The supply is from one cable that comes from the faulty ring circuit and spurs off to lots of sockets in the kitchen and garage. I can make a guess that someone has broken into the ring and not made a return. This...

Clearly the ring is not continuous, so there are one or more breaks/loose connections somewhere. I have removed all sockets to check for loose wires etc, but have not found anything. How do I find where the break in the ring is without taking up every floorboard in each room? The ring...

Those wires are an essential safety feature and the consumer unit should not be installed without them. Does the electrician have to install earth wires to water and gas pipes as part of fitting the CU unit, as he says this would be a seperate job. He has however, bonded pipes in bathroom and...

There are no other devices between the CU and meter. Mains in followed by 100A fuse then meter, then CU. The wire from the earth rod connects to the earth bar at the top and I was made aware that there is a need for earth wires to be fitted to gas and water pipes.

Thanks. It became obvious after I had spent some time testing, that things needed to be unplugged. The two circuits to the right are lighting and followed by the ring I have the problem with. The electrician moved it from the far left RCD due to the nuisance trips. The electrician fitted a...

Here is a photo of the CU

Thanks for all the replys, which have been really useful. I have done some further checks and my initial check at the tails from the CU showed r1=600R, rn=596R, r2=1R. I then unplugged the washing machine and just checked r1 to find it read about 15MR. The electrician's test shows very low...

Is the Rn something I can check with a Fluke DVM? Sorry, I am not an electrician, but I am guessing you want a measurement of the neutral ring? If so, do I need to unplug everything as it means pulling out a 100kilo washing machine to reach the socket behind!

Trying to identify a ring main before extending it to fit new sockets in a bedroom. Found what looks like a ring main as it has two cables going to one socket, however when I measure across the two brown wires that I have disconnected from the socket, I get 600 ohms instead of a short. I removed...

Thanks for the replies. I wanted to put the socket 5" to one side of the radiator.

Can a double socket be put close to a radiator in a bedroom, or does it need to be a certain distance away? Thanks

I havn't tried any connectors yet. Perhaps I should just order a 20mm and a 40mm connector and see which one fits best as they don't seem very expensive. As you say, there is probably some play. I can remove some wooden paneling behind the toilet to access the soil pipe, but I don't want to...

Trying to locate a place to purchase an offset pan connector. The soil pipe is 30mm lower than the pan outlet. Now, the cistern is a high level type( which I now have installed on a side-wall thanks to the help from people on this forum), so I have some tolerance on how near/ far the pan can...

Okay, copper it is. Which I think will look fine painted white. Hope I get the bends in the right places, else it will be a costly mistake and I will be having a heart attack! Thanks for the prompt replies.

I have mounted a high-level cistern on a side wall and now need to connect a flushpipe. The new cistern comes with a nice two-piece chrome pipe kit, which would be ideal if I wanted the cistern back mounted, but I can't fit it this way because of a window behind the toilet. I have looked at...

Thanks for the replies. I have the Fischer plugs mentioned, so I will fit an 8mm plug using Araldite or No-More-Nails. I hope Breeze block is strong, as the fixings are for a couple of brackets to support a ceramic high-level cistern, which is fairly heavy. Each bracket has 4 screw holes and...

I have a 7mm rawl plug which is loose. I drilled a 7mm hole in conrete block, but the screw just causes the plug to spin. I have removed the wall plug and cleaned the hole, but the hole is now slightly bigger. I still need to put a fixing in the same place, as all the other fixings are fitted...