mcb

Hello - my sockets RCD tripped the other day and all sockets upstairs and downstairs went off - all well and good so far - but all the lights in the house were on , and I see in the (GE Euroline) CU that there is only one RCD trip and that is protecting the sockets only - the Lighting Circuit...

Hi - I have a consumer unit in my static caravan in Greece (I'm posting here as its a UK made van and so all the electrics are UK spec). I want to replace an unused 6 amp MCB for a 32 amp so I can run an extension to my workshop and fit some sockets. The existing MCB's are all Hager MB type and...

Hi. I wonder if someone is able to advise me or point me in the right direction. I had been wanting an additional double power point installing in our master bedroom. I was ready to have this done by a qualified electrician but on returning home from work at the weekend I found out that my...

Hello all, I’m looking for logic check on some work I’m planning to do, it’s quite a read so settle in, but please check my logic, anything else I should do or check? First things first, no I’m not a qualified electrician but am a competent person, well at least more competent than the...

Hi all, I am from the Uk and last week I was over in the Costa Del Sol area of Spain visiting a friend. Now I noticed both in the hotel room I was staying at (which had a consumer unit) and at my friends apartment, most if not all the circuits were protected by double pole MCB'S versus the...

In brief: my house has an oven circuit with a 6mm cable and a 20 amp MCB. Both the electric hob (6.5 kW) and oven (2.8 kW) are on this circuit. Can I upgrade the MCB to stop it tripping? Background: We moved in to the house a couple of years ago. The built in oven was slow to heat up so I did a...

The other day I put a junction box in my lighting circuit. The circuit was off (it was tripped but the circuit breaker was in place), but when I went to turn it on the power wouldn't come back on. Trouble shooting wasn't obvious: power was going into the circuit breaker, it appeared to be...