OK, so we just had the house rewired. Ill give ya an overview:
First: Leccy comes to replace CU and connect up new Kitchen ring that the fitters added
3 Weeks after: Board comes to replace meter, brings 16mm tales but leaves new tails that the leccy who replaced the CU naughtily put in (25mm and brand new - Old tales were puny and with the added load of the new stuff it NEEDED to be replaced before it burnt off its RUBBER sheath!)
1 Month after: Another leccy comes and rewires all the rings. Some things to point out:
Downstairs sockets were radial (!!!!!
)
There was this wierd joining contraption in the wall that did NOT look safe - exposed wires all over and breaking the single spur rule by far! 1 in to supply, 2 brought off for sockets
You know the contraption I mentioned earlier? Well, off this the imersian heater controls used to be fed, off which THE IMERSIAN HEATER ITSELF WAS FED! Also, some crackhead lecky said it was OK to run sockets off the imersian heater spurs! EEEK!!!!!!!!
Some of the sheathing had melted in places
Earths were sheaved NOWHERE
It was old Black Indian Rubber
Yack!
Multiple strands of Tin Plated Copper
Glad its all out now.
Can I ask just one question: Is it legal to place 2 earths in one sheath (The earths are UNtwisted)