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Cheers - picky is good! That would leave Ls going to Common on the Hive and and N & L on the Hive being fed from the Mains In N & L on the boiler?

Just a quick check to make sure I've got this right - I've currently got a programmable wireless roomstat Danfoss RX1 and am swapping it for a Hive 2. No programmer on the boiler - all done from thermostat. Intended wiring below - does this seem correct?

Just joking :wink:

15mm :oops: must have been thinking of the copper tubing in which I ran the 10mm2 cooker radial :lol:

Ah, now that's the answer I want to hear Plugwash :lol: A temporary respite before I get the p**s taken out of me by my sparky colleague who's going to test the system... :oops:

1/2 inch Very true. But given the low wattage, is likely to be unsafe? I can deal with the embarrassment of a badly designed system but not an unsafe system...

I notice ban-all-sheds in another post mentioning that you shouldn't fill conduit or trunking more than 45%, IIRC. Does this mean the 1.5mm T&E (and 1mm 3C & E) in the steel conduit that holds my lighting circuit is dodgy? Uh oh. And I thought my electrical jobs were over :( Looks...

Exactly what I could do with Dingbat. Anyone know of one?

One coat plaster will do the base filling well - I'd top it off with good quality filler that you can sand off unless you an expert at plastering...

Ta - thought that must be the case but like to check :)

Am swithering over whether to put in 12v halogen downlighters into my bathroom or those new fangled LED ones. Having put the standard 12v halogens into a previous bathroom I know that I need 6 x 20w. Haven't a clue with the LED ones though (and anyone know a good article on calculating lux?)...

Have bought 3 Kidde 240v smoke alarms from TLC and am planning to fit them onto their own radial from the consumer unit and interlink them. Question is - can I simply run the 1mm straight to the first alarm from the MCB or should it go through a FCU. Instructions talk of putting them on a...

You shame me - my MK box looks like a rats nest in comparison! Very neat. Did Scottish Power require your system to be certified by an electrician before they'd attach to it?

I use an angle grinder with a stone cutting wheel to cut the 2 verticle slots then put a horizonal cross cut every 3 inches or so to make chiselling out easier. Have to agree with the others though - produces a fantastic amount of mess. OK when house is bare, not so good if any furniture in...