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securespark replied to the thread Check for overloaded cables?.As far as I can tell, they are bothered about the number of junction boxes and that the circuit may be an undersized radial on a 32A... -
securespark replied to the thread Check for overloaded cables?.IMHO, the OP should get an EICR carried out by a reputable electrician and take things from there. To say is flippant. If the EICR...
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securespark replied to the thread Toilet shower room without window.And on and off and on and off.... ;) Joking aside, I have a PIR-triggered fan in our bathroom, an in-line S&P 5" fan and it's fine...
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securespark replied to the thread McDonald's boss wants to sweep abuse under the carpet.Story about that. Before I started training as a spark, I was a student in Fallowfield. After the course finished, the first McDs drive...
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securespark replied to the thread Is it just me.Well that's what Will, my eldest said! He said, "Dad, there's no way her hubby wasn't trying to bump her off!"
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securespark replied to the thread Is it just me.Found it. 1. Cord grip loose and not gripping sheath. 2. Conductors left too long. 3. Nicks and damage to conductor insulation...
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securespark replied to the thread In The "Zone" Query.Thanks for all your great suggestions. I can't risk drilling towards the hall floor void from the dining room as is a lot of pipework...
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Theoretically - but if it were a stud wall I'm not sure how one could do that (without a lot of destructive work), whereas if it's a...
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securespark replied to the thread Can an electrician swap my MCBs for RCBOs?.According to the Technical fella that worked at Wylex in Wythenshawe, the Standard consumer unit was introduced in 1956. Fitting then...
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3rd idea if the cable has jus bee tucked between the solid floor and the wallKnock out a hole around floor level to below then drill...
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I would have said that, particularly if one 'takes one's glasses off', an unswitched FCU looks much the same as blank plate :-)
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I'm a bit lost here. What's under the hall floor? If it's a void, as it's so low down why not drill from the new socket position...
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securespark replied to the thread In The "Zone" Query.The box in the picture is on the hall side to show the presence of the cable where it comes up from under the floor from the hall...
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Ah - good point (unless, as Pete has suggested, you used 4mm² cable)! If you're bothered, that would leave you with a...
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Or bury it 55mm deep?
