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Thanks andy, the answer to number 3 is a good one that i hadnt thought of.

There are obviously better ways of doing things and more costly ways of doing things but im interested to know if these things can be done safely and within regulations if needs be. The decoration of a house can also severely limit what you can and cant do. 1. A light under the stairs needs...

thanks.

thanks will do

Isolator switch it is then with the main fuse removed. Then there is the issue of removing the main fuse ;). Thanks

cheers

great, just what i was looking for. thanks

yes cheers, thanks for the replies.

thanks andy. i assume you would have to add an isolator switch then because the meter is sealed and to remove the tails you would have to break the seals.

great, that has answered my questions regarding the routing for switches.

for lighting dising current, you add up all the power of the lights. you take each one to be a linimum of 100w even if its lower, then apply diversity of 66% to get the design current. a lighting circuit supplying 6 lights at 100w each would mean that (6 x 100) / 230 = 2.6A to which you then...

sorry i should have said. yes im going to be doing my 16th edditon at college and i am doing some backgroung reading before i start. I always like to arm myself with knowledge before jumping into things. i was confused on a few things and so did a search on google and this forum came up. i did a...

im not sure. my old house had economy 7. there was 2 meters but i dont really know how it works. i thought the 2nd meter was only for the electric storage heaters. if the heaters are removed and a totally new install is to be done, do the electricity board come and change it so there is just one...

thanks that clears it up. so if an alarm sensor was to be put into a bathroom it would come under part p becuase a bathroom is a specail location. can alarm and telephone cables be run alongside wiring cables? do they have to be seperated?

yes i do understand that they have to be in holes 50mm below the top and 50mm above the bottom and i understand why. this is due to compression and tension. when a joist bends the top is in compression and the bottom is in tension. the centre line isnt in either compression or tension and so...