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Sounds like your thermostat on your bottom immersion(night) has failed and was letting power to immersion past its preset setting(65-70c), eventually the overheat trip kicked in and killed the power to the immersion, get electrician to investigate, and replace and reset any deffective parts.

The age of the wiring makes me think there will be joint boxes everywhere.

Can you upload pics of the wires coming from their respective cables at the 2gang switch. Is upstairs 2way & hall downstairs 1way?, 5 wires at 2gang switch 1 (min) perm live 2 strappers(2way) 1 switch wire 1 switch wire or perm live The sparky you paid, you should send him your...

http://www.mirashowers.co.uk/onlinecatalog/pdf/1170168_w2_a_mira_advance_atl.pdf If this is your shower?, check the fault diagnosis parts.

Hard to see from your pics how they are connected, can you take pic of switch turned further round so we can see connections?. you need a rewire, old vir`s at the 2gang switch and old singles at 1gang.

I now put my clamp meter on earth leakage setting and fit onto main earth, then turn on heavy duty appliances.

My issue with the guy from council is , if he requires a smoke in the livingroom/diningroom, why are they not demanding alarm in kitchen?. I did electrics in a ex council concrete & brick(war built, flat roof house), extension onto the back of the house, family room/small area outside shower...

Bakelite had a strange smell when you cut it with hacksaw.

MMT1 - 2 trunking lid good for flipping when stuck on lath, tape 2 or more together for more length. Ive also pushed tape into an area i want to get to and used trunking lid with wire coat hanger hook taped on the end, my old boss used to use a steel wire and he could fish anything, used to...

Google 100mm - 150mm adaptors, plenty of suppliers.

These switches will be wired in parallel, you can wire as many of these as you like. Your mixing these up with conventional 2way wiring, which requires 2way switches for first 2, then intermediate switches(4wires) for the rest.

If its £88, they then find fault, will they have spares with them or need to order parts?, if ordering parts will there be additional labour charge to fit new parts when they arrive?, so which is cheaper, new oven or labour x 2? & parts.

What setting do you normally use on your shower(temp) is it high or low?. My shower 9.5, i have temp set at 4(goes upto 10), if my shower was a 8.5, i would prob have temp set slightly higher(6-7). I personally dont see the point in a higher rated shower than required, when you will never...

Does this consumer unit control whole house or just new ext circuits?, if ext, how many circuits.

Are you sure that the element is faulty?, is there a reset built into the fire in the event of overheating, does the thermostat operate correctly?. If the element is faulty, try getting the manufacturer to replace, i would expect element to last longer than 1-2 years(normal usage).

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/SLTDK250T.html http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/SLTD250T.html

From page 12 shows how to set it, they dont seem to show on/off, but i would have thought there would be a symbol of some kind, usually the first setting will be "ON" then set temp, remember to press OK after each input, then set"OFF" time then temp. A bit of trial and error if it does not...

Teleswitch wouldn`t be beside consumer units?.

Never seen that top meter before, its got an extra connection(prob storage live supply) probably a combined storage/normal tariff meter , if you press the blue button do you get different meter readings?.

Do you adjust the time via the 2 screws on the outside face of dial, approx 3 hour adjustment(slotted metal).