Is the bare wire an earth?

anybody know what goes where on this?

I thought red's to L blacks to N and green/yellow + bare? (not happy with the bare 1!) to E.

Its a single plus socket and i'm guessing that it has a spur connected to it (note - i dont really know what i'm talking about here, just googled trying to find a wiring diagram).

if anybody can help it'd be appreciated, til then ' fuse 7 - sockets' is staying off

oh and the image is sideways..just to make things a bit more interesting. far right hand side = the bottom

[DarrenSV650S]

Yeh the bare wire should have earth sleeving on it like the other two. If it was just a single socket then yeh it'll be a spur so will get connected the same as everything else.

Is the top right red chewed or burnt out? Looks like it needs some attention

Burnt out I'd guess, I connected it up as I mentioned in first post and it popped the fusebox downstairs*. Looks like I might be paying out to have someone come sort it..eugh.

*when I turned the power back on

[DarrenSV650S]

Obviously a problem on the circuit somewhere. Was the cable with the bare earth definitely connected before? And did you tape up the red?

yeh it was. i've worked out what i did wrong - i disgust myself sometimes - i'd somehow managed to get the screw to contact the live wire! where you can see the 'hole' in the plastic sleeve. Just seen the screw with a partially 'spot welded' end. At 27 i still can't be trusted to be left at home alone, best tell the mrs to come back soon! i've left everything off and am off out to get some leccy tape now. Thanks for your help darren. Now wish me luck, i'm off to the shop on suzie, chances are i'll break her too

[DarrenSV650S]

If the copper is damaged it would be best to either joint that red cable or try to pull some more length through in to the box. And if the socket screws are too long you can chop them down.

When you get everything connected up just test push it back to make sure nothing is going to be squashed or screwed

Taped it up and everything fitted back in, was snug. but just made sure it didnt bend too much or get towards where the screws would be again.

Victorious



Banished

[DarrenSV650S]

Nice one. You should really fix the cable though because the cable size will most likely be reduced now, so it will be a weak point in the circuit

I'll have a ganda n see if I can pull it through a bit more. Would there usually be a bit of slack within the walls?