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Ah, ok, I'll do that. THanks for the tip.

The downstairs switch was: L Red L1 Yellow L2 Blue I think I'll redo the lot tomorrow so they're where they're supposed to be.

Thanks to you all :) ColJack - you were spot on with your suggestion of matching whats downstairs to what I did upstairs. The downstairs must have been wired using wrong colours or something, but I matched it upstairs and now it's all working :) Thanks again.

We have a landing light, controlled by two switches. One downstairs, one upstairs. I've replaced the upstairs switch, and I've been unable to rewire it successfully! (yes, I do regret no noting which wire was wired to which terminal :D ) I have 3 wires coming from downstairs (red, blue +...

Nope, no plug, just bare wires at the end (whirlpool oven by Ikea). I chucked it in the bin, along with the socket, thinking I wouldn't need it. Doh. It was the same size as the thick grey flat cables supplying all the sockets around the kitchen. Chunky stuff. I might upload some photos when...

ok, I'm going to put that plug socket back on, and put a plug (with 13amp fuse) on the oven cable. Stupidly I binned the plug socket thinking I wouldn't need it again.....trip to B&Q on the way home..... All the cables are very easily accessed via removing the plinth under the kitchen units.

Oh, yes, you're right. Its is this exact switch: http://www.screwfix.com/prods/28394/Electrical-Supplies/Switches-Sockets/Chrome/Satin-Chrome-Angled-Edge/Volex-45A-DP-Sw-13A-Skt-Blk-Ins-SC-Angled-Edge The oven came with the cable attached to it. Thickness of the three cables inside the...

I'll double check the wattage when I get home, but originally I did calculate before that the 30amp would cope ok. I've a feeling the oven in 2400w, but I'll double check. One thing I forgot to say, was that where the cable comes out of the wall, it comes from a switched FCU above the...

Best diagram I could come up with:

Ok, firstly, I really don't know a lot about electrics, so excuse me if I get any/all terminology wrong here. Basically, we've got a 25 year old house. The consumer unit (or fuse box as I call it) is pretty old, and has about 7 fuses/jumpers/what ever the correct term is. 3 are 30amp (plugs...

That was exactly what I did do :D I thought it would help seal the joint a bit better. Lesson learned when almost all the joints started to weep when I turned the water back on ;)

Yeah, I did consider those tee taps, but I figured 3 solder joints + 1 compression joint (for the valve) would be better than 3 compression joints. I cocked up some compression joints - thought doing them as tight as I possible could with a spanner was the right way :oops: Since that...

Thanks for the advice all :) Sounds like doing both equal tees at same time is the way to go. To give a better picture of what I'm doing, I drew the below: The blue pipework is already there - I will be adding the pipework in red (all the pipes are actually cold ;) ) You can see the...

Hi there, I'm about to attempt doing some solder ring joints for the first time :shock: I'm replacing the plumbing under my kitchen sink. I will be having two equal tee joints (cold feeds for dishwasher and washing machine) very close to each other. As close as possible really. I'm...