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Your upstairs and downstairs lights should be on separate circuits, if the flickering is affecting both lighting circuits it is unlikely that you have a problem with the circuit wiring. I have, on occasion, found that this kind of problem has been caused by loose meter tails and it may be worth...

Crimp an "eyelet" connector on to the cable and fix to the tag with nut and bolt. :D

. I totally agree with the above statement, pulling the REC's fuse is not to be recommended but if someone is going to do it anyway they should at least be made aware of how to do it safely. Local REC's have been quite happy to employ people with no previous electrical experience and...

I would recommend that you don't touch the light fitting with just the live and neutral connected because you will probably find it is LIVE. Either there is a fault with the fitting or the connections you have made are shorting to the body of the fitting. One other possibility is that the...

If I understand you correctly you have 2 pairs of red/black. Therefore (1) One of the blacks is a neutral (connect to blue flex) (2) The other black is a switched live ( connect to brown flex) (3) The two reds are simply connected together (4) Earth connections Do not connect the...

You are right to refuse. A 10.5 kw shower will draw around 45A which is too much for 6mm ( even without applying any derating factors). Dont forget that the appropriately rated mcb and isolator switch will also be required if a 10.5kw is fitted