Recent content by NickHewitt

no, it's the influence of a Degree in industrial automation and all the health & safety therein; if there's a possibility of a safety device not operating properly every time, use more than one since the probability of both developing the same fault goes from "highly unlikely" to "freak occurrence".

this was my thought on the matter, purists might call it excessive, I'm calling it built-in redundancy

I know right, there was me thinking they were to detect an imbalance...

I should stress that the circuit for the shower was already in place but for reasons best known to the council - who renovated the electrics a few years back while I was renting - they'd used ~1.5-2.5mm wire and spliced it into one of the plug sockets. (yes, really.) and as such you'll...

sorry, should have explained; I bought this http://www.diy.com/departments/wylex-63a-sp-30ma-shower-protection-unit-rcd/177830_BQ.prd which it turns out is CU type RCD in a plastic box with a rail at the back. ~ hence the question of skipping the necessity of messy wiring between a switch the...

hi there, I'm new to these forums (although I've read more than a few posts while planning my modest project) here's what I know; the shower needs a local isolating switch - this is provided by a 45A cord-pull switch. the shower requires a dedicated 30mA RCD - got the shower requires 6mmSq...