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Ah, the whole house, built 1965 , is spurs, no ring. The work was subsequently checked by the qualified electricians who came to put a new spur in for the kitchen when it became apparent that the work was beyond me as there was the type of fuse box under the stairs that used fuse wire and they...

I see. Thankyou for your replys. I think it sounds safest to earth the whole thing from a metal lampholder or use the plastic /metal threaded and earthed type rocky mentions. Is this something you'd recommend an average layman can do, if they can wire a plug, its nearly as simple as wiring a...

Hello. I have an old metal standard lamp from a charity shop . I would like to order gold coloured cable for it, so I must decide wether to get cable with no earth and fit a plastic lampholder , or cable with an earth and fit a metal lampholder. I have both types of lampholder and both thread...

Update, all safe and certified now, new CU fitted by experienced proffesional, worth the money for my peace of mind. Also I'm letting him wire the kitchen as the more i've looked into it the more i realize i dont know what i'm doing.

ok, good to know, and thanks for the replies. :D . I will update with progress.

Ok I'll avoid the corporations for the main job, but wont they, e-on in this case, have to disconnect their bit into the consumer unit? Is that expensive?

The kitchen is now completely stripped apart from i just tiled the floor. I used a qualified gas man to disconect the old cooker from the 1960's (the cooker, not the gas man). I have a week off work last week in October, and have all the new kitchen units and appliances in the lounge (got at...

Ah I see. £400 would have been nice but if its a lot more then its still worth it as its intended as our final home now until at least retirement in 25 years time... So, could all these run off the same new ring? I read that there is no limit to the number of outlets on a ring?: built in...

I thought so, I dont mind spending up to £400 on an electrician, would that get me a new consumer unit and ring to the kitchen ? The 'under the stairs' area with the fuse boxes etc is adjacent to the kitchen. I'd say its all a mix of original wiring (that'd be 1964 !) and some from around...

Hi, I havent done much electrics, I am putting in a new kitchen in our 3 bed semi. The end of the kitchen where the units are going presently has one double socket on a spur, and one oven control (with socket). There are some other sockets elswhere in the kitchen, but none appear to be on a...