Hello All,
I recently moved into an independently built 1960s house which was very high spec for the time. The previous occupants replaced the kitchen and it looks like an electrician might have done the wiring because a new CU was installed with a single RCD for all the kitchen sockets. The original wiring uses a Wylex type fuse box. I suspect a previous owner of doing some DIY electrics in the house.
I have just come across an original single mains socket in the kitchen that was not controlled by the CU. It has two wires attached and so I assumed it was part of a ring main. By pulling out fuses, I initially failed to find the fuse for this socket. After several attempts, I realised that I needed to pull out two fuses to completely isolated the socket.
This looks very bad to me. Am I right? Do I need to get in a qualified electrician to investigate or is it something that a fairly competent DIYer like me might be able to sort out?
Btw, in the next room I have also come across a double light switch that has one switch on the downstairs light circuit and one on the upstairs like circuit. That taught me a lessen about properly checking that everything is isolated.
Any advice would be gratefully received.
Thanks,
My Key.
I recently moved into an independently built 1960s house which was very high spec for the time. The previous occupants replaced the kitchen and it looks like an electrician might have done the wiring because a new CU was installed with a single RCD for all the kitchen sockets. The original wiring uses a Wylex type fuse box. I suspect a previous owner of doing some DIY electrics in the house.
I have just come across an original single mains socket in the kitchen that was not controlled by the CU. It has two wires attached and so I assumed it was part of a ring main. By pulling out fuses, I initially failed to find the fuse for this socket. After several attempts, I realised that I needed to pull out two fuses to completely isolated the socket.
This looks very bad to me. Am I right? Do I need to get in a qualified electrician to investigate or is it something that a fairly competent DIYer like me might be able to sort out?
Btw, in the next room I have also come across a double light switch that has one switch on the downstairs light circuit and one on the upstairs like circuit. That taught me a lessen about properly checking that everything is isolated.
Any advice would be gratefully received.
Thanks,
My Key.