Nicky Tesla

Does your cooker switch have a socket? Does it still trip if a kettle is plugged into it?

Agreed but a nosey real finger does not find much trouble in dislodging those thin plastic blanks that slide onto the front slot of a CU...

“That tape is all that stops someone putting a finger in and onto the busbar.“ If it stops a finger then it stops a test finger.

Fault 1 to 4 C3 ( 4 possible C2) Landlords think a certificate with a list of C3’s as long as your arm is economically acceptable, and...

A hydroponic loft then?

Like rocking horse droppings 😀

Would I install 1.5 for a socket? No But I once encountered a house with an entire ring final wired in 3c&e 1.5mm I suspect it was an...

Have you got a volt stick? Separate the wires with the power off at the consumer unit and make safe for testing with connector block or...

A good dollop of putty and a couple of screws and packers.

It’s rare that you see these condensation traps.

Ye I’ve found them too. A strong magnet from a magnaclean is good at finding those and the nails in plasterboard.

Thanks for the tip, but nails are not hard to find as they usually have a picture hanging off them.

I’m merely wondering how the thread poster come to realising there was a problem with voltage/current on the earth. P.S. don’t knock...

Ye thanks for that Special it has been a while. Some of the same old avatar faces lurking around I see. Ye the SFSpur is upstairs next...

If you used a volt stick and found the accessory screws to show up as live, there is probably no continuity back to the earth terminal...