Recent content by mooncat

Yep, I'm not going to start messing about poking wires in without knowing what I'm doing. No idea what sort of switch it is, or if the fan was originally wired to it, but inside is a brown 'box' with load L and N closest to me and then L and N at the other end. When the spring went I took the...

Have just tried the light to see if it's still tripping, and it's not working all now, but neither is it tripping the rest of the lights. Which makes me think that loose black wire should be connected to something, so I presume it must be into load N as it's the only free one. And if it was...

The black is stripped as if it was connected at some point, yes. Don't think it could touch the earth terminal, no - it's over the other side of the socket and hangs down a wee bit, whereas the earth is right up against the ceiling. There is a fan in the bathroom but we've never used it in the...

Hi It's an RCD (I think) - the fuse box was replaced recently as we had a new kitchen put in and I think it's RCD protectors. When it trips it takes out all the ceiling lights on the upper two floors (three storey house) and some of the sockets in the kitchen. The electrician who replaced the...

We have a pull chord bathroom light switch - I replaced the switch about 5 or 6 years ago, and it's been working fine until the last couple of months. Now, randomly, the circuit keeps tripping and we have to go down and flick the switch on the fuse box back on. It can go a week or two without...