Just thought i'd post this.
Today I was changing the light switch and double plug sockets in my little girls bedroom, putting on brushed steel switches instead of the plain white ones. I have done this many times before without any probs.
Well it started off all good, I went down stairs and flipped the trip switch on the mains for the upstairs light ring main, Went back upsairs turned the light on and nothing happened, so I changed the switch, turned the ring main back on and it all works fine.
Now, I went and turned off the upstairs plug socket ring main, the tv and sky box went off in my bedroom, so all the power was off upstairs, I took off the white plug and started putting on the brushed steel one, I got the earth in, then all of a sudden a big bang and a flash! WTF!! I went and checked the circuit breaker and the kitchen plugs ring main had tripped out! So some cleaver spark had wired the back bedroom to the kitchen which is below. I finished off the plug sockets and turned the power back on, All is ok now!
Anyway I thought i'd just say if you are changing any of the plugs in your house always check that the power is off in the room that you are doing.
