Recent content by andru

Heh, alas funds certainly don't stretch to an electrician. Fear not - the days of GCSE physics may be long behind me, along with all the i/VxW^2 stuff, but I've got enough experience in wiring stuff up to not kill myself. I hope :D Nah seriously, I'm quite willing to admit I know very...

Thanks toasty, that sounds like a good idea to me. Is 1.5mm the same as lighting cable? Also, would I have the fuse/switch before the length of cable going to the attic or after? Just out of curiosity - how dangerous is what I'm doing at the moment: Running a 13a extension lead from the plug...

Thanks for all the replies so far guys :D Nice to see people so willing to help! I've checked my CU - the 5a fuse is indeed for the lighting circuit, godknows why it was upside down but it was in just enough to work, so I've turned that the right way up. I pulled the 30a, and the shower...

Thanks breezer. I'd be interested in hearing a technical description of why I can't tap into the circuit for the shower. I'm happy to accept that I can't, and certainly won't, but I'd be interested in finding out exactly why. Is it purely to do with the size of the cable? Would it be too...

Oh well, guess I'll have to do things the hard way then! As I'm still not totally clued up about all this stuff, could someone explain to me the benefits of having two cables? Couldn't I just use one thats double the thickness? Also, I just went and had a proper look at my archaic CU...

Hi adam, thanks for the quick reply :D The socket I'd be taking it from isn't a spur, as far as I can tell. I can't take a new circuit from the cu, as it's all the way downstairs and I can't tear the house to bits to bring a new circuit upstairs. I stupidly forgot to note the thickness of...

I've little practical experience in electrics beyond wiring plugs and lightswitches, but am in the middle of converting my attic and want to install some plugs up there. There's no way I can expand the ring from the second floor as the wires all lie behind plaster, and I simply don't have the...