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I want to have a look at the lights and confirm how they switch..if they are small relays I can allways replace them with bigger ones :) or look at using a contactor but it needs a four core cable does it not.. three pints for lunch and im brain dead. Neutral sensor Live Sensor Out Bulb...

securespark.. thats my concern..hence thinking about using a contactor. David

Three outside lights.. Three sensors (one on each light) Each sensor needs to be able to trigger all the lights.. Suggestions on how to wire them, was thinking about a contactor, but dont want a four core to the light really. I suppose I need to see the lights and what they are rated...

thats a lot of 6mm round the cupboards!!

Im not bothered if they come as a kit, Im just not too enthusiastic about the earth connection on them, I like to use a 10mm or 16mm earth to them depending on what is for, but regardless of the gland size they allways seem a bit thin with a tiny hole.. does every body else drill through the cu...

replace it, dont crimp it.

What Make Glands to people use.. Ive been using some from local wholesaler, but the earth tag is just poor, Im sure there are better brands on the market.. just would lilke some recommendations. David

Call an electrician.

As said, remove bus bar and cables and loosen off even more then tighten up, look down into the mcb and does it 'look correct' the way its gripping the cable. Obviously youve said its the suppliers end, but check your connections (all of them, first.) A photo might help, so people can...

best solution imho..is fit the consumer unit closer to the origin of most of the cables.. crimps for the rest, if enclosed in the cu.. otherwise replace cable or Junction box etc.. not nice. David

post the question and what you suspect the answer is, and say why and then people will be able to help you with the questions. Cable size isnt hard to calculate if you have plans= measurement = length. Correction Factors can include many things, but I suspect you know which its asking for.

if its accesible it should be child proof, or in a lockable cupboard iirc.

your main fuse is likely to be 80A, what size are the cables.. 25mm or 16mm? David

More to the point WTF is the top bit that says fuses, with an on / off switch.. plus cables in bottom left corner. David

it will be expensive... They will run a new cable to the street and then terminate this in your property with a new meter. They may then connect up your installation, depending on where your Consumer unit is.. An alternative, may be adding a meter box directly behind where they are located...

can you take a photo? David

they carry three phases, they dont carry a neutral..some pylons have two circuits.. top one is earth.. some only have one side connected.. The insulators have (or had lead in the centre) on the last one I saw..

yeah, I cant include everything..like equipotential bonding... nor did I point out the problem with 'live and neg' and the supply being AC and not DC. David

The only kind of wire you should be putting in the 'back' of a socket should be twin and earth.. do as said.. Get a galvanised adaptable box, or weatherproof one and terminate the armoured cable in here.. earth properly (id use a three core to be sure though if you havent terminated...

No, 9,500w @ 230v is 41A hence fitting the consumer unit, you need to use 16mm tails (min, 16mm are easier in the tiny CU's) And take these to a Henley Block (its like a large Junction box in the meter tails)