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Recently rewired can actually mean different things to many people, I`ve had people ring me and say "You`ve just rewired my haouse and the immersion heater has stopped working". Existing cylinder stat has packed in 5 or 6 years after I did the rewire including the new circuit but not a new...

All valid points methinks and depending upon differing tastes and idea of convenience. My personal preference is a means of operating the main room light or other from near the bed whether by pull switch or plate switch but yes sometimes folk do move their beds around . I do not favour switches...

All the terminations should be in a junction box (a ceiling rose is only a junction box that usually looks a bit prettier than a big brown junction box).

Not a meaningful statement is it? In my work life I had someone remark one such equally wrong statement - "An Earth is an Earth is an Earth" . Next some will say "There is Black or White" or "Short or tall" or "Fat or Thin" or "Clever or stupid" etc etc. I suppose that the original "American...

Well there are lots of different configurations for lighting and that can make it interesting. The old traditional way of two way lighting was usually singles one to each of the two switches (one being the feed and the other the return to the lamp L) , originally done in singles but later on T...

So you go out to dinner and someone asks for advice and you take an initial look whilst you happen to be on site and of course you have allof your tools and equipment in your pocket at all times then ?????

I think he might actually mean they dont use the thread on the lamp holder but they do use the thread on the lamp itself, probably anyway.

unoffically Harry , yes I do take your point, yet some folks are unaware and they will try something risky.

I bet that the Suffragettes where thought by some as terrorists in their day. That "Made in Dagenham" film shows the thinking by some, a lot of ordinary women thought it was reasonable to pay women less just because it had always been that way so always should be that way. If you take these...

Yes Sunray, there are times when its the better option to remove what has already been done and start again from scratch. Lighting switch options have a very few simple variations as a basic then sometimes differing ones from each of those and then slightly mixing the few can cause some...

That is interesting. I was not actually aware of it - well I have retired and not up to date with 18th regs so. I was Morqthana asked a good question and we received a good answer . I was always a little hesitant with ES anyway for a few reasons (rightly or wrongly) and the danger of wrong...

Ditto

Why would you want a fool to be able to wire a socket up? ;)

Hmmm - not many?

We usually calls them three way (or more if appropriate) switching but hey ho if you calls it something that makes sense to you and everybody else then all well and good. There was probably an assumption it was two floors or more rather than just the one and each end would need a two way switch...

Not attempt it? Clint might say "Each man should know his own limitations!" ;)

Well yes it certainly would help narrow things down, I have known quite a few "ordinary persons" take a bit advice from someone who knows a bit better and end up with a tell tale bang (Actually more of a click or a thwack these days but the BS3036 rewireable fuses could be quite good for BANGS...

Exactly, that is most important that you power down completely then remove this connection and make safe before you power up again (I would put both the conductors (feed and return a.k.a L and SWL ) into two different choc blocks/wagos etc rather than just disconnecting then a choc block on just...

Yes Harry, that is why they should NEVER be relied upon as a "Test for Dead" which is the most important part of all. That is why I am not against them once a proper test for dead regime is established first then use the volt stick afterwards as a double check if you like. Never use them as the...

Sorry I should have qualified that comment a bit. When considering 3 x T & E cable to a ceiling rose in its simplest form (many variants are possible) then you have three at the rose, mains in (from the supply or the last rose before the one being tested) , the the second one is mains out to...