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There is a diagram on page 57 of the Electrician's Guide to the Building Regulations (IEE green book) which shows cooker control switch clearly marked at 300mm away from hob. However, the accompanying text just says: "Cooker control switches, extractor fan switches, etc should not be mounted...

Thanks for that sparkybird - I'll post back and let the forum know how I get on. Mike

Sorry, I should clarify. There's a total of three seals: 1. Seal on the main supply fuse 2. Seal on the meter's connection for the leads coming from the supply fuse. 3. Seal on the connection for the tails that go to the CU. I can understand seals 1 and 2, but not seal 3 as this is...

I hadn't noticed before that as well as a seal on the fuse, the meter has a seal on the customer connection side. I can understand the seal before the meter, but why on the consumer side? I'd have thought the seal was to discourage skipping the meter to get free leccy? I suppose I could use...

Just a quick update. DyslexicGrimsbySparkie - you're quite right. The original arrangement of the supppy is TT with the earth originally provided by bonding to the water pipe. I've now found this bond next to the stop-cock in the kitchen. I know that an earth provided by water pipe is no...

Sparkybird - could you do me a *huge* favour and give me the contact number, if you still have it, for the technical department at EDF? I'm trying to sort out my earth and present and having spent 45mins last week trying to find someone willing to take responsibility for anything I gave up...

Thanks for that idea ban-all-sheds. It thinks thats what I'll do as it will make the whole thing easier to do and neater. Thanks again, Mike

Thanks to both of you for your responses. DyslexicGrimsbySparkie - When I said TN-S I suppose I was refering to what I thought it should be given what was available - ie the supply plus an obvious bond to the supply sheath for the immersion heater. I'll get the floorboards up tomorrow and...

Hi all, Thanks to all those who've helped me out so far this week - really appreciated. Now onto another question regarding my supply and earthing this time. First, a bit of history. The house was built in 1959 and has, as far as I can tell, a TN-S supply arrangement. In addition to...

Hi again, I'm wondering how best to route some ring-circuit cables below a ground floor. I'm aware of regs regarding where you can/cannot drill and route when routing across the line of the joists. However, what if the joists are raised above the foundations? Is it possible to suspend the...

Hi again folks, Sorry to have been away for a day! Lots of interesting replies - thank you all. ban-all-sheds: Elmbridge appear to be charging me £58.75, the standard rate they would have charged Moben kitchens for a similar commercial job. We did discuss the fact that they'll be having...

Thanks everyone for your replies. It certainly seems to be a common problem. I'm now thinking that it might be best for me to contact the electrician that the council use to inspect DIY work for Part P. Maybe (s)he'll do it at the same time as testing the circuits. I wish I'd started...

I seem to be getting nowhere with this! Upon speaking to the DNO they say I need to speak to the meter operators to arrange to have the fuse removed while an electrician appointed by me fits the isolator and then the meter operator will reinstate the fuse. They don't seem to offer a fitting...

Andrew, thanks for the reply. So in this case my DNO is EDF-Energy, the distribution network rather than who I pay the bills to? Any idea which department I should talk to - everyone I've spoken to so far doesn't seem to want to touch anything beyond the meter. Thanks again, Mike

Hi everyone, I'm installing a new consumer unit to which I'm connecting a new ring main around our kitchen and another around our attached garage. I've contacted the council regarding inspection with respect to Part P and they're being extremely helpful. Only thing I'm not insterested...