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Brilliant. i'll give them a go.

Thanks Special Location good idea. I was thinking of replacing the fronts in January as they have seen better days. Although common sense tells me that i should leave well alone other than checking for tight connections. The cable looks like it might be 4mm as the wires are quite thick compared...

I isolated the power at the consumer unit and took off the socket fronts in the kitchen and found that one of the neutral wires had come lose. Connected up and all is working fine now with the spur. Many thanks again for all the help. Cheers, Grafton

Thank a lot for all the helpful replies. I can see the cable going into the wall at the corner of the cornice on the cupboard. I will isolate the power at the consumer unit and trace the cable until i find the socket it is spurred from. If necessary i will have to remove the plaster and...

Hi, I recently joined the forum and had some great help that enabled me to replace a light. I now am in need of a bit more advice please. I have a socket on top of a kitchen cupboard that appears to be a spur off the ring final circuit ( it only has one set of wires feeding it so i made the...

Thanks for all the help today. A very easy to use forum and very friendly.

Thanks Special Location, I think i will go and replace the light with a non metal one. i assume there must be an earth as the switch has one.

Thanks ProDave. I'll go to B&Q and get the choc box connector, brown and blue sleeving. I'm sorry to labour the point but there is provision for an earth on the light fitting as it has a metal backing plate i'm assuming it could be dangerous if the wires came into contact with it so how...

Thanks for the replies Zeespark (hope you feel better soon, a good tot of whisky might help), Apache and Manator. I don't have any pics as the space the is very dark without a light and even my small camera will not take decent pics in the poor light. I don't have a tester, but could get one if...

I went to change a very old ceiling light and while i was dismantling it the assembly just fell apart in my hands. The back of the ceiling socket had three red wires in one connector, two black wires in another and one black wire in the third connector. I'm replacing the old light fixture with...

I don't know if i am welcome on the forum as i am not an elctrician, but do need a little guidance if possible please.