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Lucky buggers!

Definitely if it were a washing machine, the dishwashers I've had have hardly vibrated at all so I'd tend not to worry about it.

Loop in requires less inaccessible junctions and by rights should be less prone to failure and more maintainable (although that sort of ignores the fact that most modern fittings dont provide adequate provision for loop in). I suspect from your quoting of locations you've been reading about...

Heh I've seen idiots do that sort of thing deliberately - two hardware engineers and one software engineer (me as a lad) in a test rig room. Power is missing/broken from something, hardware engineer A opens up a large switch box, the kind that had a huge toilet handle on them that turned 45...

Almost. An RCD will also detect live to earth only it'll do it a _lot_ slower and need a lot more current than an RCD. The RCD is designed, if properly installed, to trip within a few milliseconds and with a tiny amount of current - quick enough hopefully to save someones life, the MCB will trip...

Clearly remember pushing a screwdriver into the hot (and live) element of an electric bar fire. Fun. Seeing how long a 1N4001 diode held in pliers would last directly across the mains - not so very long if you are curious. Wait, is this a thread about things you shouldnt do or should?

Pobably because by short circuit it means live to neutral which is the one thing RCDs dont do (thats what the MCB or Fuse does).

AFAIK... a) Yes b) No RCD detects any difference in the current flow between live and neutral. If you get a neutral to earth fault *blip* the RCD should go. Live to Earth again the RCD should go. Live to Neutral no - the same current will be flowing in both live and neutral and will not...

I assume its considered bad form to tug on the CPC to split the insulation then?

Why would it be any different in a plug than in a spur?

So, exactly what IS the expected lifespan of a reasonably modern installation? Do we expect the insulation to break down in 23 years?

This is almost certainly not enforceable. Its the same deal as car manufacturers trying not to honour warranties when non OEM parts have been used or work not carried out by the dealer. AFAIK there is plenty of case law that says whatever you did must have caused the 'problem'. Imagine, the...

Am I missing something blindingly obvious? surely the solution is not to tread on the nail in the first place? OK I'll get my coat.

Not sure joining a plug to inflexible 2.5mm cable is a good plan plugs are designed to take flexible round cable and 2.5mm T&E isn't designed to flex (same is true of 1mm and 1.5mm T&E too). To be honest I think you'd probably be better off just calling in a professional.

The sizes refer the the cross sectional area of the copper conductors.

Its data communications not in a special location, part P applies but no notification is required. Do try not to deliberately confuse people in the name of pedantry.

Sounds just strange enough to be the answer, sure there is no buried amp hanging around?

You get two people trying to HELP you with in 8 minutes and you respond with and You could try walking into a pub and asking the room at large a question with that attitude as an experiment... But you already know what would happen, but for some reason you feel its appropriate here. Odd...

And that, would appear to be the crux of the problem. Since the Internet exists solely for you and none of the people on it are real then we must all be semi-autonomous, Turing Test passing, logic golems requiring none of the normal courtesies of the real world. Simple really.