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<blockquote data-quote="SPECIAL LOCATION" data-source="post: 508140" data-attributes="member: 250"><p>You have done the obvious test... (seeing if you can do it yourself..)</p><p></p><p>and found yourself lacking basic knowledge of circuit design, installation, testing...</p><p></p><p><u><em><strong>Fundamental rule No1..</strong></em></u></p><p></p><p>You NEVER energise a circuit that has been amended, extended, newly wired, without FIRST doing ALL of the dead tests itemised in BS7671..</p><p></p><p>If this had been done it would be impossible to have the scenario you have described..</p><p></p><p>So as electricity will happily kill a healthy adult in less than a second..</p><p></p><p>you need to decide...</p><p></p><p>A bit of random dabbling, that if you get wrong could cause serious / fatal injury to you or your loved ones..</p><p></p><p>or best option..</p><p></p><p>employ a competent electrician as the cheapest, quickest and safest solution...</p><p></p><p>Of course you can also just keep googling till you find an answer that you prefer..</p><p></p><p>but there are no assurances that a nice google solution won't kill you at a later time..</p><p></p><p>Any idiot can join wires up to make things work..</p><p></p><p>(this is why a lot of builders think they can "do electrics")..</p><p></p><p>But if you buy a copy of BS7671 wiring regulations, (around £80 from most good bookstores)..</p><p></p><p>You will find the the key aspect is to protect people, property &amp; livestock..</p><p></p><p>by disconnecting the power fast enough to prevent danger in the event of a fault..</p><p></p><p>This sort of knowledge, experience, understanding cannot be picked up from a few social media posts &amp; you-tube videos..</p><p></p><p> Guinness </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPECIAL LOCATION, post: 508140, member: 250"] You have done the obvious test... (seeing if you can do it yourself..) and found yourself lacking basic knowledge of circuit design, installation, testing... [U][I][B]Fundamental rule No1..[/B][/I][/U] You NEVER energise a circuit that has been amended, extended, newly wired, without FIRST doing ALL of the dead tests itemised in BS7671.. If this had been done it would be impossible to have the scenario you have described.. So as electricity will happily kill a healthy adult in less than a second.. you need to decide... A bit of random dabbling, that if you get wrong could cause serious / fatal injury to you or your loved ones.. or best option.. employ a competent electrician as the cheapest, quickest and safest solution... Of course you can also just keep googling till you find an answer that you prefer.. but there are no assurances that a nice google solution won't kill you at a later time.. Any idiot can join wires up to make things work.. (this is why a lot of builders think they can "do electrics").. But if you buy a copy of BS7671 wiring regulations, (around £80 from most good bookstores).. You will find the the key aspect is to protect people, property & livestock.. by disconnecting the power fast enough to prevent danger in the event of a fault.. This sort of knowledge, experience, understanding cannot be picked up from a few social media posts & you-tube videos.. Guinness [/QUOTE]
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