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The C13 IEC is rated at 10A. If the cable was 0.75mm I would put a 5A fuse in the plug, if the cable was 1.00mm I would put a 10A in if I had one, or a 5A. It’s very unlikely any equipment that has a C13 fitted to it would draw anywhere near 5A, the only issue would be if the equipment had a...

Ideally should have a 5A in, but very common for IEC leads to have a 13A in the plug. In reality very unlikely to become overloaded in an office environment but possible. It's great your checking the fuse though, 99% would not.

Interesting, so if you were to short out the live/neutral directly from a panel nothing too exciting would happen? I know very little about solar installations, or what voltage/current they produce typically. Not sure if it makes a difference but I'm talking about one that might be installed...

In a typical solar panel installation, where would you expect find the first instance of short circuit protection for the panel? Is there normally something on the panels themselves or would the first point be at/near the inverter?

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The HDMI is about 7m long, and the TV/computer are in different sockets (on the same circuit). The only other thing plugged into the TV is an ethernet cable. There is also another PC monitor connected to the PC which has been unaffected on both occasions. The TV is being replaced anyway as the...

Hi all, thanks for your replies To provide more info, the TV is a large commercial one in an office setting, and does have an earth connection via the IEC connector. It is also connected to the data network via the ethernet cable, and then to the computer via the HDMI cable. It didn't occur to...

Here's an odd one... A year or so a room which has its own ring final on a 32A RCBO, tripped out due to a live-earth fault on a damaged extension lead. After resetting the RCBO the computer in the room would not power on, and the HDMI input on the TV it was plugged into stopped working (TV...

Mag lock entry systems are usually connected to the fire alarm via a relay so the door releases allowing easy escape. It seems unlikely an intruder would use that as an opportunity to get in as everyone would be going the other way, they'd have to be in the right place at the right time...

Although twin & earth is not ideal externally, if it is under the soffit and out of the sunlight its unlikely to cause an issue in practice. You can get glands designed for flat twin and earth cable. Use some flexible cable between the JB & the fixture such as hituff...

I went with the round jb behind the light fitting, thanks for the help!

No, you can't. The cable is not large enough to supply the shower, you will need to get the electrician to install a new circuit, and advisably do a PIR looking at that 'round gadget' wiring (its a jb btw).

Would have been allot of effort to go too...

Thanks everyone, very helpful as ever :)