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once again, thank you all for your advice and observations. I will come back in a couple of weeks and let you know what I find out. As you can tell I know very little about electric wiring and what is required and am now not sure about what circuits there realy are and what they do . but I...

Right, I seam to have opened a can of worms for myself. All is not as it should be. I have owned this bungalow for 2 years and there has not been a problem with the electrics but I thought they could do with updating. Now from your responses I'm sure they do. I will not be able to take any...

the emersion heater would have been there when the bungalow was first built, but the electric shower was installed later, possibly 10 years ago. The shower has a swich outside the room that has to be operated before the shower itself can be turned on. All I know is that if the power MCB is...

Be sure to get a board with plenty of spare ways, to allow for future circuits like a shower, outbuildings, immersion, new kitchen circuit, security alarm, etc. All these items are there on the Power circuit apart from the separate Cooker circuit

Sorry PrenticeBoyofDerry, got you handle wrong

Hi Dum Spiro Spero, as there is only 1 circuit for all the power sockets in the bungalow I do not see that as a problem but I would like the Lighting and Cooker to remain on and vice versa. B-A-S, I do not know why the wired Wylex fuse box was not removed. I am not understanding your two...

Thanks B.A.S, for info. The bulk of your reply about finding a reputable tradesman is my main concern. Perhaps I did not describe the circuits correctly or I have not understood your reply about now having 6 circuits. There are still only 3 circuits, Power, Cooker, Lighting. The wiring from...

Hello, first post here. My bungalow, built in the 70's has 3 curcuits:- Power sockets, Lighting and Cooker. The Wylex fuse box from the meter has 3 fuses one for each circuit. An update was added some time latter consisting of 3 MCB after the Wylex fuse box. I would now like to have the 3...