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Are you a qualified electrician ? This is simple stuff if you are there's a fault on the ring main somewhere you have to carry out simple fault finding to find it If carrying out a earth fault loop test it will trip RCDs due to the test current hence why you have to test using a low no trip...

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Yes I know there are lots of 20a radials. The one I'm refering to was wired as a spider with 1 central junction box so I felt that it wasn't the best to be installing it at 20amps so limited it to 16a

When I was saying too low I was just meaning that this doesn't conform to convention and if too many appliances are plugged in it will over load the MCB causing it to trip. I know technically its safe due to it being less than the maximum safe rating of the RFC. I have once put sockets on a...

What are you actually asking ? You should speak to the electrician who will sign off your work 16a for a ring circuit is too low for the circuit do you know how to design the circuit properly

Mmmm competent but not sure whats needed hence your not competent To be competent you need to know what to do

Scary that you have rewired your house and not be familiar with the wiring regulations and not understand why that circuit design is dangerous Be good to see a copy of the test results and electrical certificate

Hi thanks for your reply I will get a plumber to swap out the immersion heater

Hi sorry if this has been asked before I have tried to search and found nothing that matches my situation I've got a Dimplex unvented direct water heater The water is heated via 2 immersion heaters The bottom one has gone and needs replacing I have got the direct replacement...

If you call the local emergency power loss phone number they will tell you if there is a power cut in your area Why not call them now they will come out ASAP and doesn't cost you

The DNO will come out for free because they have to restore power you shouldn't be pulling fuses out they are sealed for a reason Call the emergency loss of power number and they will send someone out to restore your supply

It's probably the RCD that's tripped a photo of your consumer unit will help tell Chances are that the cables have melted in the shower pull switch and caused the bang and the RCD to trip. You need to take off the shower switch and see whats behind the switch. You will probably have to...

Ok it's hard to tell from the pictures but as long as the main bonding cable is 16mm linked to the off peak and normal tariff boards both boards need the cable. You can link from one board to the other. And as long as you have 10mm equapotental bonding to the water and gas and any other site...

Yes looks very small to me hard to tell I really can not see any bonding or main earth cables in the board.

Have you installed the correct earth bonding ? The main earthing conductor from the earth terminal or earth rod ? And the main bonds to the water and gas and any other services in the building I can't see any in the pictures

I know it's not good practice to install additional items onto a circuit supplying a fire alarm system. Yes I did connect into the smoke detector circuit due to all the lighting loops being at the switches but the feed for the smoke detector comes from the lighting circuit and the closest...

Thanks for the replys guys The test certificate was filled out the day that I carried out the work for my work. I put on the certificate that it was to install a new fused spur from an existing circuit . I think I will email him stating that his alterations arnt up to standard and that...

Hi all I was asked by a customer to install a tv booster splitter in there loft. The customer supplied the booster which seemed a cheap make. I installed it in the loft and supplied it via a fused spur from the smoke detector circuit. Due to the lighting loop being wired at the switches...

Hi guys I usually hang around the electrics forum but thought I would ventre over to here. My mum has just moved into a new built house. She's hot a Y plan heating system with mains pressure quarter and boiler in the garage. The system has been plumbed with what I think is 10mm plastic...

As you say your not confident at wiring you should get a electrician in to complete the work it requires a new consumer unit new circuits to the heaters and then all testing the best bet is to get 3 quotes as a guide and then decide which is the best out of the 3 Also just look...