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I am looking for some advice on best practice for wiring a 150W halogen with a PIR in a covered work area next to my house. I have readily accessible junction boxes nearby on socket circuit and on lighting circuit. Should an fcu be used in either case? I also want to add a regular switch...

Thanks to all of you for your advice and suggestions. I think I will stay off the thin ice and leave this job to a qualified sparks. Cheers. :wink:

It is very reassuring and helpful to know there are people out there prepared to discuss these points and enlighten the rest of us with their insights. The rating plate on my oven only gives power (KW) and the spec sheet only gives energy consumption (KWh). I originally only looked at the...

OK..very sorry to you ban-all-sheds for the timewasting and thanks Steve for pointing out my error.... I suppose I might have got away with blaming Ikea/Whirlpool....but when I opened the packaging fully and checked the rating plate it clearly states 4.3KW....doh!! So, going back to my...

Thanks again ban-all-sheds... So, without wanting to labour the point...stick a 13A plug on the oven flex (which is 4mm² btw...does that make any difference in this case?) and plug it into a convenient socket on the ring main. This sounds nice and easy so obviously I will now try and...

Thanks for the very speedy reply ban-all-sheds. Yes, the JB is accessible and yes 3 x 6mm² into it = much fun, but you say not then into the unfused ccu. I am probably being a bit simple but wouldn’t the existing 32A mcb protect the new spur too? Sorry I forgot to mention in my original...

Hello All, I have just moved into a house that has a seperate utility room with it's own fuse box (rewirable 5A fuse + 20A fuse) for a strip light and two double sockets, only ever used for a washing machine with a 1.2kw cycle. This fuse box is wired back to the main consumer unit...