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I'd also double check that the circuit is no longer live before working on it!

I've seen worse but still... what a blinkin' mess! :( EDIT: PS I like the way that loads of the cables just leave the wall totally unsupported through the air and off of the edge of the picture... Where do they all go!?!? :shock:

I qualified as an older apprentice (in my mid 20's). I got the job by offering to work below the JIB rate for my age! (electrical work was thin on the ground at the time!). It was tough living at first but if you're any good then the money should go up once you start to become a bit useful!

The burglar alarm can be spurred from the ring final via an appropriately fused-spur or you may wish to run a dedicated circuit from the non-RCD side of the board so that you don't lose the alarm if the RCD trips! Security lights will be outside so I would run a dedicated circuit and RCD protect...

Dingbat has a point. I assumed that the price included the electrician supplying the second fix acessories such as sockets and CU as well as a good visual inspection of the first fix! This, coupled with the cost in labour of second fixing all the lighting, sockets, fire alarms, CCU etc as well...

Well if it's agreed with the LABC then fair enough - you are doing it 'by the book' The Starbreaker is one of the best domestic consumer units available - I like your attitude towards materials and am glad that Volex has not been mentioned once! I think SF are giving free sockets away with...

It is common practice for large submains to be wired in parallel as smaller cables are easier to install than one huge one!. For final circuits in a domestic setting this method should not be used. BAS has highlighted some relevant regs - as well as those it just makes the wiring more messy and...

We are not trying to justify high prices. Bald Electrician came up with a pretty good list of all of the expenses we face. Then there's the money lost through the occasional bad payer as well! If you really are getting all of this and certification for £600.00 then fair play to you! He is...

A £600 rewire eh? My response to reading this was a mix between BAS' (laughing out loud) and Baldy's feeling that you may well be ripped off with dodgy materials or old cables being re-used. No Electrician worth his qualifications would let a customer first fix totally unsupervised...

You can still use old coloured cable as long as you sleeve the conductors in the new colours - Ugly but re-assuring if you still have 100m of 50mm SWA to use up!

I would start by turning your houses circuits off one by one until you work out which one is putting current onto your sink (unless it's some kind of static electricity!). Leave this circuit off until you can get an Electrician to look at the problem. Do not try to earth the sink etc as you may...

I'd turn all MCB's off and then turn the CU main switch off before pulling the service fuse as current flowing through the fuse when it's pulled can arc nastily!

'but feel it would be a false economy not to have the leccy sorted' A true breath of fresh air! :D You'd be amazed at just how many people ask me to move sockets AFTER a new plastering job! :x

Couldn't agree more QED - like many electricians these days I offer a year's guarantee on any gear I fit - if it fails because it is poor/defective then I will replace it totally free of charge! I will sometimes fit materials supplied by the customer (NO VOLEX!) but in return, will give no...

PoCo! LOL! Reminds me of the ECN (American) forum! I would also find a blanking plate (or if push comes to shove, a spare MCB) to fill the gap in your consumer unit front! attempting to re-instate an MCB in the dark (damn blowing bulbs tripping MCB's!) could have dangerous consequences...

He refused, stating 'who's gonna know' Just the sort of customer you don't want - he does not care whether the work will endanger your reputation let alone the safety of his tenants! Probably would have messed you about with payment using the promise of 'more work' as leverage! Let him get...

From what you say it sounds like the previous spark could not work out that his Zs test was impossible because the earth was disconnected. Surely if he'd worked it out then he would have explained just how dangerous the setup was to the customer. If the remedial work was just a simple...

A crimped connection crushes the crimp and conductor together under emmense pressure (use proper ratchet crimpers!) and cannot be undone where as terminals were designed to be undone - be it on purpose for testing (one advantage) or accidentally over time with expansion and contraction of brass...

I see where you are coming from ebee but I have always used a 1.5mm cpc to earth metal backboxes. The fault current you are talking about would only occur if both live phase legs of the ring touched the backbox simultaneously!

I would also consider wiring the lighting circuit in 1.5mm cable. This way there will be no harm should somebody accidentally put a 13A fuse in the FCU! EDIT: As long as you don't loop other lights off of it - the light's terminals will probably be 5A rated!