Recent content by ManicInfinity

I see where you are going... ...that's a great idea :-) I still get my 13A fused spur, which is great, but I also get RCD protection as well and don't have two fuses that could blow to worry about. (I know it was eluded to earlier but I had my mind on other things) Thanks guys :-)

So... - I've decided to ditch the CU (I agree it makes absolutely no sense having one off a spur) and - I will be using SWA cable for the external run, clipped to the subframe joists of my decking, 2.5mm (not 4mm as advised). The run is only 8m. But I have one more quandary - where do I...

Thank you diyer56. You, and the rest of the guys who have responded have been extremely helpful, and I shall definitely be correcting this non-compliance issue as you suggest :-) Depending on the amount of work involved I may keep the existing switched double socket for the washer & drier...

My thoughts exactly Aragorn84. Perhaps it wasn't fully rewired then, but I do know the property was 'renovated' and converted into two maisonettes in 2000 (it used to be a shop) which involved a great of building work, and that the boiler was installed at its present location at this time...

Oh damn it The boiler is just plugged into a standard switched 1G plug socket. So it looks like I'll be replacing the socket with 3A DP FCU. Understand everything you are saying about the ring. Ideally about 1m would need to be buried in the walls but as it is in the utility room I could...

Thank you :-) Got a much clearer understanding of what to do to solve this now. I hope I can extend the ring main... as I'd assumed those high powered machines were plugged into it until today anyway. For the time being the boiler is plugged into a socket and protected by a 3A fuse. At...

Okay, I understand this. Why does the boiler have an FCU as well (or are you saying it is protected by the 13A FCU upstream of the double socket)? I am slightly confused. Are you suggesting that I a) include the washing machine and drier in the ring here, but then have a fused spur to...

Hello I've just been doing some investigating of my existing wiring as I want to spur some power into a lean-to (which is the subject of a separate topic titled "Electrics To Lean-To 'Outhouse'". Turns out the existing wiring it is non-compliant! I have a ring-main (on a 32A MCB) that...

Thanks Aragorn84n I'm going to sketch out some diagrams later. Instead of a CU, I will think about having a metal clad RCD DP 13A isolator in the shed, which feeds both the power circuit and lighting circuit radials. My challenge is mixing usable space with the various switches. I will...

Aragorn84 Just another note, the garage CU unit I bought (and can return if I take your advice and don't use it), comes with a BG Electrical CUR4030 'RCD Double Pole 40A 30mA ', so both circuits can be isolated in one go. I accept that the 6A and 32A MCBs themselves only switch live...

Thanks Aragorn84 I see what you are getting at, and where you are coming from and will head back to the drawing board this evening. But apart from needing a DP isolator and ensuring the feed is armoured, does my current plan of using a CU in the way I've specified actually fall foul of any...

Thanks Aragorn84. I appreciate your comments. My thoughts behind using a CU were that I didn't want to spur of a spur of a spur (for the power sockets) and because I wanted the lighting on a separate 6A circuit. I understand a CU is probably overkill, but for £25 it does give me the...

Thanks PrenticeBoyOfDerry. Unfortunately the position of the lean-to against the property means I cannot run cable into it internally. It abuts a tiled bathroom which itself only has a lighting final radial, hence me need to spur it off elsewhere and route externally. Note the spur will be...

Hello Firstly I know that the work I am proposing here is Part P notifiable. For now I just want to come up with an acceptable plan. I live in a maisonette and have built a small lean-to (brick, block and slate roof) on a concrete slab, with DPM/DPC etc (so in that respect it is like a...