Recent content by PaulBaker4

Thanks for the info guys. Sorry, my lack of terms calling it a spur, rather than a radial circuit! I knew what I meant! The T&E is from the non RCD side of the consumer unit, however I thought I would get the current garage unit replaced with a 2 way unit fitted with an RCD. Guess from the...

Consumer unit in house. Garage circuit is on 32A MCB. 6mm T&E cable in conduit underpathway up wall and into Wylex old style fused consumer unit (fuse holders, not MCB's) From there there is a lighting circuit with a 6A fuse and the mains sockets which are running from a 16A Fuse. There...

Garage is currently wired as a Spur but I am fitting a couple of extra sockets also, so thought it might be better practice to complete the ring. The garage is fed from a 32A MCB in the main consumer unit via an underground cable into a smaller garage unit. So even though not a legal...

I am replacing a load of old fittings in the garage with nice new plastic conduit and MK Metalclad boxes/sockets. Do I need to run an earth from the socket to the back box earth terminal. I know this would be needed if I was using metal conduit, but it this required with plastic? Also, Is...