Recent content by ThePinkPanther

Thanks ELFI - I have now finished this and I made sure that all disused burried conductors were earthed. I didn't bother water proofing in the end since if I ever want wall lights there in the future I would re-run some fresh cable. BAS - thanks for the suggestion but the walls needed some...

Hi I am redecorating a bedroom and would like to remove two wall lights. This is probably quite a simple one for most of you but I would appreciate it if you could confirm whether my proposal is OK. The wall in question has a low level double plug socket and a FCU next to it, which...

Wow that's quite a bit of activity since I last checked in! Chri5 - thanks that is basically what I want to do. Do you know how tall they are (couldn't see on the website) by any chance? Ideally I would like my bridges to be around the same height as the cornice (~30mm). If necessary I could...

Hi I am fitting a kitchen and have installed two of these lights: http://www.howdens.com/product-range/kitchen-collection/accessories/lighting/flush-mounted-downlighter/ I have installed one of these in each of two adjacent tall glass fronted cupboards. I fitted them flush by cutting a...

Hi bernardgreen I can see your point about the amount of heat dissipated at a hot spot. Perhaps because I have never given this much thought, I had naively thought that, for example, a 30A JB would be fine on a circuit protected by a 30A fuse/32A MCB since this is it's 'rating'. Of...

Hi Thanks for your replies. I have attached some photos of the cables at the switch: [Note the switched live for the under cupboard lights (blue wire) has not yet been connected]. Securespark - sorry perhaps I wasn't clear (or perhaps worrying unnecessarily) but no there...

Thanks for your replies guys. securespark, the 32A MCB has now been replaced with a 16A one so they are both on separate radials (16A MCB > 2.5 T+E > 20A d/p switch > oven) and working fine. The crimp joint has now been removed, the junction box has been kept since we no longer need this...

Thanks for your reply viewer. I will discuss this with my builder but would like some advice as to what I can suggest/ask for them to do before doing so. As said, I feel that I would like another opinion but would appreciate views as to whether or not this proposal is reasonable. I have...

Hi I have a very specific question so please excuse the very long post. Here goes... We've been having some work done to the house recently, the main part of which involved knocking through between the existing kitchen and an adjoining room. In terms of electrics, the work included: new...

Thanks for your replies. I had hoped to avoid overboarding because of the threshold to the room (and expense!). So given that we find the height OK I think I'll proeed as joinerjohn suggested. Since my last post I have checked with Howdens (who supplied the kitchen) and the Howdens fitter...

Thanks for the swift reply foxhole. Would you just raise the appliances then and leave the rest of the floor as it is? Ta