ring circuit

Hi all, I'm not a qualified sparky but I'm a very competent DIY'er (with lots of electrical experience in industrial applications - three phase, low voltage stuff etc). We've got an extension built and I just want to run 4 sockets and some lights into it. Everything is easily accessible because...

Hi there all, I have a property and I have noticed the following wiring (please see below) in one of the rooms in the house. It looks like the ring main has been extended. A single 2.5mm Twin + Earth cable (in red) is providing power from the consumer unit which feeds a chain of electrical...

Hello In my home there is one ring main that mostly runs under the floor upstairs, and then loops down behind the dot and dab plasterboard to each socket downstairs. I'd like to extend the ring and add a socket in the kitchen. So I was wondering how easy it would be to patch into the ring...

Hi, My room currently has two single sockets, each on adjacent walls and am wanting to add additional sockets. In January, I added two double sockets on one wall as fused spur from one original socket and another additional double socket from the other original socket as a spur. The wiring...

Evenin' all, So my house used to have storage heaters, they've been taken out and scrapped and the separate mini consumer unit for them taken out as well. This has left a switch that does nothing on the wall and a piece of cable (stranded twin+earth, 7 strands on the live, 11.5mm across width...

Hello! I have ran into a strange problem when redecorating one of our bedrooms and would like some advice from people cleverer than me! I'll try and describe the background and the problem, but do let me know if you need more info! On coming to remove a (badly fitted) wardrobe, we found a...

I am planning to do the wiring for my new kitchen extension. All my power sockets will be low level and run of a new ring circuit. Is it best for the cables to run: a) From the socket downwards, under the floor insulation on to the next socket, b) Out of the socket horizontally, behind the...

Morning all, I have started work on a master bedroom as we are having it completely re plastered, prior to this I wish to add two new double sockets and 2 wall likes off of an existing ring. Currently as per attached diagram I have one single socket which has 2 feeds in/out of it so 2 lots of...