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Time to call in a sparky i think, as with out test gear he has no chance

If plugging the devices into another room via a lead and they not tripping ( I assume they being fed via a rcbo yes?) it must be the circuit in the room not the devices?

"Just out of interest why should they be banned?" Throw away fittings instead of buying just a new lamp thats why

We all know what this is going to be dont we? the old take down a fitting and not making a note of what cabled were doing what or taking a picture that might have help answer his/her question

My view is if it's metal and comes anywhere near electric earth it job done

Your whole house is protected by the one Rcd so no safety concerns, the only thing is if you have a fault it will turn off all your circuits, a new CU with individual Rcbos will only turn off the faulty circuit, so unless you have money to spare dont worry about it

Name and shame the twat i say

I'm old school and retired and have not used wago connectors but for me, I can see they are quicker to install, but I can't see how having a spring holding down a cable connection for an extended time will hold, but we will see in years to come.

the two wires you see are coming from the same connector you have in the new fitting just pull it down" as MikeJ said be careful when you pull the fitting down the spring clips are powerful enough to give your fingers a nasty rap" and you will seeok ?

Why were they used at all, there is no need for connections like that at the switch if he worked for me he would be gone

I wouldn't touch it either in the state it's in. I was always told that you need to crack the Im/heater to just loosen it before draining down as the tank is full and won't flex too much?

The point is that you can have lots of 13amp sockets on a circuit that are rated more than the Mcb/Rcbo, its the cable which is protected by the Mcb/Rcbo, not the plugged-in item that is why we have fused plug tops. And "2 double wall sockets connected by a 2.5sqm cable has been connected to a...

Dont understand why you said you tried the ubiquitin, I have mine installed in the roof of my 2story house and it gives me to my garage which is 7mts from my house close to 50 from my full speed 63mbps in the house? that office must be stopping the signal, big time?

How close is the socket to the RCBO? as you could rewire it using a 4mm cable( assuming it was wired in 2.5mm?) then you can then change the 16a for the 32a rcbo

Well spotted Mike.J perhaps it had new cables that can't be seen without x-ray eyes. But he did state it was a 16amp tripping so its just a spare rcbo

I'm 72 now so been around a long time, but being described as an electrician doesn't make you a do-all tradesman does it? , I live in a seaside port which had shipbuilders yards (all gone now) who had electricians working for them, one of them got the site manager to allow him to first fix the...

Any time you have to disconnect a circuit and reconnect after testing could arise to a problem, so pluging into a sockets etc is best for me as well that way the wiring is not disturbed is it ?

cant do a print out but cable calc on my mobile says 25mm is ok vd is only 2.7volts ,if I was you I might up it to 35mm but 50mm is way over the top Worth getting its only £1 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.coopersoft.Cablecheck&hl=en

we used the unit as per Tom's post it works well just one prob its not cheap, but unlike you we didnt have any wires installed between underfloor heating manifold and boiler so we had no choice

Unless I am mistaken KVA is just kilovolt-amps, or volts times amps divided by 1000, so 230v x 100amps÷1000 =23KVA without taking power factor into account and that 230volts is your standard incoming supply in the UK