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Sounds most probably like a bad connection in the new light has caused the remaining light to stop working. It would certainly be my first place to look. Also be aware that even though the lights are not working they may still be live so proper proving for dead is even more essential before...

433.1.204 accessories to BS 1363 may be supplied by a 30/32A ring circuit using 2.5mm² cabling. The rotary isolator is not a BS 1363 device so may not be supplied by a ring circuit using reduced CSA conductors.

It’s not much more expensive to build it out of grid!

They look similar to Phoenix connectors

My local city’s want £19 inc vat. They’re £12 at Screwfix and toolstation

I still fit a lot of logic plus and it’s not as good quality as it used to be but it’s not that bad and seems to be reasonably consistent. I’m not keen on click stuff but lads I work with wont use anything else. I’m keen on Schneider stuff.

You could bind the wire ends together and then solder

6.0mm² is really pushing it bearing in mind that things like a table saw will have an inrush current much higher than its rated current when running and an undersized cable could cause the saw to not start, or the voltage to fall low enough that the lights go out for a second or two while the...

If the circuits need disconnecting and reconnecting and or extending then I would treat it exactly the same as installing a new CU and only fit an up to date unit which complies with the current regulations and then issue an EIC and notify. If it was just being moved a few inches and did not...

If a mains spike damages your mains smoke alarms that’s now a safety issue. Also your smoke alarms costed more than the SPD that could have saved them.

Park the earth wire from your old stay in the back box earth terminal if it has one, or in a piece of strip connector if not.

2.5mm² on a 20A circuit breaker should be sufficient, but it’s only 39p per meter extra to go up a cable size. Much cheaper than replacing the cable when demand increases in the future. Maybe even go two sizes too big. Supply the SWA from the house without RCD and then provide local RCD...

I don’t doubt that for a moment! But why would you actively avoid having one? SPDs can be picked up for as little as £20 and the very worst possible outcome is that you’ve spent £20 that you could have wasted elsewhere, but maybe just maybe one day 25 years down the line it operates and saves...

Apologies for the crude drawing but hopefully it makes sense. House 1 is fed by L1 and N and has a heavy load connected. As the neutral is open circuit it will rise in potential to L1 voltage. House 2 has low loading and is connected to L2 and the shared neutral which is now at L1 potential...

Yes a 3A fuse would be ideal. You need to discard your plug and replace with new as the blast mark contains soot and vaporised copper which can conduct electricity and cause another short circuit. You should be aiming for a plug which looks like this: Remove just enough insulation to...

Yes it sounds as though something may have caused a short circuit in the plug. When you wired the plug did you expose just enough copper on the plug to connect into the pins? if you are not sure, you could put a photo of the plug on here and we can advise further.

It doesn't matter when the installation was designed or installed. It can be 1 day old or 100 years old it still gets inspected to the regulations in force on the day of inspection. The fact that RCDs have been a requirement for sockets likely to supply outdoor equipment for such a long time...

Say the letting agent takes a 10% cut for recommending me I just charge 10% extra to this letting agent. The landlord still receives exactly the same impartial report, I still earn the same amount and the landlord pays 10% extra for the convenience of having the letting agent arrange an...

FIs do not make a report incomplete thats the whole point of the code. The inspector has identified a problem with two of the circuits which needs time spending to trace and repair said faults. Who knows where the fault is? and how long it will take to trace it? and if destruction of...

Why would that make a contractor untrustworthy?