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    RCD trip

    Hello All, New the game and this forum so please bear with me. I have just changed a customers old consumer units for one compliant with 17th edition. The circuits were all muddled up and it took a while to figure out all 18 wires and what they did. However the last "circuit" which due to the...
  2. S

    No rn reading on downstairs ring

    Fitted 2 new rings and a new CCU. Got readings on r1 r2 rn end to end on both and also R1 R2 R1 RN on both but no rn on downstairs ring, it just shows open circuit. Checked all sockets for loose wiring but all ok. Any suggestions? Thanks
  3. J

    HELP!! Upstairs sockets on downstairs ring!!

    Need a little advice. A customer has asked for two additional sockets in a bedroom. Upon quick inspection I have found the only available sockets to work off on the first floor are actually on the downstairs sockets circuit. I have explained to the customer that this is the case. Butt getting...
  4. M

    Best way to find where upstairs part of ring joins downstairs part

    Hi all, as the title really. Bit of a logistics query. What's the best way you've found without destroying a house to find the point at where a ring of sockets joins from upstairs to downstairs when splitting the ring into two radials or to prepare for creating 2 rings. Ta, Si
  5. S

    CU Replacement - Upstairs and Downstairs Rings Connected

    Hi, newbie here. Done a domestic PIR and Consumer Unit replacement is required (damaged, lighting circuit not earthed or RCDd, plus other reasons). However, another finding was that the upstairs and downstairs ring final circuits are connected (currently installed as the 2 live cables going...
  6. G

    Whats going on with this lighting circuit

    Downstairs ceiling rose Upstairs ceiling rose upstairs lightswitch wiring downstairs lightswitch left side work the downstairs light fine. Rightside should switch on upstairs light. Red common on left side was bridge across to the right . I have now ran 3 core and earth to upstairs and...
  7. G

    Lighting circuit help

    Came across a lighting circuit wiring which i had not seen before. And having trouble getting two lights to switch on. The layout is 2 lights in downstairs hall one light is on its own switch other light i am having trouble with one light in downstairs livingroom on a dimmer. Upstairs one light...
  8. E

    Fluke problems

    Went to look at a job this morning and left all my main tools at home as the lady said it was just to price changing some lights. However when i got there it was a little old lady who had just recently had a flood and concequently all the plasterboard ceilings had collapsed in the downstairs...
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    Lighting - Adding an additional downstairs hall light and two way switching

    Today I added a new lighting point with two way switching to existing switch in a downstairs hallway. I'm particularly pleased because I had previously struggled with this type of task as lighting/switching kinda confused me:o Today though, I used no diagrams and even remembered in the nick of...
  10. L

    Best way to run a single neutral in a domestic property?

    Guys I've come accross A borrowed neutral in the upstairs/downstairs lighting circuits in a property where I'm fitting a nw dual rcd board. It's the usual landing light job, feed from downstairs circuit, Neutral borrowed from upstairs circuit, I need to run a seperate neutral from the...
  11. mattyevz

    Best way sub board supply

    Hi peeps, I usually stick to domestics but have been asked to do abit of commercial so bear with me.Just woundering what would be the best way to do this. Its a shop im working on .upstairs is going to be a new consumer unit 17th rcd 2x20 radials skts and 1x 6 lighting circuit all trunking.i...
  12. L

    Downstairs Loo ?

    A client of mine wants to put a downstairs toilet under the stairs. The problem is that the service head/ meter and customer unit (old) are sited in this area. I can move the consumer unit out of this area, but of course can’t do much with the meter or service head. The space is extremely tight...
  13. S

    Urgent - rcbo tripping

    I have just replaced mcb's with RCBO's on upstairs and downstairs light circuits to cover work on bathroom lights and fan. All work ok and tested ok etc. However, customer just phoned to say when they switch on landing light both RCBO's trip. What could be causing this. Is it to do with the 2...
  14. G

    simple light switch query

    Hello I have redecorated and am trying to replace an old Light switch. It is older Blk and red wiring. This is the way it works. At the bottom of the stairs i have a double 2 way switch which operates both upstairs and down. At the top i have a Single switch which only operates the upstairs...
  15. W

    dommestic smoke alarms

    HI all, I was just wondering i have two smoke alarms to fit one upstairs one downstairs wich one would you fit downstairs optical or inonisation its a domestic premmises im re wiring i should really know the answer on this one as i have done loads of these im just having a blonde moment...
  16. R

    Original and strange ring main readings RCD Tripping

    Need some guidance from the wise old forum please Have a issue with a rcd tripping,Thought I had issue with original marked downstairs ring so did continuity end to end at CU all ok after I did R2 cpc ,all ok whole house lights and everything,good values for cpc so that was ok .Did Cross...
  17. T

    16th, Moving lighting over to RCD side?

    On a Split load board installed to the 16th ed, when now doing work in bathrooms, for example fitting downlights and having to have that lighting circuit RCD protected is there any reason why you cant just move that circuit over to the RCD side of the board, You would still have the seperation...
  18. Y

    Switch in downstairs toilet

    Hi guys, am doing a first fix for some other sparks, and just checking if its okay to put a switch in a downstairs toilet, which is just the toilet and the sink. The switch will also be more than 300mm away from the sink basin. Thanks!
  19. D

    help 2 way switch

    hello, just started decorating my new house and need help with the wiring in my hallway where the lights on the hall stairs can be switched on and off from a switch downstairs and up stairs. The switches must control there own landing lights also. some pics: down stair switch - the left switch...
  20. K

    Separation of circuits

    I've got my Elesca assessment on a week on Monday, I was going to do my cu at home, but when I looked at it the upstairs and downstairs sockets are all on the same circuit. I can get to one of the legs and separate it but the other one is in a room that has only just been re-decorated...

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