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No the opposite - you must be a CORGI registered engineer to undertake gas work, whereas after Jan 1st the careful DIYer may continue to do electrical work in their own home as long as they notify building control where apporpriate and abide by BS7671, the building regs and other relevant...

Unauthorised breaking of Gas meter seals is "an offence under Section 14 of the The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Act". Unauthorised breaking of Electricity fuse or meter seals is "an offence under Section 31 of the The Electricity Act 1989". I suspect that there is a similar offence for...

One of my neighbours has a little brass plaque that says something like: There is a£2 fine for any person who breaks the seals without authority I'll have to take a photo. The sign is quite corroded, though.

They don't detect broken rings either, so you still need to test continuity or resistance of each conductor in a ring final.

Assuming that none of the other assumptions is true. "Didn't touch it" probably won't carry much weight if you have HBC shrapnel embedded in you skin or have been partially blinded by arc light. ;)

Yes. Take another look at the text in the box on the first page of the second link I gave.

See the text around Figure 4.14: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Book/4.4.1.htm Also: http://www.iee.org/Publish/WireRegs/IEE_Thin_walls.pdf

Also assuming that you have correctly identified and turned off any other consumer units connected via any henley blocks or (heven forbid) wired in parallel to the supply side of the main switch. Also assuming that the REC doesn't find out and sue you for breaking the seals/stealing their...

Hi, Part M of the building regulations specified the permitted height for accessories in new dwellings and extensions to dwellings. Part P goes further by stating that the consumer unit should be accessible and be fitted with a child-proof cover or installed in a lockable cupboard. So...

Try the bussman website. Here is one for 10A: www.bussmann.com/library/bifs/2081.PDF

Are you asking in this forum because: a) you are interested in how we do things in the UK, so you can compare to US practice b) you have a UK-centric application in mind c) you didn't notice this forum is about UK practice Just curious!

Just make sure you get a good quality one with a "stud" on the underside that helps to hold the cable in place. 2.5 T+E is thicker than 1.5 3C+E, but approximately the same width - some cheapo clips don't hold 1.5 3C+E cable firmly. You may even find a stockest that has proper 1.5 3C+E clips...

As you are very unsure as to the cause yourself, I'd suggest telling them what you do know for certain, that is, describe the symptoms and the other details - what, where, when and extent - and keep quiet about possible causes. For "where", think macro and micro - for instance, where is the...

One pendant point to you :) I suspect it is one of those things that were the result of a compromise between two opposing views. Or possibly, "a single" should have read "an existing", but never got changed. It is for each individual local authority to decide. Expect between £70 and £140...

Are you a sparky and do you have an isolator switch between CU and mater (and I don't mean in the CU)?