Definitely the sockets, I've known them start to heat up just running a fan
heater. Not all are made equal, and some loose wires can cause heating as
well of course.

I'm assuming you are not the first person to occupy it, in which case you do
not know what has been done before do you?
I don't know if bodgit and run are still out there, but some of the things
my father found here in the 1939 house as supposedly safe wiring would make
your hair curl.
We had it all rewired in the 70s, and from the state of what was pulled out
its a wonder anything worked at all, cracked rubber chaffed fabric, and
twisted and taped joins.

Brian

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Following on from the university PAT check thread, something that has
crossed my mind recently is whether it's worth getting (domestic) house
electrical wiring and appliances check.

Moved into house 20 years ago, and never really checked for anything
unless/until there's a problem. Wonder if it's worth checking as
pre-emptive move, like a mouse beginning to chew into a hidden cable or
water ingress that hasn't manifested itself (yet). Or how that sort of
thing would show up. Or what such a test would show anyway. Or what I can
do myself e.g. with one of the "socket testers" that is available on the
market (and would I understand the implications anyway as a lay person).

What would be worth checking: wiring? sockets? appliances? consumer unit?

House is 40 years old, I moved in 20 years ago and had some wiring done,
and got a new consumer unit in the garage.

We do electrical checking at our place of work etc (on a comulsory basis),
but should we do it at home (on a voluntary basis).

I had a new electric shower put in last year and the electrician checked
the consumer unit and picked up that one of the breakers needed replacing,
but nothing much else was checked. And I've had another individual
breaker on the consumer unit need replacing a couple of years ago.

Any thoughts welcome.

TIA