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I’m a Stanley knife on cable end angled slightly in towards the earth and slice up type of guy. Having lightly prescored the outer sheath at the point where I want it to end.

What are the exact details of the breaker that trips? Is it an RCBO, RCD or MCB the details you supply will confirm. Nothing to say you now have another fault or the breaker is knackered after all it’s previous trips.

I wouldn’t even consider using my own cable, if a fault happens you are leaving yourself wide open to a world of pain re responsibility and liability. As said above keep the responsibility with the DNO up to and including the meter. Then you can adopt the nowt to do with me stance if the cable...

Welcome, are you from Scotland per chance?

Don’t need to be fire rated, another good shout. Thank you

That’s a good shout, cheers for that.

Mate building a man cave, doesn’t have a huge amount of headroom inside and there will only be about 30mm gap between plasterboard face and the celotex style insulation. Can gouge out some of the insulation if required but I rather not. Anyone recommend a low profile downlight please.

Does that heatshrink happen to be black in colour? I remember being involved in a new switchboard that had to get a ton of panel edge protector strip (similar to grommet strip) changed because it was black and found to be conducive, something to do with the carbon that was used to colour it.

Looking good

Probably be fine

Better drawing than I could on a full size computer no matter a phone😀 my fat fingers hardly enable me to make a phone call with my phone

I bought a cheap as chips winch from eBay years ago that had two wireless remotes, that would work in your situation and save a lot of grief.

If I understand you correctly you are saying you have a “cooker” with a manufacturers cable and 13A plug fitted. If this is correct it will be fine fed from a B16 breaker on 2.5mm t&e.

Knowing what phase you are on doesn’t help your neighbour, explaining to him that his voltage is outside the upper voltage limit and to get in touch with the DNO to check the voltage and adjust the transformer tapping if required will help.

Sounds to me like your supply transformer from the substation might need to be dropped a tap setting. Worth getting in touch with the DNO telling them that your electrician has said your voltage is out with limits at 256V. They should come and check it. Let us know how you get on.

You’ve got my vote Richard 9th, you are on the whole doing a thankless task but it is necessary and certainly appreciated by me.

^^^^^got my vote

Think I know where you lost your favourite screwdriver John it is bottom left in box

Laden or unladen

Me me me, the last house I stayed in I used 20m of 3 core 6mm to feed my garage, it was 2nd hand used for 2 months to feed a site office, got job to disconnect it, why would I not reuse it as it was in perfect condition. Reuse, reduce, recycle after all.