michael8554

The premise is that the outdoor lights are powered from the B6 MCB, third to the right of the RCCB. Does that actually switch off those...

Are you sure the outside light is not fed from an FCU from the circuit that is now tripping? Basic rule if you have just done some work...

Never had one in the 10yrs I have lived here. Thanks, I'll just look into it. Cheaper to run a storage heater as it gives heat through...

Welcome. The more you read on this site, the more you will morph from a mere mortal to a Zeus-like figure with short-circuit arcs...

"The main supply comes into a 60amp isolator then the tails run up 2 floors into the flat , connect into a smart meter then into the...

Assuming the driver is separate and accessible just connect a spare lamp to it in place of the one in water. If it works straight away...

Still believe it's worth putting each battery to charge on its own to max, using a Time of Charge setting on the inverter. Then connect...

Not another BBC repeat... 😀

daisy, a car is not wired the same as a house. What you would normally do, is take a wire from a spare fuse, (This is the positive +ve)...

I'm also ex BBC Engineering and I look back 20 years at my first attempts at home wiring with disapproval. It was not knowing best...

but that will not isolate any N-E faults!

No, just done up properly.

So experts, should that have been a crimped lug connection ?

"it tripped the RCD electric board." So did the RCD on the board trip ? Or did the individual MCB for the cooker trip ? A MCB tripping...

or maybe its the OP with a new account and its taken 10 years of trying to figure out how to get all the wires into a terminal that's...