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Sorry as another point of interest do you do your own or your families MOT on there cars or do you just maybe do the work and let someone else MOT it

BAS I would say that to be able to say I know what I am doing is right there must be a standard based on knowledge and experience of whatever it is you are doing to compare it against.As DIY electricians only do a bit here and a bit there I am not sure they are in a possition to judge 100%...

As it is a new circuit it should to notified to them higher powers if you do put it in the board its good practice to have the higher rated mcb s closest to the main switch or in your case RCD

Think its bad for DIYers there are sparks out there that have served apprentiships sat through years of college worked on everything from power stations to bedsits and then one day they woke up and were told they couldnt do any work in there own home let alone anyone elses before they took some...

You could get registered on a scheme couldnt you ?

The first light I think I would put a fused spur next to the socket its plugged into fed from that socket.The shed light I would do the same thing from the socket in the shed and the last light if by pantry you mean big food cupboard I would either have it wired on the lighting circuit or get...

So where would you draw a line to what should or should not be DIY and how would you know when you knew what you were doing was right

BAS out of interest what is your a opinion on DIY gas installations in your own home

not getting into an argument here but both these questions can be reverse and asked back maybe? Is it not true a trade will alway say you need to be competent and checked because I had to be and if I do and I do the same work shouldnt you otherwise we may as well have no trades Yet a DIYer...

you need a voltage tester.If it tripped the RCD so none of your sockets worked?The chances are and it should be fed from a spur with a fuse you have probably blown that fuse

Do you think its been made clear and understandable though

ACHMED ELECTRICS matty I am ashamed of you :lol: lets hope the house don burn down and they try and trace him still the safety thing gotta mean something I have modded alot of cars to make them faster etc but feel alot safer driving them after a man in the know checks them out

This would be far better if it is possible

A three core cable usually means three insulated cables and a bare conductor[earth] old colours were red yellow blue and bare[earth]new colours ar brown black grey and earth[its a three phase thing] A two core is two insulating cables old colours red and blck and a bare[earth] new colours are...

sorry are we on about a light switch or a socket for a plug if as I think you are talking about a socket then one JB all browns together all blues together and all green/yellows together three wires per connection all the same colours The two switch wires for the lights need two seperate JBs...

fair comment :D

I agree better safe than sorry if not for you then any other people that can be hurt etc :D

Maybe post for help on the alarms and telephone forum someone there might know I thought domestics only had one master socket

could it be easier to move the adaptable box and extend the T and E that way you can find more slack

Until one day when the house has to be sold by him or by a solicitor in a will and thats when the fun will begin and the HIP will be asked for