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He was kind of implying I needed it changed. Guess I be looking for another spark. Any help with a switch fuse which is fairly cheap? Just Want to source all the materials myself and install them before I get a spark in who is willing to check everything, connect the swa at both ends and pass...

I have a feeling it's the latter. So what should I expect to pay for a new switch fuse? What about using a small fcu instead?

Sorry, what he said was, I needed to replace the plastic cu(not add) with a metal cu to meet new regulations

It will be a wooden shed and 500mm depth of cable. I have had a spark in but he wants to change my house consumer unit to comply with 17th regulations, add another CU where the meter is and then another in the shed. This simply will add up in costs which I'm trying to avoid. Just need to know...

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Building a shed which will be 50m from meter in the house. Will have 3 double sockets and 2 lights. Not to be used for anything heavy apart from occasional use of an industrial sewing machine. Looking to have a rcd protected cu in shed: something like this...

Thanks for the reply's guys. Will go with a RCBO and since the tails come from the cellar, it will hopefully be a simple case of replacing the obsolete tails with the new wiring without any drilling needed. For the RCBO, will it be ok to fit and wire a singular module RCBO if I'm also going to...

The sockets (using 2.5mm cables) wont be used for anything high powered, and wiring them to main circuit using spurs is a no go if it means plaster and floorboards being taken up. Right now I want to get the cellar soughted, having the other sockets are more of a convient thing. Would like...

Hi, I have economy 7 consumer unit in my house. I want to convert the switches to power sockets and add another 2 radial circuits for lighting and sockets in the cellar. I will be doing the work my self and get it certified by an electrican. The current setup is such that there is 2 sets of...