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On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote:
how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the
sockets are still live?



Are you serious, or this a wind-up? What did you expect?


I expected the ones furthest away from where the lecy comes in to the
house to go off.


You don’t understand how ring mains work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_circuit