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Thanks to everyone............I've also looked at the Links kindly supplied, however I'm not an electrician. So basically is this Safe & not to 17th Edition or is it unsafe. Basically I employed an Electrician to install everything for the electrics for the shower vin 2008, I then had the...

The shower circuit has been reported : 10mm Live and 6mm CPC. Also what does "presence of main equipotential bonding conductor" mean ? Paul

Thanks for all the replys. The shower is rated at 9.5KW I'll look at the Period Inspection Report that the guy did in 2009 as the shower circuit was the first item and see whether he has it down as 6mm or 10mm............he did infact take the shower unit front off, the BG guy never...

Thanks for the Reply. Yes the installation does have RCD protection, this is something I asked to be installed when I first moved to the property in 1993, it has since been upgraded and indeed when the Period Inspection was done in Feb 2009 I see the report actually tests how quick the RCD...

I'm not an electrician which is why I've always employed competent guys. In Feb 2009 I asked a company to come a do an inspection at my domestic property. The guy sorted out the consumer unit before the inspection (as it had a number of additions in the previous couple of years.....Shower...

I have a New Team Nine.Five Electric Shower with couple of problems : i) If I have the Double Pole switch already on & then turn the shower on voa the "Power" knob a "Low Pressure" light comes up and the shower doesn't work, However if I then turn the Double pole switch off & back on again it...

I've had the same problem but where the Isolation Valve fits into the screw thread of a Tap (2 weeks ago) & today where the Isolational Valve screws onto the plastic pipe leading to the Toilet. The place is 4 years old & over the last 3 months I've had 4 such joins just suddenly Leaking (ie...

Thanks for all the reply's thats one thing the guy did say when he did the service/Safety Cert ........................that there are different rules for WAU than "wet" units. I think that has been applied above. But anyway it looks like best practice so I will be doing as required by BG...

He wasn't/isn't a Handyman..............he infact runs a business of three Corgi/Gas safe Engineers...........& yes he is one himself.

I rent out a property (not to make profit...because I can't afford to sell it currently!)..........So I got all the safety features sorted re electric (5 year certificate) & the Central Heating (warm Air) serviced by the same guy who looked after it for the previous 10 years. He also gave me a...

When I've actually come to do this I find the flex previously fitted is about 4mm 3 core !!!................why would this be...in what circumstances would 4mm be required ....it also looks like Butyl cable. Paul

Wasn't the same subject.............after reading the post at the start of this thread I then thought about why do I need "both" methods of heating & would like to go down the Gas route & immersion only as back up.

I'm in the situation unlike the original post holder above that my hot water is supplied by a Gas boiler to a Tank in the airing cupboard, however the tank also has an immersion heater which I'm about to replace the flex to, however I've never used the immersion I've always run on gas. I want to...

Yes sorry I meant the Electric metter & the rate of flashing is consitant with the current being taken.....hence with nothing on it doesn't flash or low current then it flashes with big time lapse betwen each flash...with the Immersion on it flashes in quick succession............so when it...

Great thanks very much for the reply.......I'm protecting it with a 20A MCB. Anyone got thoughts on : There was lots a few months back about checking the thermo-stat operation on immersion heaters, I intend to turn mine down to the minimum setting & is a test OK to let it heat up & see how...