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where did you break into the ring? are the cables clipped? check the sockets at either side of this JB if the cables aren't clipped as it could be a loose connection at one of those that is affected by you moving the cables around. but from the fault finding you've done it does sound like a...

but a socket is only rated to 13A, most double pole isolators 20A and switched fused spurs 13A yet they are fine on a 30/32A circuit. tbh this is just something that I have been thinking about lately(sad i know) as at work the guy in chrage of the electrical dept has said the same as you but...

whats the issue with using 15A connector blocks exactly?

idiots, trying to explain to tenants why we need to change the cable when its been working fine for years :(

twit, needs a slap round the chops there.

yup, as long as they are not linked at all other than earthing.

whilst at my local Wilts last week a british gas engineer came in to tell them it was all safe now, some thieving idiot had nicked the external run of copper from the back of the building that was actually a gas line that was live!!!!

i still have a metal wylex board with BS3036's and no main RCD in my house and i'm happy with it, the only reason i'd change is to add the RCD to all the circuits rather than just the showers(they are on a small sub board). i personally don't like trying to "sell" to tenants/customers but i...

nicely done, i do miss working on new nice big 3 phase boards, so much neater and easier than domestic boards.

chumps.

wtf?

^done the same many times myself :) how about this that was fitted by a tenant, they couldn't understand the problem and they have changed every single light fitting, switch and socket in the house :( thats exactly as it was found as well when dropped from the ceiling, notice the...

depends on the house your working on, i'm working on one right now that is far from run of the mill, it took 100m of 1.5mm T&E and 60m of 1.5mm 3c&E to wire the kitchen and dining room lights alone and the house isn't that big(kitchen/dining room combined is only 6mx5m), the two rooms...

^I know i do working on council houses with tenants having a go :(

i'd have done the lot for

^well said!^

we found a similar problem at work a few years ago with phillips CFL lamps, every 30 seconds or so they would give a 1/2 second flash and it was just what the man above said, basically electricity getting lnduced into an adjacent cable(thats how transformers work don't you know).

this is quite a worrying thread :(

very true, but it might stop the honest customers getting dangerous work done by people who appear to be and claim to be legit and fully qualified.

pumped mixers is a much much better idea in my opinion, much lower electrical load and a better shower.