Great, I will double check the rating of any switch used.
The CU is in a small cupboard off the hallway. The route both cables will take is straight up into the loft directly above the CU. There is a plastic duct (running from CU to ceiling) already installed for this - but it is very...
Thanks for the tip - I do hate cramped fittings!
Ah, so I can run multiple outlets straight off the switch itself - do their enclosures have holes for >1 wire? That would be much simpler - thanks.
Do switches come with ratings, like junction boxes, or is a switch just a switch?
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Thanks a lot for your help. The guy who put in my new consumer unit + wiring is a qualified electrician, though it isnt his main profession - would you advise him doing it rather than I, if regs are strict?
Great - take it 5m would be classed as 'short'?
These will just be...
Hi everyone,
New guy here; I am competent with basic electrical wiring / conscious of safety. I have completed relatively simple tasks such as wiring extractions fans, installing storage heaters and convectors, and have helped others with more complicated stuff like installing new circuits...