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Not the best place really! - The worst place is the height of the normal functional switch, I`ve seen plenty of those.

I think that I probably would not. Atually could have written that line to you . But some some people.......... ho some people ! ! ! ! ! ........................ Oh Dear ;)

Yes thanks John, and I agreed with it

I had to read that bit twice ;)

Good result - we all of us do try to be useful to you where we can help and we all enjoy doing so

Well Really! They have been Outlawed !!! Have you not seen that Picture of a Policeman with an Amnesty Bin for Neon Screwdrivers? S it must be true ;) . They were very popular in the 60s even with Electricians. Drawbacks - Could not always be seen in strongish sunlight , could give you a...

One reason I put the fan isolator up near the ceiling, if someone really needs to get it switched they can, with a stick, if need be but not low enough to encourage a habit of switching on and off and possibly forgetting.

Yes indeed, they sometimes have a little DIL type switch on the circuit board so you can flick the battery on or off. The instruction manual does not seem to give much info.

Yes I think that either 16A (or 15A) MCB but possibly 20A would be the most common or 15A if it was a rewireable fuse (but you could get 20A in rewireable fuses back in the day - not unknown to put more than one fusewire in rewireable fuses by some folk either) and I can not say I have never...

DO NOT have a Neon Screwdriver (but if you dothen never admit it! ;) )

Yes indeed - please do not ask me how "Justice" can be found by getting the cleverest person you can get on your side according to the size of your wallet! LOL.

Well said that man (y) PS - as to the OP , a fan isolator is just for that - isolating for maintenance etc and not as a functional switch (if needed).

Yes I think it might well be the case - to a non-legal person such as myself I would assume that for any trade/profession entering a home is counted as a "workplace" for the duration of that visit at least so maybe, someone more knowlegeable may inform us about the relevan wording and...

If your "Adjacent" rose operates simultaneously with this one it could be that you have one L & one N being all thats needed for it to work and the Perm L is made in the connector block rather than the Loop terminal for some reason and the other Blue is for something else (L or N) or not...

Is it possible that you have 2N and 2Perm L (Lin and Lout) and the Sw L from the switch did not require a L feed to it becaise it got it from another Perm L in the same switchbox? (say a 2 g or 3g switch etc).. the choc block would not be need and the two Perm L could be in the ceiling rose...

The use of the word "Mandatory" could often be taken, by many people, to mean a legal requirement. The wiring Regs are not a statutory document and therefore do not have the force of law * RCDs are pretty much mandatory to comply with the wiring regs. * = a small portion relating to the laws of...

It`s not long since that you could consider testing earth loops with 25A, pretty good at testing metal conduit joints and sometimes effectively welding poor joints as a by product of the test - find and fix at the press of a button??? Often produces sparks on the poor joint as a dead giveway too

Agreed. No problem, even though onr Tutor insisted it should be taken from on or near the midpoint of a ring and the end of any radial as they might be the most eronous. I decided they must always be done with no circuit connected but better still, if the situation permits, to repeat the test...

Thanks for that Eric. Firstly my intention of checking a reading obtained from any meter (not only the RCD trip time tests) is in the hope any differences large enough to cause concern with each test - including both dead testing and live testing. With an RCD test then both with and without the...

Eric, would you be kind enough to explain in a little more details exactly what you mean by those points? I want to be certain that I do not mislead myself as to your menings, cheers mate.