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i wouldnt of thought having two circuits on seperate MCBS going to seperate elements would be dangerous but i may be worng? what makes it dangerous? i could do without my house burning down! :D

Would there be any problems with doing this... Wiring both of the elements back to two 20amp double pole switches and just have one element (the bottom one) wired through a timeclock both going back to two 16amp MCB'S Therefore the top element will just be controlled via a 20 amp dp sw...

its an OSO Super S hot water cylinder what would you advise i do? all i have done is crimped two butyl flex into the two elements and wired back to the 32amp DP SW. I dont have E7 or offpeak heating. thanks for your quick reply.

Can someone please advise me on how to wire up my water cylinder? i have recently bought a new water cylinder with two 3kw elements, wired in 2.5mm butyl flex back to a 32amp double pole switch/isolator which is wired in 2.5mm T&E back to a 32amp rcd breaker at the board. does this sound ok...

http://www.osohotwater.com/uk/pdf/Super_S_installation_manual.pdf Could some one please tel me how to wire my new hot water cylinder up? will it just require a 13amp fused connection unit? where to start with this diagram and could you tel me how to add a timeclock aswell thanks in advance

yeah it is definatley a phone cable but the intercom is a similar situation lol!! all planning applications have been approved by local authorities. and there is no going back as the wall is down :D i think i am just going to cut the pipe join the cable and reroute it in another wall. i...

Yeah i thought there would be a charge involved with getting Openreach involved i had a look at it last night and it is a white cable and it seems to be running to the loft so i presume the cable going straight through will be my neighbour downstairs. I will try to find out where the...

Thanks for your quick reply The cable is just a 4 pair BT cable running up to the flat above. I just thought id ask before i went in head first and re routed it.

I have just bought a first floor flat requiring alot of renovation. I have made it all open plan and found that in one of my internal walls there is a 20mm plastic pipe containing the flat above or belows telephone cable aswell as my own which all needs to be moved. I know i can easily...