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Nope, its metal, double pole fuses and still going strong (neutral fuses were replaced with higher value some years ago to ensure the phase ones blow first) but from what my Father thinks it must have been done when the house was built in the late 30s. I am looking forward to the joy of...

My father still has one of these installed and working in his computer room :o If you find someone willing to pay good money for it, let me know and I'll be round there with a screwdriver :lol: We've worked out that his lighting fuse box is probably late 30's vintage :shock: I'll post...

Thanks Plugwash - glad to know that my logic is somewhere in the right area. The floor only has a tiny gap under it - the wooden boards were added to level the existing uneven floor. The only way I am going to get to it is to raise one of the boards (screwed down very tightly and unlikely) or...

After finding and fixing a burnt through cable due to incompetent fitting of wiring in my Mother's kitchen (previous post), I decided it should be checked out and though I'd use the chance to try out my shiny new Megger MFT1552. However, as I half expected, the testing suggests there are...

Spark, I do hope it is continuous as it will make pulling a lot easier. However, I was planning to pull standard 1.5mm2 T&E through and provide an earth that way. Is there any reason why that would be a bad thing compared to using conduit singles? If I did use T&E. How important is it to...

Hi all, My father has a fairly old house and I'm looking at rewiring the lighting for him, either as one of the jobs for my Part P 'competent person' assessment, or once I have that 'worthwhile' piece of paper. The wiring is pre 50s, with individual cores all in black and badly...

I looked into this when some g!t :evil: nicked my sat nav by breaking the drivers window of my car on my front drive. As I currently understand it, you do NOT need to put up warning notices or register under Data Protection Laws as long as the cameras are focused on your property, and cannot...

Ok thanks, I think I'll hold off on the GN until I start making some money to pay for them then! It did occur to me quite soon that it couldn't be a complete coincidence that the Part P registration schemes all cost about the same per year :o

Many thanks to all for the useful responses. I already have the 'Electrician's Guide To The Building Regulation' and agree it is a very useful reference. I also have 'The Electrician's Guide by John whitfield', although its pretty heavy reading in one sitting it seems to go into more...

It can't be just me that is completely bewildered by the number of different publications out there. As I'm looking to get Part P registered soon I'm trying to decide what I need in my 'library' and what might be useful. All the Part P sites seem to say is that it is a requirement to hold...

Adam, Many thanks for the advice, space is limited so I think I will have to go with the heatshrink. I do plan to check the wiring, because I know there is at least one other connection somewhere and I have no confidence in the original fitter. It sounds like I have an excellent candidate...

Hi, I'd like some advice on an issue with my mother's kitchen electrics, which as I have recently discovered are not exactly up to standard... She rang me to tell me she had heard some 'bangs' in the kitchen recently :shock: , and that the MCB for the Kitchen and Combi boiler had tripped...

Hi, Having lurked for a while and done plenty of searching, I've decided to ask the advice of the obviously experienced members of the forum! (/crawl mode off) I've read and reread the regulations and guidelines, but as always real life is never quite as simple. The situation: A small...