Recent content by aberdeenpaul

Many thanks for the replies. The light fittings are recessed into the ground and will be housed in a protective case. The waterproof enclosure is going to be housed above the ground. (Allowing maintenance of LED drivers, etc.) I really need to bury these cables as the area is going to be...

Hi, Currently in the process renovating the garden. I have a couple of areas where i am going to put in LED ground lighting which will be set in concrete driveways and a patio area. For this i have run 2 3cx1.5mm sq. armoured cables which will go to a waterproof junction box. Here these will...

I am fitting mains powered smoke detectors around the house. But the question is i have a utility room just off the kitchen, with a separate door. in the utility we have a washing machine and a tumble dryer, whats the best detector to fit here? should i fit an ionisation alarm here?

the kitchen is approx. 3m x 3m the cabling from the CU is already installed underneath concrete and tiles

I am getting a kitchen island were there will be an electric hob situated. I am putting a DP (50A) isolation switch in a cupboard on the kitchen island, I ASSUME THIS IS OK?? can i just put the cabling form the hob straight to the isolation switch since there are in close proximity?

hi thanks for the info, i am struggling to find this enclosure online, do you have a part number for it?

so no ideas for a type of isolation switch that i could use. i used to be a sparkie, but have been out of the domestic side for a while this is why i am just trying to see what isolation switches that domestic sparkies use between the meter and the CU?

I am moving my CU to a new location and require the electricity board to re-route there cable but i was wondering has anyone fitted a isolation (trip) switch from there meter tails to the incoming 100A switch within the CU? essentially the switch would be next to the CU, i think its good for...

please help whats the maximum height for FCU and also can i hide it in a cupboard?

anyone??

thanks whats the maximum height i can put the FCU at, just want it out the way, can i maybe put it in a cupboard?

i am installing low voltage bathroom fans with a humidisat http://www.alertelectrical.com/Fans-And-Ventilation/Airflow-Icon-Extractor-fans/Low-voltage-12V-DCSELV-extractor-fan---white-ICON30S.asp do these require a DP isolator, and can the FCU be mounted at a height near the ceiling...

i have a 3kw immersion heater, so i am wiring it with 2.5mm sq.T & E to a 13A DP switch then from here some butyl (or something similar) 2.5mm sq. cable to the heater box is this ok? also i have wired 2 ovens from CU with 2.5mm sq. T & E seperately(rated at 3.5kw and 3.6kw) but since it...

i have 2 ovens going into a kitchen single oven - 3.5kW combi oven - 3.6kw what cabling would be put in place for these, with them coming out at 15.2A and 15.65A does that mean they can be run on a T + E 2.5mm sq., just thought i have never seen 2.5mm sq. cable for cookers. would it...

currently refurbishing my home, for existing sockets where can they be placed from the edge of a wall, i know the safe zone is 150mm from the edge so i presume you can move the socket as close as possible to this 150mm zone. its not a new build so i believe that i do not have to be 350mm from...