Recent content by chrishaworth

Couple of points:- 1. For 12/24V heating systems look at yacht/canal boat suppliers. 2. I looked into ground source for my own house and they did specify 3 phase. Turns out that the systems in use were originally designed for large installations and use 3 phase motors on the pumps. The...

Try these - http://www.allaboutelectrics.co.uk/doc/12/vid/898/20A_2_WAY_CONNECTOR.html Cheers Chris

1. Single RCD eliminates neutral on the wrong bus - would trip immediately anyway. 2. All TT systems have a single RCD and the brbfb doesn't say much on that. 3. Multiple faults are more common than you would think. Showers are an obvious source of tripping, but fridges, particularly with auto...

Apart from anything else, you appear to have a 16mm earth into the connection block then changing to 10mm. This contravenes table 54.7 in the big red bumper fun book. Also, you appear to have 16mm tails from the meter to the switch changing to 25mm tails to the meter. I hate to be the bearer of...

There are many ways to wire lights but two are the most common - loop in where the supply wires are looped through the light fittings and a single wire is taken to the switches. The other is where the supply is taken direct to the switch and from there to the lights. If you look at your switch...

A lot of ovens and some hobs will take 6mm max. However, 10mm to cooker control unit/outlet plate then 4mm 90 degree flex to cooker (rated 42A). Bit expensive but you don't need much. Cheers Chris