Pedge wrote:

I have just rewired two sockets in my kitchen to my fusebox as the
current
wiring was surface mounted and I have now changed it to being flush
with
the wall.

What I noticed is that the dual gang socket which we use for our
fridge
freezer had the Neutral (Black) cable wired to the Live terminal in
the
socket and the Live (Red) to the Neutral terminal. Before comencing
the
work I checked the fusebox to see what cable was feeding the 15amp
fuse and
could not see any incorrect wiring there. This dual gang socket also
feeds
a spur single socket where this was correctly wired with Red going to
Live
and Black going to Neutral.

What are the consequences of this incorrect wiring I have just found?
Would
there have been a potential fire?

Luckily I found this and since then I have been cursing the tw*ts who
wired
this up. Probably my local authorities contractors.

I know some people strongly advise that rewiring isn't something that

should be done on a diy basis and I agree to an extent however there
are
certain things that can be done if you're sure of what your doing and
have
looked into it beforehand.


Its a minor fault, unlikely to ever cause any problem. Its best to fix
it for optimum safety, and the way to do so seems obvious enough.

It might be wise to assess first whether youre able to do the job
safely or not. As electrical faults go it couldnt be much simpler, but
some mothers do 'ave em.


NT