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    Consumer unit advice

    Just looking for some advice before I call in a spark to connect up my shower. I've currently got modern-ish looking Tenby consumer unit with the following circuits: 32A Ring Main 32A Shower Downstairs 32A Shower Upstairs - All running through an 80A RCD 32A Cooker 6A Lighting...
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    Bathroom wiring questions

    Ok, a few probably dumb questions, but its always the simple stuff that isn't explained properly anywhere, and I wanna make sure I get things right. 1 - Earth Bonding So far I've bonded all radiators and pipework together... How do I link to the main earth for the house? Do I connect the...
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    Some daft questions...

    The lights in our house always dim when turning on either of the showers. Is this normal or does it indicate a problem? The wiring is mid 70s and the fuse box is a modern looking one with RCD and MCBs. Also... Is it "safe" to test an electric screwdriver thingy on a real live wire, to make...
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    Electrocuted... :)

    ...While working on the lighting in my bathroom... I switched off the power to the upstairs lighting circuit, checked that none of the lights were working, tested the live wire, then got stuck in unravelling what seems to be the central junction area for all the upstairs lighting, which was...
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    combining switched lives?

    Just rewiring my bathroom atm, I have two sets of lights on seperate switches, and a timed extractor fan which will be connected via a fcu from the lighting circuit, and the switched live from the light switch. What I wanted to know was whether there is any way of combining the two switched...
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