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I'd rather see a safe properly installed illegal circuit rather than some of the absolute garbage lashed in and signed off by idiots who don't have the first clue what they're doing which I have to sort out on an alarmingly regular basis. You can't honestly believe that a piece of paper that...

He is fully aware of this and like most customers, could not care less.

You're entitled to your opinion even though it is wrong.

His electrical installation is exactly as he wanted it and completed within his time scale. It's all safe and properly installed, tested and commissioned. Just because he doesn't have a pointless piece of red tape paperwork doesn't make it a bad job. The customer couldn't be happier. I'm yet...

I moved a CU today for a customer and cut the suppliers seals. My customer knows I'm not registered but like most normal people he's not bothered, and he knows my criminal activity means the job will get done without waiting for the DNO to do anything, and I'll do a good job. That's all that...

Fortunately, I couldn't give a stuff what you think. Oh no how will I sleep at night the morality police on the internet says I'm a bad person. Get over your self :lol:

I wasn't advising anything. I was just telling the op how things are normally done by electricians. Please edit my post if you are unhappy with some of it's content rather than removing it entirely. I'm not registered and do CU swaps / moves etc for people all the time. Part P is the...

Just tell the plasterer the job is not ready and re-book him when the electrician returns from his 'holiday' or you've arranged for another electrician to come and do the work. Do you think a domestic electrician could design and wire the three phase machine control panels you work on...

Yes it's the right device if you trust ebay enough to know you're not buying a fake device.

Are the tails supplying the two single way consumer units insulated and sheathed cables?

Lots of 'electricians' are hard of thinking. Because 16mm is required for pme supplies they hear rumours that you have to use 16mm for the main earth and start installing it everywhere without actually learning if it's required. I've seen TT supplies with 16mm main earth when all that's...

It can be done quite easily with a metal consumer unit. I guess this whole debate comes down to people who just don't like change. I remember exactly the same whining when RCDs became mandatory.

Just design the installation so a L to E fault is not possible. I really think you're over exaggerating the potential risk.

That's where a bit of wood comes into play :wink: At the risk of sounding cruel / harsh / unconcerned if you're not competent to be fiddling in a cu and you get a shock or it kills you then tough. Lesson learnt. In all reality the risk of shock is not much different at all between a metal cu...

I'll travel to Sussex if you'll pay mileage, accommodation and PD's LEDs are the obvious choice these days, but the control may need a bit of thinking about. What sort of building are you trying to light?

I don't understand why such a big deal is being made of all this. I've been installing nothing but metal clad boards as long as I can remember on commercial and industrial jobs, and a fair few domestic jobs too. Metal is far better than those flimsy bits of rubbish wylex are churning out...

It's all well and good covering the joints up if you're not bothered about having a non compliant installation and the risks this poses, but I've wrecked several kitchens trying to find joints like this which have been covered over and subsequently failed. Get it put right properly now while...

The only course of action here is to hold your hands up, admit you've f'd up, learn from your mistake and let a competent electrician sort this out for you.

You absolutely must not connect both circuits together. This will bypass the protection which the circuit breakers provide to the circuits. I have to agree that you need to get a competent electrician to install this device for you.

Here's a brilliant guide from someone on another forum on this site. Run through all the steps and it should give you a good idea where the problem lies.