Recent content by elbowgrease

Does anyone have any tips for fitting the tee piece for an electric element? In my (limited) experience when screwed in they either line up before the 'O' ring is adequately compressed or after it is too compressed. Fibre washers seem to work OK though not ideal.

Sorry about the mistake there. The 2.5mm2 cable is in reality a 6mm2 cable. I started from a different drawing and missed that one. I found that three 6 mm2 cables fit into a 45A ceiling mounted pull cord switch with neon and mechanical indicator OK with a deep surface box. Perhaps not the most...

:) Not being the sort to quit, the first response from PIPME prompted some thoughts and I got it working by linking the light into the FCU fed from the shower supply. I take the point about cross connecting two different circuits although the single core is within a dual box holding an FCU...

:? Can anyone help? I have tried wiring up my combined shower extractor/light as per the attached diagram but the RCD (not the MCB) on the distribution board feeding the shower continually trips when the light is connected. If the light is disconnected the fan runs perfectly. I have...