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Where do you live? In most of the country National Grid only do transmission so unless you want a run of 400kv pylons up the drive they...

My iboost doesn't need any extra cables. Immersion circuit goes from CU to airing cupboard FCU as usual. FCU feeds iboost which feeds...

The blocks will also need tieing into the adjacent walls. Bang some 100mm nails into the mortar at each joint.

@plugwash thank you, that's the clarity I needed. So it will be a deviation as concealed cables without mechanical protection require...

AIUI from the perspective of complying with current BS7671 there are two issues with using RCD sockets. 1. The standard for RCD sockets...

Can anyone either answer the question please or suggest a forum where I can get a straight answer?

No transformer, they are 230v tools. They only do domestic.

So is an RCD socket acceptable, supplied from a non RCD protected circuit? The circuit is concealed not surface run.

It's an old cooker circuit on a B32. No longer used for cooker so I relocated the T&E outside in conduit and put an IP68 socket on the...

Hi, what is the current requirement for RCD additional protection on a socket circuit? Is it for just the socket outlets or for the...

Thanks, a plumb line and marking the floor sounds like a good shout. Assuming plastic plasterboard boxes go in with 2nd fix?

Some degree of choice in all of it but generally you fix back boxes before plastering and perhaps cover them over with eg a carrier bag...

Hi guys, a couple of first fix questions if I may? What do you do with accessory and socket wires? Tape in a circle and leave in...

Thanks everyone, I've found a BG cu kit with RCBOs SPD etc for under £200 so I'll buy that, swap out the guts and leave the old box on...

Hi @EFLImpudence BC in my area won't accept a MWC or EIC from me as I'm not a member of a competent persons scheme (and a DIYer). I...