Recent content by jjrenolds

I was of the understanding that if you fit a RCBO (An RCBO is a combination of an MCB and RCD. This enables both overcurrent protection and earth fault current protection by a single unit) there was no distance requirment when i comes to placing it near a sink, other than a little common sense...

Hi self builder, you have kinda answered your own question. Not only is your power consumption too high for the cable if everything is on, but you are protecting it with a mcb that is rated higher than the cables current carrying capacity. Alway go with caution, although its been years since...

Hi little house, i think you might be asking too much in one go on this one. You don't say what the PIR is for. You want a set of six lights, some decking lights, so thats two circuits. Then you go on to say you want a third switch for the PIR. Why is that? Do you want to the PIR to...

Cheers for that, it hadn't occured to me to use a relay, what a great idea. I'm done on this one then, thanks for your help

Thanks for that. I am assuming that wiring it in parrallel means the switch rating stays the same. i.e. if i purchase a pir that can switch 500 watts, then doubling up means i just need 2 pirs that can both switch 500 watts?

Ok so to confirm.... You have only the cooker socket on the one circuit.... thats good Its protected by a 32 amp fuse... thats good Connect the hob to that circuit and then thats all ok. Plug the cooker into a standard kitchen socket and you are all done. I am working on the assumption...

Hi, ok i have looked at whirlpool's site and their hobs all seem to be around the 30 amp range, so there is no way you can plug it in. There is no real reason why you can't replace the flex on the hob to make it slightly longer, other than you might invalidate your waranty, might just be...

I want to switch one security light from two different places using PIR's. Is there a product to do this or do i have to get 2 off PIR's and wire them into a light? If this is the case is there a standard wiring solution for this practise?