Recent content by maldin

Hi JohnD, Thanks again for all the useful information. I will be ordering the required part and will have it installed over the weekend. maldin

Hi JohnD, If required I will purchase a type "B". The part number on the RCBO should be sufficient to differentiate between the type "B" and type "C". At the moment the downstairs lighting circuit just uses a standard MCB, I assume it will be 5A or 6A but will need to remove the CU cover to...

Hi Spark123, I only assemed that I would need an RCD because the outside lights come directly off the downstairs lighting circuit and will be 240volt. I have previously installed an outside socket using SWA, IP66 enclosure with inbuilt RCD. This was installed according to regs. I understood...

Hi AdJohn, It is a Memera, although it was installed before 17th Edition, it's a model AD10HED. I have looked at MEM's RCBO's and will check with the manufacturer to confirm that they will fit my consumer unit. They appear to offer a Type B and C the difference being the sensitivity. I'm...

Thanks for all your input. The consumer unit is manufactured by MEM and has individual breaker protected circuits for: Downstairs sockets, Upstairs sockets, Smoke Detectors, Cooker, Heater, Upstairs Lighting and Downstairs lighting. There are 2 spare breakers marked sockets which are not used...

Installed outside lamps using 1.5 SWA. The outside wiring is connected to a light switch located inside the house. The 1.5mm T&E from the switch is connected to SWA cable within the house using appropriate jointing box and cable glands. I have only just realised that the downstairs lighting...

Hi Ban all sheds, I don't have a shed, wish I did. The lamps were manufactured in the USA. In the USA they would use not use a junction box within the lamp pedestal to join the cables they would just use twist connectors which take up no space at all. They are not legal in the UK...

Hi, Thanks Plugwash, I know these trouser boxes as conduit jointing or junction boxes usually made of galvanized steel or junk metal. I think I will go with the SWA. I will use a Wiska box to join the initial T&E as it exits the house and the SWA. I will ground the SWA using a suitable SWA...

Hi, What is a trouser box ? Mal

Hi, The cable marker will not be wrapped round the conduit it will be laid out above the conduit, and there is an RCD. However this was only an idea. I'm happy to go along with the SWA. What if I install the lamps on a concrete plinth, pass some conduit through the plinth to allow SWA cable to...

Hi, :?: Need to install 3 outside lights. I appreciate that SWA cable is the best option the problem is that there is very little room in the base of the pedestal lamps to bring in SWA and install a suitable jointing box. as there will be 2 incoming SWA cables and the lamp cable at two of the...

Hi, House aged about 1920, slate roof, externally the roof is in good condition. Part of the loft has previously been converted to a bedroom. prior to my purchasing the house. An extension off the loft has no insulation between the rafters. I intend to use Kingspan K7 100mm, I informed...

Hi The wire concerned was red I put it back into the terminal he said it came out of. No fuses blown. Wired replacement ceiling lamp to the same terminals as the original came out of. Switched on lamp, no fuses blown, everything seems fine. I was just concerned that the previous householder...

Hi, I'm in the process of replacing a bedroom light. I didn't install the wiring so I don't know if it is correct or not. There are about six wires connected into a terminal block mounted in the rose. Whilst the ceiling fitment is disconnected Son in Law paints ceiling and knocks out a loose...

Three times bitten. once shy Thanks for your input Mal Dinsdale