Hi,
I'm doing some renovation on the house.
1) The fusebox is a steel MEM item with pull off cartridges with wire fuses. How old would you estimate this is?
If an electrician was asked to replace this with a modern fusebox/ consumer unit, would they do this with the existing wiring if it tested out ok? I estimate the house was rewired in about 1983 when an extension was put on.
2) A predecessor has fitted two funky spotlights in some overhead boxing in and has wired from the ring-main under the floor using a junction box to tap into the ring-main with a cable going to another junction box which has a switch wire cable going to a wall switch and the switched live terminal and negative terminal wired to the spots.
Is this very bad to leave as it is? Could I fit/ get fitted a FCU on the wall taken from the ring-main junction box with the lights junction box wired to the FCU?
3) Is it acceptable for a DIYer to replace the existing socket + switch frontplates in a kitchen?
Thanks in advance
John
I'm doing some renovation on the house.
1) The fusebox is a steel MEM item with pull off cartridges with wire fuses. How old would you estimate this is?
If an electrician was asked to replace this with a modern fusebox/ consumer unit, would they do this with the existing wiring if it tested out ok? I estimate the house was rewired in about 1983 when an extension was put on.
2) A predecessor has fitted two funky spotlights in some overhead boxing in and has wired from the ring-main under the floor using a junction box to tap into the ring-main with a cable going to another junction box which has a switch wire cable going to a wall switch and the switched live terminal and negative terminal wired to the spots.
Is this very bad to leave as it is? Could I fit/ get fitted a FCU on the wall taken from the ring-main junction box with the lights junction box wired to the FCU?
3) Is it acceptable for a DIYer to replace the existing socket + switch frontplates in a kitchen?
Thanks in advance
John