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In non technical speak (which is about all i can manage) - the purpose of the earth is to provide a path for electricity between any exposed conducting bits under a fault condition back to somewhere safe "the earth" e.g. a live wire comes loose in your washing machine, comes into contact with...

[/url] You are quite right but at least this one has a 'before' picture and all the information you could ever need - makes a change.

For small amounts of mess (splatters) I find repeated scraping with a finger nail works a treat - its softer than the plastic so you can give it some welly. If you've been really messy you'll have to resort to the methods above (not sure about the dishwasher though!)

I'm guessing its just the camera that makes the heads of the screws on all the MCBs look utterly chewed?

Thats quite a neat CU compared with some that are posted but why so much bare copper?

Don't think what you're describing would be acceptable. Even if it was, the microwave is very unlikely to have suitable connectors in it to accept 4mm cable (or strain relief fittings for it) and when you pull out the microwave to service it you'd be dragging a big hefty 4mm cable around which...

*curiosity well and truly sparked* Enlighten us interested amateurs? why? (not the parallel connection bit) Why have a super low earth resistance if you then pop a resistor in to limit current flow? Given that domestic installations can be made 'safe' with resistances much higher what...

Actually under law they would have to prove that your action had caused the the fault, IANAL but as I understand it plenty of test cases in the motor industry have established that manufacturers cannot get out of a warranty by using an unrelated modification.

Your council is happily setting you up to fail, this is exactly the same as a previous thread a few weeks ago. You wont get an electrician to issue an EIC if he didn't do the work... Go back to the council and have another chat with them.

By getting a qualified electrician in. Seriously, giving advice on how to mix water and electrics to someone who suggests connecting a 13amp FCU to a lighting circuit would be remarkably silly. Someone will be along shortly to point you to all the Part P regulations which mean this is...

Zorgan are you the owner of this flat or are you making someone elses electrics unsafe? Get an electrician - even if there was a fault with the original cable you'd be surprised how resourceful electricians are at replacing cable without destroying a property.

Good luck Brenda!

Let me get this straight - you've had a new CU fitted and the existing wiring or the CU installation is not up to scratch. Question, why haven't you got the electrician back in? Surely the tests done at that point would have indicated what wiring problems existed... you do have the test...

How much money have you got to spend on this? there are some nice multiroom solutions but obviously, they cost a bit. As electronicsuk says Squeezebox and Sonos are two of the bigger names, however there are lots of ways to achieve this, what you do depends on how computer literate you are, how...

Thats a lot of wires for just forward and reverse. How old is the unit? Can you find any part numbers for the motor which may lead to a connection diagram? Is it possible there is more missing than you think - i.e. some of the wires you think went to the main switch went to things like a...

So it seems. To clarify I should have said "without YOU providing paperwork..."

Are you planning to notify the authority and do this work yourself? If so be very sure what the authority require from you at the end, some authorities will not sign off without paperwork from an electrician. Worth checking thoroughly before you go down this route.

Mmm good point. We should probably ensure the heating is turned off in the pub and while we're at it using all those fossil resources to shift something as utterly unnecessary as beer around seems pretty screwed up too.

Hmmm I see you are right. Doesn't mean I have to agree with it though!

If you remove the ring the 'spur' still exists. Hence it is a seperate distinct circuit (two circuits sharing one protective device).