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i was told in a 3 phase system if you cross any of the live phases you get a bang how come? i thought live was live and whe you cross live and neutral you get a bang also why do they say 415volts or 230/415v is each phase coming in at 415 volts also would that mean that each circuit would be...

if a run of cable is completely surrounded with insulatio it reduces the cables current crrying capacity to half? any more info on this?

yeh , right whatever, get a life!!! not enjoining the good and forbidding the evill is what is sending this and many societies down a path of destruction.

yes thats right

thanks for that but i reckon southport will be different from birmingham, birmingham is a crazy place!!

i see , yes it does make sense, its what i was told in bham but today they just went and confused the whole thing. so you get the niceic guy in to do the certificate, is it because you cant do the inspection and testing your self or its better having a nic certificate? and also how many visits...

hi has any one dealt with building control, especially in birmingham, regarding electrical work, and what exactly they require, they just keep confusing me , one time they said the installer had to have bs7671 and certify to that level and subit an application which would cost £70 another time...

i see yes your right, the shower will most likely be 8.5kw, so maybe a fuse box change,thanks for the help.

that explains it, i heard up north things are easier, actually easier everywhere else except birmingham thats where i am, they realy screw us down here. the fan down here they expect an isolator switch for it also, although its variable.

as far as i know its not allowed to put a shower circuit on a rewirable fuse, the cu in question also has a rcd for the socs and cooker? anyone know for sure?

yes 2 existing 6amp cb circuits , put new lights on these circuits , chandeliers and a good increase in the wattage, so was thunking if the circuits might require a higher cb to help with the load , but i think that the two circuits are coping, likewise i would not go any higher than a 10amp cb...

its ok ,but idealy we locate a foot away from the the corner, but you may have a problem after if any curtain planks went up they might drill through the wires, but it will do where it is. one more point looks like you have used plastic sheathing to cover the wires, if im not mistaken, it would...

including fused spurs in the ring is better, no problem with that we dom it on new houses all the time