Recent content by Speck

Right, firstly there will be no trailing lead across the lawn, it will be securely clipped to a wall as already stated in an earlier post, although even if it was trailing across the lawn I am not sure it would actually be illegal, i.e. an offence, if it was then surely every man who mows his...

This is where I got into trouble on the last forum I posted this question on. It seems that certain "qualified" electricians were horrified that I was looking at ways around the regulations. Probably upset that I was finding ways of doing work that ideally they would like to be paid to do?

I was waiting for someone to ask the "why" question. The reason is I want to get around the regulations, but in a legal way. To do it "properly" I would have to employ an electrician who is Part P verified to do the whole job, wire up the shed, bury an SWA cable in the ground etc etc. This...

Well that was quite helpful, and unexpected. So its no dangerous then?The house consumer unit is RCD protected so that takes care of that. With regards to the 16 am socket, I was thinking of a single run of 4mm T&E from socket to consumer unit with a 16 amp MCB. Would that be ok?

Posted this question on another forum a few weeks ago and it did not go down well. Was told that what I was trying to do was illegal and dangerous and that I was a chancer. Despite asking though, no one would explain why it was illegal and dangerous? Anyway, here goes...... I would like to...