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9 times out of ten,the line will be on orange/blue on old type wiring which consisted of orange/blue green and brown.a little way to test is to strip a little insulation of the ends of 2 wires and rub them on a pair of cutters the metal bit of course and you should see some tiny little sparks...

dont mow over em, this will spread the spores and voila !!more mushrooms...

WOW!! what a response.Listen thanks for all the advice,its nice to know someone cares. working live is sometimes done as a last resort.In this case it isnt,, i am just gonna pull the fuse as it looks in good condition and loose not welded to the caseso a gentle, carefull tug should do it...

to be honest im thinking of breaking the seal and pulling the service head fuse to be on the absolute safe side but worried when the meter reading man comes round and says ello,ello,ello whats all this.Will i be in big trouble?

Thanks for all the advice, that looks just like what i was trying to describe. I may have to work live as the local leccy company will charge me to pull their fuse, but i would rather feed and terminate a live cable into an isolator than a fiddly consumer unit or am i being stupid.I know there...

yes what you say is right in between CU and Meter, but will what i have named be ok to put in between the CU and meter

i have increasingly heard this is a good and safe way of working on your CU. So would a Wylex IP65 Enclosure with a 100amp double pole isolator switch disconnector inside do the job.

Thanks very much.That makes perfect sense

i wonder if someone can help,the service head fuse is 60amp,does this dictate what size switch i need in a new CU i.e.100amp DP isolator or 80amp RCD, because someone told me it has to be the same value as the service head fuse.And that didnt sound right to me,but i may stand corrected.Some...