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Are you sure that you're a competent person?! :shock:

A dumb question from a novice: isn't disconnecting the earth an incredibly stupid thing to want to do? Why do you want to do this Ben?

Thanks dingbat - answers much appreciated, and I'll do my best to follow your advice on point 3 (second sentence).

I'm installing a security floodlight on an outside wall of the house. On the inside of that wall, very near to the place I want to put the light, there's a double socket outlet, which looks like a mighty handy point to connect the electrical supply for the new light. My plan is fit a new...

Thanks Adam_151! Sorry to be thick (but I'm a self-declared novice), but what is a "TT supply"?

Point noted about B16 for the optional socket circuit - thank you. Too dark in there for me to see tonight, and torch battery is down. Will look tomorrow. OK. I'll consider my options. In the meantime, can I ask another question... Since it's a reasonably recent CU I believe (I'll...

OK - let me see if I've got this right... 1. A new C16 in a new position in the main CU. 2. 2.5 T&E from that C16 to a new changeover switch and on to a new sub-CU. 3. A new C16 in the sub-CU for an optional 2.5 T&E ring of specially-labelled sockets. 4. Move the single lighting...

Hi Does anyone have any guideance to advice on using a crimping tool like this one? http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/DVDHCR15.html Thanks, nicky

Right - in quite a mess at this end - I'm sharing a computer and my post has been hijacked by someone else logging in! Sorry for any potential (no pun intended) confusion. The "softus" and "plumb-bob" entries in this topic were from me, so please consider them in your replies (if any!).

I have an idea of what I want to do with a generator, but need some advice on feasibility and legality. I have what seems to be a standard consumer unit on a single phase domestic supply. I also have occasional power cuts, during which I'd like to be able to use the lights in my house, and...