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Hi Lee, Should there be a seperate ring main for the kitchen?? The cooker is seperate but then only 1st and ground floor ring mains. Most domestic systems evolve, looks like your friend's has too. Hence less rings than in a modern install. (rewiring my 30's semi recently ended up with...

I'd seperate all of the connections at the main light from each other (but leave everything else as it is) and then test / inspect to see which cable is which. There should be a supply cable (you can test for this by meter, or by attaching a lamp holder to every cable end. When you restore...

Have you got a split load board or RCD of any type? If so and you'll still be under your consumer unit's RCD's rated current capacity, run extra tails from the RCD to your new board & rearrange the trips to suit. An electrical wholesaler will sell you the copper bus bars for about £1 each if you...

No. you were right the first time, you'll need to use 3+E

Do you still need help with this??? as the original question is two months old.

Depends on how long it is. See page 4 of the building regulations part F (drainage) for this. http://www.safety.dtlr.gov.uk/bregs/pdf/adh/adh02.pdf

No, there aren't any motorised trips. Theory is if a trip trips something is wrong with your wiring, the load or the trip itself. Investigate the fault. Could be the trip itself is faulty. If it is an MCB rather than an RCD, they're really cheap (about £5). Check the loading of the...

I've tried to explain this in reply to an earlier posting. (6th June 2002 included below). I can draw you a picture, but a)can't work out a way of posting it on to the forum and b) don't think it will be any easier to follow. The circuit for a single switch will be N direct to the fitting, E...

Yes, but you might need to make a bigger hole! Best idea is to trace through where the cable is fed from (ceiling roses in the vacinity are your best bet) and disconnect it there (if you do trace it to a rose, connect all of the cores to earth at the rose, and twist all the cores together in the...

This is fairly straight forward especially if you have ceiling roses and there is an existing working fitting. If not, let me know and I'll advise a little more... The circuit for a single switch will be N direct to the fitting, E direct to fiting and down the switching cable, live to the...